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Cant do operations, does that make the war in afghanistan, does that mean that troops could be pulled out? if president obama has said the goal in afghanistan, the focus is al qaeda, its not necessarily nation building, although that right now is the strategy. >> i think it allows us to evolve policy, certainly. if it so happens that the removal of bin laden then diminishes the capacity of al qaeda to cause chaos and instability. because their basic strategy is very, very simple. they know that ...

Noncorrupt. what they hope by terrorism is to create such chaos and instability that the institutions of such a functioning democracy cant take root and cant grow. if that is diminished, that ability to cause thatky yos is diminishes, yes. >> would it be acceptable to pull out with a war still going on with the taliban. >> i have taken the view all the way through that our withdrawal of forces is about the job being done. >> tony blair talking with anderson on wednesday. just ahead, nato launche...

Instability. because their basic strategy is very, very simple. they know that the majority of the people left to themselves would want a democratic government thats effective and noncorrupt. what they hope by terrorism is to create such chaos and instability that the institutions of such a functioning democracy cant take root and cant grow. if that is diminished, that ability to cause that chaos is diminished, yes. >> would it be acceptable to pull out with a war still going on between the tali...

They know that the majority of the people left to themselves would want a democratic government thats effective and noncorrupt. what they hope by terrorism is to create such chaos and instability that the institutions of such a functioning democracy cant take root and cant grow. if that is diminished, that ability to cause thatky yos is diminishes, yes. >> would it be acceptable to pull out with a war still going on with the taliban. >> i have taken the view all the way through that our withdraw...

a network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he felt safe and prote...

military community. a network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he...

a network looking out for him. something pakistans interior minister recently flat out denied. >> in your investigation, have you found any evidence that bin laden had a support network here in pakistan? >> there is no such thing at all. even not an iota of doubt. >> you are categorically denying he had a support network here? >> no support network. >> yet theres growing evidence that leads some experts to believe that simply isnt so. evidence that bin laden lived as if he felt safe an...

Parties from the election and from building the kind of grass root civil society they have to do. so its an important issue for the egyptians, but its a big distraction that might take them off course in trying to construct a functioning democracy. >> nick burns, as always, appreciate your insights. and still ahead, japan finally acknowledges the nuclear crisis is at least as severe as chernobyl. and up next, pakistan tells the cia to call most of its people home. is it a victory for al qaeda?...

At other people. its mostly all -- i think its a revolt against the arab world. nothing is as good as you think it is. so thats my fear is the deep disappointment that comes from recognizing there isnt going to be some grand new day. >> if chapter one was we want freedom, we want to create structure of governance that is modern that we can be proud of. chapter two would be six months to a year from now to where the economy has not moved forward. >> the most significant place there have been prot...

You. and an egyptian american responds to her countrys change and her anxiety about the future. im don lemon, "cnn newsroom" in atlanta. theres a lot of news happening right now. lets get you caught up. first in cairo and elsewhere, egyptians are reveling in their first full day without hosni mubarak after 18 days of nonstop protests and demonstrations, demanding he quit, mubarak abruptly stepped down on friday. the stations defense minister is now in charge. the country faces a lot of quest...