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Radicalization of westerners firsthand, you yourself traveled down that road. how concerned are you about what youre seeing here on the ground and the potential for foreign fighters to go back to europe and the united states? >> well, anderson, i agree with fran, i am very concerned. i think everyone here in europe in terms of security services are very concerned. we have everything up to 400 british born and raised citizens fighting abroad in syria and the surrounding area at this moment in tim...

Nevertheless, the syrian government is saying that it wants the united nations to look at these incidents, as well, and possibly stay in the country longer. of course, delaying any sort of report that would come out, anderson. >> fred, is it known how much longer the u.n. team plans to be on the ground? >> reporter: well, the word that were getting is about another four days. there are still apparently sites they want to look at. we have to keep in mind on tuesday they werent able to go out beca...

>> its hard to see what the u.s. can do. the question historians will look at is would it have made a difference at the coup and a possibility of restoring morsi or forcing the military not to go down the path. if the u.s. said were cutting off aid, taking a really blunt unequivocal stance instead of what the obama administration did trying to have it both ways saying we wont cut off aid and accept morsi wont come back but try to be restrained -- >> you used the word coup. administration didnt -...

Divisions exactly, although i think the question is very, very concerning one. but i do think you have the possibility of the most powerful country in the middle east now being essentially an open battle field in which you could imagine people starting to arm eloquent lm -- elements of the brotherhood and thats frightening -- >> fran, you say that as well? >> i think the sodis want stabilitily. there are these regional actors playing through their own agendas and i think that fuel as further con...

Anti morsi camps. some of the violence, mobs of morsi supporters and attacking a number of churches across the country, as well. >> and arwa and ivan, i want to bring in and extend the discussion and bring in peter editor of "the daily beast" and fran townson serves on the cia and department of homeland security advisory bored. fran, what is your sense of where this goes? >> look, they clearly declared a state of emergency because they expect this violence will continue. when you see the sort of...

Da anyhow, but they do feel they pushed off the imminence of it for now. >> barbara starr, thank you very much indeed. let me bring in fran townson. significant that the significance intelligence can get to the heart of the top members of al qaeda here. what is the significant do you think of this? >> piers, i think it cant be under stated. not only do they intercept communications but understanding what it is youre listening to. you learn what the code words are from people you capture, from su...

Much indeed. let me bring in fran townson. significant that the significance intelligence can get to the heart of the top members of al qaeda here. what is the significant do you think of this? >> piers, i think it cant be under stated. not only do they intercept communications but understanding what it is youre listening to. you learn what the code words are from people you capture, from surveillance from your foreign allies, and then what youre able to do is search through. its the needle in t...