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In syria as an extension and they have long maintained that in their mind, if youre the turkish government, the kurds are a bigger problem than isis ever was. >> thats true. and unfortunately, of the rou roughly 40,000 foreign fighters that joined isis, what we know is that almost all of them passed through turkey. through the istanbul airport unmolested. theyle went through that airpor and from there to the border and were allowed by turkish offic l officials or turkish r officials looked the o...

Directly by the security services of other countries in europe. and we did not do what was necessary to keep track of them. >> consistently france has known who the actors are and said oh, yes, we were watching that guy. and they still managed to carry out attacks. >> absolutely. this is where you get into the complete disconnect between the scale of the threat and the level of the resources. >> what does this say about the foreign fighter problem? all of these militants whove come from europe, ...

There were no people who came out of the blue literally. all of these people were known to some extent, to varying extents, if not by the french directly by the security services of other countries in europe. and we did not do what was necessary to keep track of them. >> consistently france has known who the actors are and said oh, yes, we were watching that guy. and they still managed to carry out attacks. >> absolutely. this is where you get into the complete disconnect between the scale of th...

Foreign fighter problem? all of these militants whove come from europe, gone to isis, that come home. >> yep. what does isis give them? thats a question we have to ask because after all, why would they go to syria when they can self-radicalize at home? theres all sort of stuff you can learn on the internet. they went to isis in syria or iraq both to be in contact with the people who were inspiring them and motivating them -- this is a powerful ideology for these people. and of course isis also p...

We havent had that kind of foreign fighter problem coming from the united states that europe has had, nowhere near it. >> richard engel in paris. richard, thank you for that. we want to head north to claudio levania who is in belgium, the scene of even more raids now. claudio? >> reporter: yes, brian. there were about seven raids overnight. now calling them raids a bit of a stretch, maybe. there was no breaking down of doors. there was no shootouts. they were more like house searches. now the in...

That just about 14 months ago, the isis spokesman, annany, called for those who could not travel to the islamic state to attack in place. so that means individuals who are able to gather the means to do so, may attack inside the united states and in other countries. so its a real threat. on top of that, you have the potential for the returning foreign fighter problem, more than 25,000 or so individuals from around the world have traveled to the battle space to join isis and other groups. those i...

Electronic devices. but the question really at the top of my mind is how are these different people being watched? these planes starting in the u.s. going to turkey going to egypt. how are people potentially being monitor the for nefarious reasons? >> we know theres a database where there are a lot of vinl individuals on there at different levels of being prevented to fly and some authorities are keeping their eye on. what im understanding is that turkish officials are ramping up their efforts a...

You had two or three days ago it makes more sense. im not saying that is the case. well put all that on the table for the french so they can analyze it themselves. that will be shared with the brits. all of us do work together, despite a lot of the public posturing you see. the fact is, that the brits the french the u.s., other countries, certainly the australians, canadians we work so closely together on this because we realized that its a common enemy. i go back to during the iraq war, there w...