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Terrorist tactics in iraq and afghanistan. we have been here to monitor the investigation into one of the worst tragedies, one of the worst attacks here in mexicos history, a fire set by a drug cartel in a casino. that left 52 civilians dead. the brutality was blatant. we have talked to people who survived and they said that the gunmen came in and poured gasoline on the tables and said, youre all dead. youre all means senior citizen women in there on a thursday afternoon, playing bingo. it marks...

its one of the u.s. militarys most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now theres new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. theyre infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? >> right now, officials dont know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped t...

Critics blame the fire on the fbis tear gas. but an independent special counsel ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set with accelerants. >> i blame david koresh, but because i believe hes to blame does not mean we, the fbi, did everything right or we did not make mistakes, because we certainly did. >> reporter: you believe patience would have provided many more survivors? >> no question in my mind. i believe a successful negotiation is not getting everyone out alive. its getting ever...

Fbis tear gas. but an independent special counsel ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set with accelerants. >> i blame david koresh, but because i believe hes to blame does not mean we, the fbi, did everything right or we did not make mistakes, because we certainly did. >> reporter: you believe patience would have provided many more survivors? >> no question in my mind. i believe a successful negotiation is not getting everyone out alive. its getting everyone out alive that we can. in...

Critics blame the fire on the fbis tear gas. but an independent special counsel ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set with accelerants. >> i blame david koresh, but because i believe hes to blame does not mean we, the fbi, did everything right or we did not make mistakes, because we certainly did. >> reporter: you believe patience would have provided many more survivors? >> no question in my mind. i believe a successful negotiation is not getting everyone out alive. its getting ever...

25-mile-an-hour winds, this is dooms day. critics blame the fire on the fbis tear gas. but an independent special counsel ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set with accelerants. >> i blame david koresh, but because i believe hes to blame does not mean we, the fbi, did everything right or we did not make mistake, because certainly we did. >> reporter: you believe patience would have provided many more survivors? >> no question in my mind. i believe a successful negotiation is not get...

>> reporter: within minutes, theres a second fire. then a third. >> this is not the way to end this. lead your people out. be a messiah, not a destroyer. ♪ >> reporter: after 45 minutes, the building is engulfed. only nine people would make it out. >> i came out basically driven out by the fire. >> reporter: sheila martin, who had come out three weeks earlier, is watching the drama on television. terrified for her husband and her four oldest children. >> youre thinking, if they were in the hal...

But an independent special counsel ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set with accelerants. >> i blame david koresh, but because i believe hes to blame does not mean we, the fbi, did everything right or we did not make mistakes, because we certainly did. >> reporter: you believe patience would have provided many more survivors? >> no question in my mind. i believe a successful negotiation is not getting everyone out alive. its getting everyone out alive that we could. in my judgment ...

Council ultimately found david koresh ordered the fire set. sheila martins family died from smoke and fire. do you still cry? >> yes. i think the middle of the night is the worst. when you wake up and you think about things and you see a picture, and see their smile. i cant remember the way they sounded. you cant remember their voices. >> reporter: at least 20 deaths were from gunshots. they were suicides and mercy killings. among them, david koresh and sherry doyle. >> im not happy that she die...

Million egyptians living in libya who are heading back home. at the border posts between libya and egypt, we spoke to border officials who say in this day alone 15,000 egyptians crossed back into their country. and most of the traffic on the road coming from the border was egyptians leaving the country. because obviously theyre very concerned about the unstable situation here. otherwise, though, however, we saw that gas stations are open, there are some stores open. there is some semblance of or...