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The media this is al qaeda in yemen," but it is hard to establish ties to any of those groups. experts, when they look at this video, they see signs of possible military training, as well as possible combat experience. those are very important to possibly telling details. >> looks like a very sophisticated operation. jim sciutto, thank you very much. lets go to cnn right now. whats the latest over there, what are you picking up? >> reporter: jim sciutto was discussing the sophistication of this ...

Skill of these attackers and how they handle their weapons and how they move together and how they were equipped et cetera that gives analysts that look at this an indication that not only they have train, but the possibility that they have combat experience and that points to the possibility of returning foreign fighters from syria and iraq. they dont know it, but it is a great concern in europe and the u.s. as well. theyre looking at it closely. >> if its just three or may be connected to some...

And yada yada. i kind of have, i guess psychological problems, if you will. and i guess the mental stress. so. >> twaun stallworth serving a one year sentence for cocaine possession, is still haunted by a combat experience that occurred 20 years earlier during the battle to free kuwait. he says he once saw a friend blown up by a woman and a child who were concealing explosives. moments later, he saw another child running towards him. >> i didnt know what to do. but i turned, i aimed and i fired....

It was only a matter of time and where. this was my second chance. this lieutenant was telling me how quick the national guard was getting ready for the retaliation. he introduced me into unit hopping. wed go from a unit that just got home to a unit thats going to deploy. so were constantly sticking ourselves back into the deployable unit. my wife at the time, we had kids. and struggling in the civilian world to try to keep a family afloat, the benefits that youd get while youre over there to me...

Are gaining combat experience there right now. as barbara starr reports, it is feared some of them are americans who will return home to attack their own country. >> reporter: in syria amid the fighting al qaeda is is planting its flag leading to a direct warning of the rise of al qaeda affiliates. >> its progeny throughout the middle east and africa are virulent and bent on doing great harm to americans abroad and at home. >> reporter: james coney says one of the most virulent threats is at hom...

And a terrifying reality for all of us who fly. stand by for a shocking assessment of how often planes come close to colliding. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." we begin this hour with a chills new warning today about a terrorist training ground where al qaeda fighters are getting combat experience right now. and some of them may be american. u.s. officials sound more worried than ever that syrias civil wa...

That has nothing to do with combat stress. its an act of a single individual whos dealing with whatever he may be dealing with. >> leo, you write this week that as the military community struggles to make sense of another base shooting, veterans are also left wondering whether this latest tragedy will again stoke misconceptions about their combat experience and post-war mental health. sergeant nevins alluded to that. what kinds of misconceptions? >> its the rambo narrative, the idea that all vet...

Difficult situation. and we all look forward and pray for their full recovery. ten soldiers of the original 16 have now been released from hospital and rushed -- returnedo duty and i am incredibly impressed by the medical professionals at both scott and white, darnell, and the entire response of the fort hood emergency responders in the community at large. as you know, theres a lot more details beyond what ive given you in the last couple of days. and much of the details are not release able to ...

Own father says he must not have been in his right mind. lets bring in congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania, republican congressman clinical psychologist to talk about all of these new details. thanks for being here, as always. i want to get your immediate reaction to what lieutenant mark milley said they have been looking into specialist lopezs past. they had found in his combat experience in iraq where he was reportedly a truck driver, no combat with the enemy, no specific wounds. theyve con...

By the medical professionals at scott and white, darnell, and the entire response of the fort hood emergency responders in the community at large. as you know, theres a lot more details beyond what ive given you in the last couple of days. and theres much of those details are not releasable to the public at this time because we do have an ongoing investigation. however, i do want to clarify two points specific to specialist lopezs medical condition. first, we are digging into his combat experien...