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Act ration until lee. they think there is more time. they are trying to convince israel not to take matters into their own hands, and but at the same time we know that they are planning at central command in case israel does strike. there is a belief that the u.s. military will likely get dragged in because the israeli military may not be able to finish the job against the nuclear sites. they are spread out all over iran. the u.s. military is actively planning in case they get dragged into a pot...

The pentagon and central command has been planning for a possible military strike on iran but the officials have pushed back saying that no weapons deals were struck when israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu was in town, deals for more powerful bunker busting bombs. >> all of us conveyed the same emergency and we respect their sovereignty and we understand they have to make decisions that are in their interests of the united states and the united states has to make decisions that are in our...

It demonstrates the-- this countrys commitment to israels security. >> admiral william fallon lost his job as the head of central command when he questioned the wisdom of striking iran in an interview with esquire magazine at the end of the bush administration. >> and what happens, step two, step three, step four, where does this go, what are the outcomes, what do you think. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu reportedly told his cabinet today to quit the quote, chitchat about iran afte...

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Ayman al-zawahri may ala grant him success as he has the responsibility of leading this group. what you have six weeks after the death of osama bin laden is a formal statement from al-qaida central command that ayman al-zawahri is in fact the new leader of the network, jon. jon: catherine herridge live in washington. >> reporter: youre welcome. jenna: senator lindsey graham of south carolina returned from afghanistan last week. hes the only member of congress to serve active duty in iraq and afg...

To make the case for killing arabs on international television. thats what this is going to involve, firepower, including our firepower being used against arabs on international television. this is serious business. its not just voting with the u.n. its joining in a military action the same way we ylt into korea in 1950 in june. so it may be the right course but we have to check on the constitutional appropriateness of how were doing it. >> i want to bring in colonel jack jacobs. admiral mike mu...

Military analyst colonel jack jacobs joining us on the phone with this late breaking story tonight. colonel, the no fly zone, this is a game changer. is that safe to say? we now are going to have some international involvement here, which is what the rebels have been waiting for. how do you see this? >> yes. the marine general who is a commander at central command said some days ago the establishment of a no fly zone means actual combat. allied planes are going to have to determine the location ...

Of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and head of your service, the commander like general maatta says, you have an obligation to not only do something -- not do something that immoral or illegal but to prevent the united states from doing something thats stupid. it remains to be seen whether or not that will happen. we know for a fact that the secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and commander of central command have all told the president of the united states...

Side to funnel people in afghanistan? >> that is a good question for the policy makers, the central command. >> youre the guy here. >> focused on our effort here. >> u.s. military and afghan military has had a lot of success to track down bombs before they go off. in 2010, for example, the commanders are saying that the afghan and the u.s. military stopped more than 1 million bounds of explosives before it went off. that is about 25,000 iedes, each one capable of blowing up a convoy. you can see...