that are often whitewashing and advocating for terrorists. how would they be advocating for terrorists? they tried to explain ways some of the most heinous and extremist crimes that terrorists commit. and explain by oppression worth islamophobia and things like that. but back to britain and other european countries, first of all in europe, there is a breach in counterterrorism measures because what we see in britain is how the police work which is reactive, not preventive. what they need to do is much more prevention. much more intelligence work, domestic security work to identify the perpetrators but also the preachers, the recruiters.
the pentagon pope francis offering prayers for victims and families of last night terrorist attack in london. the holy father apparently at st. peter s basilica for pentecost marking the official end of the easter season. we continue now with our top story is where just getting information that isis has claimed responsibility to the attack here this as investigations continue in london after the horror scene there. or 30s rating buildings and homes in the eastern part of the city and investigators saying they are focused on attackers that were shot and killed by police. work is ongoing to understand more about them. and whether or not they were supported by anyone else. as i think you are wearing their research is ongoing in east london and 12 arrests have already been made. there is plenty more to do.
look at that. congress needs to take a look at it. once these things happen or even prior to their happening, there is a way to see what these guys are doing. and maybe prevent the series attack like this. absolutely. as i said breaking news is that isis is responsibility for the attack. one is that children analysis of what happened there? he really doesn t. it doesn t matter whether it was isis directed arises inspired. they are both the same. it doesn t really make it different. what you want to do is get this tangled web of cells over there so that you can keep these things from happening in the future and it will be difficult. scotland yard is very good. i ve done a lot of work over there. have a great deal of capabilities and they are tenacious. and it is a big job and with the threat that they are facing, the probably need more resources than they have right now.
are those countries comfortable what countries are we talking about? and are they willing to share intelligence? absolutely they re willing to share in the due cooperate. countries like egypt, morocco, gulf states, united arab emirates. and others. so we need the area expertise and the language expertise and also the islamic expertise. you need to work with moderate muslims to penetrate these organizations. so there is plenty of intelligence work but there is also a broader educational issue. we need to reach out proactively to the masses of muslim youth to explain to them that this is not the way to go. those who got that way will end up dead. doctor cohen, strong words. thank you very much. we will leave it there sir. thank you very much. meanwhile the easter season has come to a close on a pretty somber hour. pope francis praying for the