>> yemen officials say he was the 4th most wanted terrorist in yemen part of al qaeda's old guard because he trained in the afghan camp before 9/11 and he was implicated in this attack on a french oil tanker off the coast of yemen in october of 2002, two years to the day that the "uss cole" was struck by a suicide bomber. according to data the obama administration has launched more convert strikes in emwhyen not first four months of this year than all of last year despite the death of the american cleric september 30, f.b.i. director told congress the threat remains^. >> yemen is a hub currently of individuals who want to undertake terrorist attacks and it is up there with pakistan and afghanistan and somalia. >>reporter: the c.i.a. has no public comment on the strike in yemen and claims this operative is dead. >>shepard: the f.b.i. director is in yemen? >>reporter: that is right. the line is that the f.b.i. director is there to reinforce what they describe as "washington strong commitment to the new yemen president who is publicly committed to working with the united states to counterter

now in the meantime the i do want to show discusses a new drug policy that the cia is pushing for in yemen which may see people targeted even if their identity is not shown from washington next here on our. welcome to the little show we'll get the real headlines with none of the mersey who live in washington d.c. now tonight we're going to speak with michael hastings about the new drone policy of the cia is pushing for and get it they want to be able to strike even when they don't know who it is that they're killing then we're going to speak to a pakistani lawyer the represents the families of victims of drone strikes he's trying to come to the u.s. to attend the first international drone conference but the state department won't let him in and an increasing amount of states are trying to fix their budget woes by creating new criminal justice fees are the result here is more people being imprisoned and saddled with that so we have all of that and more for you tonight including those of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to. well it's been a long week of sc

i want to ask about the story about yemen. about two years ago the current cia director was sitting about where you were sitting telling us that we did understand there's a difference between a civil war and what is a counterterrorism mass skoourt interest that the u.s. was trying to be support i have of in yemen. i don't know that a lot has changed in terms of u.s. staying out of the civil war versus the u.s. continuing to pursue a counterterrorism strategy in yemen. the story this morning about the drone strikes whether it's true or not, let's assume it's a story, and reading it that the cia is looking at changing the strategy and how they conduct drone strikes and where they go, causes me to question whether or not, you know, is the cia tail wagging the d.o.d. dog, or the state department dog on this issue? i'll put it out to you. we to have that answer. >> thank you. first of all, with regards to the story in the paper, i think those involved classified operations and i guess i would urge you to try to get, you know, what'

officials just read the headline cia seeks new earth already to expand yemen drone campaign that's right according to these officials the cia wants the authority to launch signature strikes signature strikes means that they don't have to know the identities of those who could be killed but they can hit targets based solely on intelligence which indicates patterns of suspicious behavior and these types of strikes are already employed in pakistan and the targets there have been funeral ceremonies the victims have turned out to be civilians at times and the president chose not to give the go ahead for this policy in yemen a year ago so it's still a big if as to whether or not this time around might be different but yes or no that raises a lot of questions so joining me from our studio in new york is michael hastings rolling stone contributing editor and author of the book the operators the wild and terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan michael thanks for joining us tonight and i don't know what do you think the cia wants more authority to kill people from a far with a ques

officials just read the headline cia seeks new off already to expand yemen drone campaign that's right courting to these officials the cia wants the authority to launch signature strikes signature strikes means that they don't have to know the identities of those who could be killed but they can hit the targets based solely on intelligence which indicates patterns of suspicious behavior now these types of strikes are already employed in pakistan and the targets there have been funeral ceremonies the victims have turned out to be civilians at times and the president chose not to give the go ahead for this policy in yemen a year ago so it's still a big if as to whether or not this time around like a different but yes or no it raises a lot of questions so joining me from our studio in new york is michael hastings rolling stone contributing editor and author of the book the operators the wild and terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan michael thanks for joining us tonight and i don't know what you think the cia wants more authority to kill people from afar with a question

we have agreements and the same thing with yemen. we know these aircraft are operating in those areas and they will match up and down. i established long war journal back in 2007 and we are tracking the xmo's. we try to be apolitical and explain what is happening. in the major theaters of war and the shadow war against al qaeda. host: in the journal, you can see some charts about different air strikes and how many. this is number of u.s. air strikes in northwest pakistan and. the red area is the number of strikes. 199 air strikes and then a handful of other places. here is a tweet - newport, n.c., on our democrats line. james? caller: all the information gathered, how is it gets sorted out to? ? host: i think he means militarily. guest: before president bush expanded the program in august of 2008, the approval process had to go all the way up to the president himself. he loosened a rains on that and allowed, i believe the decision went to the secretary of defense. that has been loosened even further. i believe teh cia now has the app

point two billion dollars to the yemenis to help them put down for the uprisings in the country of yemen so i don't see you know i don't have. a saying wind approach to some countries having made reforms in the case of libya we have a broken state nor hope of any kind of real human rights evaluation and in the case of the gulf countries bahrain saudi arabia yemen there is in fact blindness towards the state violence used against the population who have genuine demands and history of genuine calling for transformation ok if i go back to you in dubai it's quite hypocritical isn't it for western countries to complain about violence in one country syria but not violence and other countries you know because they're aligned with the west ok yemen is a nice example right there and of course this blind side to about libya it's pure hypocrisy it stinks to heaven because nato did a good job quote unquote there it didn't. sure i mean you can understand the wariness whereas you know who's mubarak was an ally of the united states saudi arabia the united arab emirates are both allies and so they can k

any kind of real human rights evaluation and in the case of the gulf countries bahrain saudi arabia yemen there is in fact blindness towards the state violence used against the population who have genuine demands and history of genuine calling for transformation ok if i go back to you in dubai it's quite hypocritical isn't it for western countries to complain about violence in one country syria but not violence and other countries you know because they're aligned with the west ok yemen is a nice example right there and of course this blind side to about libya it's pure hypocrisy it stinks to heaven because nato did a good job quote unquote there it didn't. sure i mean you can understand the wariness whereas you know who's mubarak was an ally of the united states saudi arabia the united arab emirates are both allies and so they can kind of see what's going on here they're going to be very cautious. that the chaos that has been described is exactly what especially in the u.a.e. that it wants to avoid its whole economic model is based on being a bridge between east and west takes great pride

any kind of real human rights evaluation and in the case of the gulf countries bahrain saudi arabia yemen there is in fact blindness towards the state violence used against the population who have genuine demands and history of genuine calling for transformation ok if i go back to you in dubai it's quite hypocritical isn't it for western countries to complain about violence in one country syria but not violence and other countries you know because they're aligned with the west ok yemen is a nice example right there and of course this blindside to about libya it's pure hypocrisy it stinks to heaven because nato did a good job quote unquote there it didn't. sure i mean you can understand the wariness whereas you know who's mubarak was an ally of the united states saudi arabia the united arab emirates are both allies and so they can kind of see what's going on here they're going to be very cautious. that the chaos that has been described is exactly what especially in the u.a.e. that it wants to avoid its whole economic model is based on being a bridge between east and west takes great pride

point two billion dollars to the yemenis to help them put down for the uprisings in the country of yemen so i don't see you know i don't have. a saying wind approach to some countries having made reforms in the case of libya we have a broken state nor hope of any kind of real human rights evaluation and in the case of the gulf countries bahrain saudi arabia yemen there is in fact blindness towards the state violence used against the population who have genuine demands and history of genuine calling for transformation ok if i go back to you in dubai it's quite hypocritical isn't it for western countries to complain about violence in one country syria but not violence and other countries you know because they're aligned with the west ok yemen is a nice example right there and of course this blindside to about libya it's pure hypocrisy it stinks to heaven because nato did a good job quote unquote there it didn't. sure i mean you can understand the wariness whereas you know who's mubarak was an ally of the united states saudi arabia the united arab emirates are both allies and so they can ki

there's no such thing as a court of law in much of yemen. poverty is rising and the regime family members are all by the united states some going to go by the people that say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to our community, and what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda but people's own indigenous belief system starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't exist but they claim to be fighting and they are making it real. >> you have to extend that to the world. that is the one thing i was going to say when you start to talk about what we are doing militarily it can sound awesome. i think the new version of our military first policy from the offshore version is going to turn out to be another disaster and i think it is worth remembering for history to go back to the demonstrations you talked about for a little part of history of the world in 1990's we set out you could call them our economic jihadis. they h

start bombing yemen. in the eyes of a lot of people there saying -- we don't even have trash collection. no such thing as a court of law. i am going to go with the people who say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to the community. what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda the people's indigenous belief systems starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't exist but they claim to be fighting and making it real. you have to extend that to the world. >> when you start to talk about what we're doing militarily it can sound awesome. the new version of our military policy is going to turn out to be another disaster and it is worth remembering to go back to the demonstrations, in the 1990s we send out our economic jihadis to flatten the world. they helped create -- there were many disparities in the world but they help to increase those disparities. in the next decade we send o

actually the first drone attack was in yemen if you know . the guy named the heart of the. killed six people and since then they've used it quite frequently they used it against a lucky they killed are lucky but they also killed a lucky where his only crime has been. they claim it was a highway i tell you with a little bit of move to me. yes that's exactly right and you know what is the determination of who's a legitimate target or not. and you know just because they claim to help. a military target i mean how do you determine what you are if your affiliation with al qaeda determines your position ok i would want to president obama's incest with most of this is his watch what does he take such an interest in yemen i think in a crowded democratic president. does not want to show that he's weak on the military so he's going to know you know the impossible to prevent any attack by al qaeda and they like the military technology that is no risk to american personnel they can just come in from the sky and do it from far away a little very little risk to america's professor we've

we have done four strikes in under four months in yemen. there are experts on yemen saying this doesn't help us. it hurts our cause. in fact since we have killed some in yemen the amount of people joining al-qaeda has increased not decreased. we have to stop these nearly indiscriminate drone strikes when we don't even know who is down there. we kill civilians and turn the population against us. and by the way, this is really important, it's also immoral. we're supposed to be the shining city on a hill. we're supposed to be america. we're supposed to be better than that. i hope we get back to that america they know and love. all right. when we come back tavis smiley, and cornel west. our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. the advil pm® guy is spending less time lying awake with annoying aches and pains and more time asleep. advil pm®. the difference is a better

we have done four strikes in under four months in yemen. there are experts on yemen saying this doesn't help us. it hurts our cause. in fact since we have killed some in yemen the amount of people joining al-qaeda has increased not decreased. we have to stop these nearly indiscriminate drone strikes when we don't even know who is down there. we kill civilians and turn the population against us. and by the way, this is really important, it's also immoral. we're supposed to be the shining city on a hill. we're supposed to be america. we're supposed to be better than that. i hope we get back to that america they know and love. all right. when we come back tavis smiley, and cornel west. viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ yo

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has recently expanded its drone operations to yemen do you think the yemeni government might follow in pakistan steps and demand an end to this kind of thing. well that's interesting because i think in yemen the arguments been made that the targets of the grown campaign there also happen to be working with rebels against the yemeni government. so the government itself may be at least quietly enthusiastic about the notion of having u.s. support at the same time i suspect you'll get the same sorts of concerns that you might see in pakistan now which are about sovereignty it would rule out nationalism and the notion that americans can just kill anyone who happens to be wandering through yemen at any given time of course the u.s. says that the prime targets of its drone strikes are qaeda militants but is there no other approach the u.s. could take to tackle insurgents. i mean that's a really good question and. the u.s. military believes that this is the easiest and most efficient way to kill militants certainly there are other ways sort of militants could have been in certain cases capture

was trying to salve portative of in yemen. and the arab spring, but i don't know that a lot has changed in terms of u.s. staying out of a civil war versus the u.s. continuing to pursue a counterterrorism strategy in yemen. the story this morning about, whether the story is true or not. let's assume it's just a story. we're reading it, that the cia is looking at changing their strategy and how they conduct joint strikes and where they go causes me to question whether or not -- is a cia tail wagging the d.o.d. or state department dog on this issue? i'll put it out to you. we need to have that answer, and you can't leave today until you answer that. >> thank you. i mean, first of all, with regards to the story in the paper, i think those involved classify it operations, and i guess i would urge you to try to get you know, what's behind that based on, on that kind of classified briefing. >> right. >> with regards to the larger issue. >> right. >> and i -- you know, i understand the implications of what you're asking. from d.o.d.'s

the program is expanding in yemen. i do not see expanding to 170 strikes -- i do not see expanding to the high of 117 strikes in pakistan. caller: i am concerned. i was reading an article about the 30,000 drones been ordered five -- for the united states, authorized by obama between 2015 and 2020. they want to have it so they can fly into your backyard to see if you are growing a garden that might be used for illegal activity. this is draconian. this is part of the danger ron paul has been warning us about. the border fence might be used to keep the american people in. ron paul is really getting up there. he won alaska. he is doing real good. guest: the drones are just a piece of technology. the issues of surveillance of american citizens is an issue the citizens have to take up with the government. the government can tap your phone. they can read your e-mail. they asked people over the summer to observe crops in new jersey. surveillance has been occurring by the federal, state, and local governments on american citize

intelligence officials said the master builder of both devices recently resurfaced in yemen intelligence official suspect is working on new bonds >>> they continue to try and to carry out attacks inside yemen and against the homeland >>> the u.s. is working with international partners to track down leads and won't rest until al qaeda is destroyed. alexis christoforus cbs news >>> 20 years ago parts of south los angeles went up in flames. race riots erupted after four white police officers acquitted in the beating of rodney king. 55 people killed and 2300 injured. the rise it's lasted six days causing a billion dollars in property damage. when the rise began when ready was stationed stopped the music and open the phone lines. >>> that day everything changed her >>> and ron askew was on the arm and on the street frustration turned into a rage. >>> there are sure that we as blacks are nothing >>> we became the people who listen to the voice of an angry public >>> nobody else was listening to? >>> note. >>> stoppage people with back to be together >>> and one particular call still haunts the

we are determined to continue this effort in places like yemen and in africa. so their ability has been degraded significantly, and our defenses have improved significantly also over the past decade. so their ability to carry out an attack here in the united states now compared to ten years ago is significantly diminished. >> how close have we come? how close are we to getting at the new leader, al zawahiri? >> we're continuing to work with our regional partners, the pakistanis, afghans and others. >> do we think that's where he is? somewhere in pakistan? >> we believe he's in that region of the world as well as other al qaeda leaders that continue to burrow into areas of the fata, the federally administered tribal areas of pakistan. that's why we're working very closely with our pakistani partners. so we're not going to relent until we've brought them to justice one way or the other. we demonstrated the ability to do that with bin laden, and we are in constant consultation with our pakistani partners on a regular basis about how we can do this as soon as possi

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he was the fourth most-wanted terrorist in the yemen. he was old guard al-qaeda who had trained in usama bin laden's camps in afghanistan before 9/11. these operatives who had direct links to bin laden are considered the core leadership that is actively targeting the u.s. right now we're working to confirm a photo who handled logistics for yemen. he was caught over the weekend in the same area where the american cleric was killed on september 30th. he was implicated for this attack on the lindbergh that was struck by al-qaeda in october of 2002 off the coast of yemen. nearly two years to the day that the uss cole was struck by a suicide bomber in the same region. in this attack, one crew member was killed and another 12 injured. as fox was first to report earlier this month, u.s. officials confirm that al-qaeda in yemen is stronger and more of a threat to the u.s. today than it was six months ago. despite the death of this man, anwar al-awlaki, the first american on the cia's kill or capture list. and according to data, the obama adminis

is trying to be supportive of in yemen. a loss of changes the arab spring. -- a lot has changed since then with the arabs spring buti do not know that a lot has changed in terms of usa out to the civil war purses' the u.s. -- versus the u.s. continue to pursue it. this story this morning about drone they're working at changing the strikes, strategy. i will put it out see. is the cia to tell wagging the dod dog on this issue? we need to have that answer it. he cannot leave it there. >> >> thank you. first of all with regard to a story in the paper, a think those operations, i guess i would urge you to go what is behind that. with regard to the larger issue, i understand the implications of what you're asking. our target represents those al qaeda terrorists that involve a threat to this country. this is not broad base. d. not becoming any part of a civil war. we are very precise andwe're very targeted. we will remain pursuant to those kinds of operations. >> without going into specific details here comment the position of the

planning in yemen you know what's going to happen next what's to stop everyone else from doing the same thing wherever they want well there's all this sort of fear factor so there is the factor for example if someone wants to bring anthrax and drop that on that says the much more effectively done by drone than it is any other method but i think actually we want to get a bit away from the fear and also think about privacy. in britain twenty twelve olympics coming up in the one hundred days the british police are going to be flying these drones overhead you come to work to our lympics in london and we're going to drown you and we're going to kill you we're going to snoop on what you do and this is the sort of we'll be going into i don't know if you remember the sort of dystopian side five films from the eighty's it was pretty horrific thing and we didn't like that world that we were seeing in those films that's the will walking into very quickly not only with drones but even the system right the topic that i was just talking about at the top of the show but i do want to go back to yemen f

officials is the al qaeda group in yemen, and its master bomb maker, who has survived repeopled u.s. efforts to kill him. it was he who u.s. officials say designed the so-called untsdz wear bomb that got past security but failed to detonate. and he designed the bombs hidden in printers being shipped to chicago that were detected only at the last minute. in a joint intelligence bulletin issued overnight, the fbi and homeland security describe concerns that the yemen group intends to advance plots among multiple fronts, including renewed efforts to target western aviation. >> it doesn't take a great number of people to do the attacks we had on september 11th. that was less than two dozen people. and it is clear they have that number available in places like yemen. >> reporter: revenge attacks have been monitored by the u.s. ever since last year's raid of bin laden's compound. among the papers found in his home were repeated references to the importance of attacks timed to coincide with anniversary dates. >> i think the major issue for al qaeda is to do something to prove that they're s

planning in yemen you know what's going to happen next what's to stop everyone else from doing the same thing wherever they want well that's all this sort of fear factor so there is the factor for example if someone wants to bring anthrax and drop that on that says the much more effectively done by drone than it is any other method but i think actually we want to get a bit away from the fear and also think about privacy. in britain twenty two over lympics coming up in the one hundred days the british police are going to be flying these drones overhead you come to work our lympics in london and we're going to drown you and we're going to kill you we're going to snoop on what you do and this is the sort of we'll be going into i don't know if you remember the sort of dystopian side five films from the eighty's it was pretty horrific thing and we didn't like that world that we were seeing in those films that's the world we walking into very quickly not only with drones but even the system right the topic that i was just talking about at the top of the show but i do want to go back to yemen

planning in yemen you know what's going to happen next what's to stop everyone else from doing the same thing wherever they want well that's all this sort of fear factor so there is the factor for example if someone wants to bring anthrax and drop that on that says the much more effectively done by drone than it is any other method but i think actually we want to get a bit away from the fear and also think about privacy. in britain twenty twelve olympics coming up in the one hundred days the british police are going to be flying these drones overhead you come to work our lympics in london and we're going to drop you and we're going to kill you we're going to snoop on what you do and this is the sort of we'll be going into i don't know if you remember the sort of dystopian side five films from the eighty's it was pretty horrific thing and we didn't like that world that we were seeing in those films well that's the world we walking into very quickly not only with drones but even the system right the topic that i was just talking about at the top of the show but i do want to go back to yem

can use drones to attack people in yemen. the u.s. government halls no idea of the identity of that person. the white house gave the go ahead today. you may remember a drone strike in yemen killed the american cleric anwar al awlaki last september. just killed it an american citizen. linked to the attacks of the 9/11. under the old could target only folks with known links to al qaeda. now they can go after anybody, plotting against u.s. interests. the government in yemen will also have to approve these strikes. new video from activists in syria which they say shows government forces shelling a city. and it reportedly happened shortly after united nations observers toured that area. we can't verify it because restrictions on foreign media there. united nations secretary general said today the syrian government has failed to keep up its end of a peace agreement that called for it to withdraw weapons and troops from cities and towns. there are new signs of trouble in syria's resistance movement. the son of a former prime minister today a

. >> we are considered about al qaeda which is located in yemen. they have demonstrated intent and capability to try to carry on attacks. >> counterterrorism experts say the anniversary as it approaches police departments will be on alert. he says there is no sign of any active revenge plot against u.s. targets. >> president obama getting support from former president bill clinton. last night clinton said mr. obama has beaten the clock with the economy recovering and

we are clocking closely with the yemen partners on a daily basis. kale aid as an intertent as well as ability to try to carry out attacks against our nation with the underwear bomber and the printer cartridge effort. we will continue to focus on degrading that organization inside of yemen until it is destroyed as well. the lone wolf or lone actor phenomenon is something that we continue to be mindful of and also vigilant about. working on a daily basis the fbi is coordinating their efforts with local law enforcement here. we are working with our partners overseas. so the internet provides a ready opportunity for terrorist organizations to be able to try to recruit and incite individuals to care arery out those individual attacks. >> chris: the president has given the cia and military greater lee way to launch military drone strikes against suspected al-qaeda terrorists or on rate ives in yemen where you say is the ratest source of concern now. even if we don't know exactly who they are. signature strikes because they may have the signature but not t

interests in yemen is the same interest we had in the fatah and we have in somalia, which is to go after those terrorists, those al qaeda terrorists, who are involved in planning attacks on this country. no more. no less. >> could i add, mr. chairman, just 30 seconds? >> if the chairman -- >> that's on the -- on the, what we're doing kinetically but i also want to point out that we are working very closely with the, with the military in yemen. notably their special forces to increase their capabilities as a building partner capacity endeavor. so i think it's important not to see this as, you know, we're only doing one thing and not the other. we're actually trying to round it off. >> appreciate that. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, again, for you both being here today, and just real briefly, over the next three months, can you just explain to us how you see the opposition? do you see it fragmenting or do you see it coalescing? how do you see this playing out over the course of the next, say, three months? >> in syria? >> yes. sorry. >> that's okay. >>

still to come for you this are more accusations of pentagon meddling this time in yemen where the u.s. military runs itself being dragged into another bloody and escalating conflict. us an energy black hole in iraq that's bad that accuses the country from engine of smuggling crude only abroad. now a group of two hundred u.s. marines have arrived in australia win a six month training deployment since their country's goal string its military influence in the asia pacific washington is to establish a rotational presence about two hundred thousand personnel in the country in the coming years and to talk more about this we're joined live now by new zealand based research in asia specialist tim beal thank you for joining us here on out here today why does the us believe it needs a greater military presence in the region do you think. not because of china i want to see the nicest faces right about the rise of china and is taking moves to change account of that. to some extent also influenced by the american national presence. but should reject play which is all to do with the rise of china t

officials is the al qaeda group in yemen and its master bomb maker, who has survived repeated u.s. efforts to kill him. it was he who u.s. officials say designed the so-called underwear bomb that got past security but failed to detonate. and he designed the bombs hidden in printers being shipped to chicago that were detected only at the last minute. in a joint intelligence bulletin issued overnight, the fbi and homeland security describe concerns that the yemen group intends to advance plots among multiple fronts, including renewed efforts to target western aviation. >> it doesn't take a great number of people to do the attacks that we had on september 11th. that was less than two dozen people. and it's clear that they have that number available in places like yemen today. >> reporter: the threats of a revenge attack have been monitored by the u.s. ever since last may's raid on bin laden's compound in pakistan. among the papers found in his home were repeated references to the importance of attacks timed to coincide with anniversary dates, something not preview pr understood about

what i can say sions of pensacola meddling this time in yemen the u.s. military finds itself being dragged into the bloody and escalating conflict. iraqi government has accused its autonomous kurdish region of eagerly siphoning off billions of dollars worth of oil and smuggling into broad kurds have denied the allegations which first surfaced when fuel deliveries to the central government halted into a payment. ready from. the village believes the route was a legacy of the u.s. invasion. the other producers in the north which is actually the easiest oil to extract in the country are not getting paid the southern oil fields richer are still in disarray after the u.s. u.k. invasion needs billions hundreds of billions of pounds worth of infrastructure improvements to be able to extract that readily years before the troops pull there we're talking an escalating this rhetoric up for civil war the country wasn't divided before but it is exactly divided now and this is an earth another one of those divisive tactics to split the country into two the problem with

bobbins in south yemen has left at least forty three suspects but it's instead of washington intensified its support for yemeni government s trikes killed both insurgents and civilians trials of the american institute on yemeni studies these the u.s. is playing but are getting involved in yet another conflict where is the determination of who is a legitimate target or not. and you know just because you know this place is that quite a bit. is a military target how do you determine what you are. right i think you know the danger is that the united states will be drawn into a counterinsurgency operation i think that's where we're headed maybe no distinction between you know somebody who is a terrorist or united states and you know somebody who is this participating in a counterinsurgency inside of yemen married the president. another country grappling with anti government since these military john was ignored on its neighbor this exit from power i mean come on this. these control of the town last month to suppress rebels in the country's north but the now it's an african union of that's clo

and you know somebody who is this is not participating in a counterinsurgency inside of yemen dangerous president. but look now at another country grappling with a government militants mollies region that has ignored a demand by its neighbors for exit. become on the seize control of the told us not to suppress free. the country's north. facing more sanctions from the private communion that follows the travel bad economic restrictions imposed well you're right militants austin control the movement we are proud of us timbuktu and. french police launched a new wave of raids across the country arresting it isn't a suspect that's what it's from prison with sarkozy if it is the killing of certain people by one hundred or. by extremist resilience currently engaged in a bitter presidential campaign and has vowed to crack down on radicalism in the culture. a group of two hundred u.s. marines arrived in australia a six month training deployment that's one of the country's bolstering its military presence in the asia pacific washington is to establish a rotational presence of up to two hundred tho