written about that. mcpherson, the battle cry of freedom. the question of why the civil war is one of the most heavily researched and discussed topics in american history. the reason was from the time lincoln was elected to when he was sworn in in march of 1861, seven states had succeeded from the union. why the civil war? lincoln had a stark choice. let them go and break the country in half or fight the war in order to keep the country together. does it concern you at all that the president was asking the question or using those words in that way? well, it concerned me that, you know, the civil war is the seminoll event in history and it concerned me he was being so cavalier about why it happened and jackson prevented it. jackson died 16 years before the civil war began. you know, this is important and very detailed stuff. but to say nobody asked why,
correspondent leland vittert reports there are concerns that muslim extremists may be getting involved. first comes the battle cry of freedom. they organized the unarm prod testers to rush. pro-government forces answer with gunfire. in a scene that repeated it across syria after the friday prayers chanted freedom, freedom. the amateur photographers risking their lives to take the bigtures are blurring the faces of comrade to respect their identity. nothing could protect the civilians in the randomness of suicide car bombs. the new reality in sir yeah. yesterday, coordinated attack was a page in a play book. small bomb to draw people in. then a largeer explosion to kill as many as possible.