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Sedan. jim cavanagh, former chief of the bureau of tobacco and firearms, checked to make sure none of the packages were explosives is automatic at this point, right? >> right, they call in a bomb quad right away. they will sweep it for ie derd explosive devices. it is where they come to the quickest knowledge of motive. who is the driver, and then what is the motive and it could be an accident. a medical emergency, a drunken driver. people getting away from that is why you see them with the bomb

It is iraqi forces that are on the ground, ian, fighting and they are being supported by u.s. war planes and they are presumably carrying out air strikes to help protect the iraqi forces on the ground but now it appears that something went terribly, terribly wrong. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: thats right, ivan. there is close coordination between iraqi forces on the ground and the coalition forces in the air helping them target different buildings, iraqi forces calling in these air s...

The outskirts of mosul. if you look around mosul, they are still well back. we have been covering one particular strategically important town and surroundingvilsurrounding villag villages. they tried to probe their way in. they were hit by bombs and sniper fire. what is happening today is rockets mainly fired in specific areas. that is from apache helicopters and the like. one presumes that is to eliminate the sniper positions and get rid of the vehicle-born explosive devices. kurds can then mov...

Im going to spin right around here. this is normally a very busy place, but its about 4:00 in the morning. and this is where gunmen were walking around with guns, throwing grenades, self-detonating explosive devices, attacking that cube over there, which is a police traffic control booth. and as you can see here theres some indonesians bringing a bouquet of flowers, condolence message for some of the people who were hurt in this attack. unlike paris, unlike isis attacks, jake, this did not cause...

One of the co-conspirators provided training at an al-qaeda camp in pakistan, and three of his students were convictioned in connection with that foiled new york city subway plot in i 2009. the indictment charged he was part of an attack on a u.s. military base that same year using vehicle-borne explosive devices. the attack involved two car bombs, and his fingerprints were allegedly found on that unexploded device. the feds did not be identify the base or detail the damages, but the ap is repor...

And thats one of the working theories. >> sometimes suicide bombers leave videos behind -- >> nothing like that is found. >> nothings been found yet. lets see if anything emerges. three explosive devices were found, pipe bombs a dozen or so found in the home they were renting. what does this tell you how long they were planning to do snmg how long does it take to build these imp vised explosive devices? >> if we look overall they spent time at this they acquired semiautomatsem semiautomatic pist...

Well? >> well, theyve got loads of chechens and russian nationals from just the and that would feed the blood loss that they have for russia. the idea of this being blowback, as the ambassador said, if you look at it, most are not against isis. its against the free army. >> what do we know about isis and bombmaking? >> well, these guys are extraordinary adept and they really came into their own in iraq. they were masters of the vehicle-born explosive devices. theyve retrofitted cars to blow thro...

Has washington worried. >> its quite significant. this has been an escalating trend over the past year in particular as the performance militarily faltered and they stepped in to fill that role and have established a strong political and military presence in the country. we have gotten to a stage where essentially these battles are being planned and led on the battle field by iranians. >> reporter: he leads the elite kuds force and a lot of american blood on his hands from the iraq war. >> he sp...

In going after u.s. military personnel in iraq working with shiite militia and imp viced explosive devices and a lot of american blood, as far as you know, is he on the u.s. target list now? is the u.s. trying to capture him or kill him? >> to my knowledge, i would say no to both of those. right now, the current administration has been doing the things they have been doing with iran, negotiating with them, entered into this agreement that just happened and just from watching administration, i be...

Focusing on any mental history of this individual. they will seal his apartment. it will become a crime scene. theyll look at look at all of his hard drives any paperwork thats present in the apartment, any notes, any evidence at all, certainly being careful that there arent explosive devices or booby traps as in the colorado movie theater shooting. these are the types -- >> no, anthony, i was just going to say there is a very good probability that adam ward, the photographer, the videographer t...