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Received a similar designation from the u.n.s al-qaeda and taliban sanctions committee. we have a quote here from ambassador daniel benjamin and it reads, the attacks perpetrated by the group illustrate the global nature of the terrorist problem we face today and we stand in solidarity with the russian people in our condemnation of these deplorable terrorist acts. the revelation that the u.s. was asked by the russian government two years ago to investigate the older brother for potential extremi...

Stone. a number of reasons why they think he is here, but also, of course, a strong possibility hes not, that he managed to escape, managed to get out of this area. >> katy tur, thank you for your reporting. lets bring in michael leiter of, an nbc news terrorism expert. good afternoon, mike. what do you make of these possible connections between the two brothers and chechnyan terrorists? >> what we really know their ethnic is chechen. the one brother has traveled to chechnya. we really, really c...

Child would have already had it. i dont know where he was in the immigration status. but what investigators, counterterrorism officials, are looking at, is if he wasnt necessarily part of a pure chechen rebel movement like the kinds we were talking about earlier but more of an al qaeda affiliate that incorporates chechens, some turks, a group that is effectively non-arabic speaking radicals that wouldnt join other, you know, taliban or other al qaeda-type movement. >> richard, to your very point...

Bin laden in the past and by al qaeda. does that give us a hint, perhaps, these were more than just nationalists, just independent seeking chechens, these were impressed by international organization like al qaeda? >> i looked at that video today. it also talked about -- its very anti-shiite. whenever you hear things that are anti-shiite, it generally means youre coming from a selafi jihadi mentality which is the same mentality of al qaeda and all of its different affiliates. the most likely gro...

Not been told if questions have been asked. but the big news right now is that we are expecting some sort of statement from the f.b.i. momentarily. as soon as we receive that, well come straight to you with it. >> thank you. we will get back to you as soon as you hear that. now lets go to catherine herridge for the very latest on the investigation. shes our correspondent in washington. >> fox news is told investigators are exploring potential links between the older brother and extremeist group ...

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Become part of the terrorist war against the united states? these e-mails and texts that theyre discovering kind of make a pretty good case that he was part of a group thats at war against the united states. if you can make that case, then you could try him in a military court. you could try him in guantanamo bay and not have the spectacle of this trial having to take place in boston or some other place where they would change venue. >> are you sure about military court? as i understand, it was ...