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Perhaps, americans who are there all the time, embassy personnel coming and going, academics, aide workers, others, not tourists, people who are there working, contractors and so forth. they also point out that there is a small contingent of u.s. troops who are there all the time in and out of the country on various missions working with a u.n. team thats there as well. theres a u.n. peacekeeping force thats in mali, and that has had engagements from time to time with terrorist organizations, wi...

Assisting a u.n. peacekeeping force thats been there for some time, as well as french troops. the bottom line, mali is a very active and aggressive place for terrorism fighting the mali government. and as i said, the french are there as well, which of course, begs the question of whether this attack was in some way related to what happened in paris last week. officials are telling us that they have to figure that out, but the initial indications are that this attack in mali was carried out by al...

Were shots not yet explosions. those would come later. i stopped the car when i saw the aide workers. there were three cars full of red cross staff treating people at the center. they were also frozen in shock. >> it had to be very difficult for you. >> foster, i have to ask you, i cant help but notice and hear the singing, the chants, even applause behind you. can you tell me a little bit of where you are and whats happening behind you with the crowds? >> yes. behind me is the monument where th...

Well as british aide workers and japanese journalist kengi goto. david cameron will make a statement later today. >> garrett live for us. thank you, garrett. >> reporter: youve got it. to another fox news alert for you right now. happening now, the search is on for a cold-blooded killer who shot a pastors wife in the head. a many da blackburn was shot all while her young son was at home. she died in the hospital a day later. patricia stark is here with the very latest for us. good morning, pat...

And mised in rebel inland. eight workers are out and say run, the plane is coming back. this aide worker from the syrian civil defense unit runs inside the hospital. one of his colleagues dead, five injured. a dozen total dead. the syrian american medical association who run this hospital told cnn it was targeted by russian jets, quote, a double tap. one strike and then another to catch the first responders. russia denies targeting civilians. >> in this first attack, the local man says thank god...

People carry her off to a makeshift infirmary. aide workers try to work. but as she comes around, tear gas wafts into the infirmary. volunteers take the woman outside. she can barely walk. shes carried off for care. so are some of the children. hours later, we managed to find the woman again, smiling. reunited with her husband. >> well that was about a month ago. and then the 19-year-old woman has just given birth to a baby boy in germany and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel pa...

He says it is the u.s.s decision to go ahead with the air strike of a doctors without borders hospital where 12 aide workers were kill and three children. general campbell testified that afghan forces called in air support, because they were taking fire from enemy positions. >> to be clear, the decision to take the on aero fires was made within the u.s. chain of command. the hospital was mistakingly struck. we would never intentionally target a medically protected faci facility. i must allow the...

Its our promise to you. were doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. back to the top story, the top u.s. military commander testifying up on capitol hill talking about the military plans overall in in that country, and this comes after a deadly air strike on a hospital. and that recreates a strong reaction when 22 people were killed including aide workers and patients. joining us is mac thornberry. and ge...

Big group, doctors without borders, is demanding an independent investigation into this weekends air strike. the attack hit a hospital in afghanistan run by the group killing at least 22 people. including 12 aide workers. president obama is promising now to get answers about possible u.s. involvement with a full defense department investigation. but doctors without borders, they want more. cnns nic robertson is in kabul. nic? >> reporter: suzanne, what were hearing here are sort of stronger voic...

Transparent inquiry. they say it is not enough that parties who were involved in the action that night should be part of the investigation. they want an independent, international investigation into what happened. doctors without borders also saying that their hospital essentially closed. medical personnel evacuated. in some cases, to kabul. some of their personnel there witnessed horrific scenes at the hospital. patients burning in their beds because they couldnt get out. president obama offere...