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The current home of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. it is the hq, if you like. al qaeda regrouped in yemen after being forced out of saudi arabia. that was after 9/11. and, you know, you see several terror attacks that have emanated from yemen since. now, saleh has been an ally of the united states. and an unstable one, though. if he does step down or hes thrown out after 30 years of power, it is still unclear who would step in. and what the west could hope for from any new leader in terms of...

Groups into something that could take power and do something. but theres a lot of fears that it wouldnt. very tribal in nature. could it break down into civil war as saleh himself has warned? then youve got as -- this is a government that was in trouble before all of this started. a rebellion in the north, secession in the south. as you said, its the home of al qaeda in that part of the world. the saleh government allowed the u.s. to act against al qaeda and actually helped out in that regard as...

Qaddafi announced the cease-fire and we are waiting on now, is more word on who will carry out the no-fly zone. we know that france offered to lead the effort, we know britain already is sending fighter jets to the region and italy offered the use of its military base, to support the no-fly zone. what is not clear yet is when and if these jets will then begin flying into this country to take out qaddafis strategic locations. anti-aircraft installations, radar sites, possibly military installatio...

Hotbed -- there isnt support within the community. so these groups dont do very well. >> why is that? if you needed to figure out -- >> right. if you look at the polling data, american muslims are strikingly assimilated. if you look at other polls done where they believe in the american dream, they believe in american democracy, they want to get rich, they want to have a car. they want to have two cars, a suburban house, theyre not trying to go back to the seventh century. >> right. one of the s...

Cigarette smuggling case and the family says that took him to the iranian island a popular resort area a hotbed of smuggling activity. some diplomats say they suspect iranian government agents took him but officials there in sift that they do not know where he is. and now, our reporter is working investigations for us, intelligence, and live in washington, dc. the family is not saying much, here. >> well, that is an indication of how sensitive or delicate the is. there was proof of life at the e...

Will a princess di vieded libya become a hotbed for terror? plus, the clock is ticking for congress, if the congress shuts down wait until you hear what you will not be able to do. and charlie sheen vents to the media. he says he will only come back to his tv show on two conditions. you have to hear this bizarre interview. >> hi. welcome back to the cnn "newsroom." lets get to this developing story. take a look at this gay. a computer guy from british airways convicted today of terrorism cha...

>> reporter: greg, just in the past hour and a half we heard from muammar qaddafi. im hardpressed to figure out whether crazy or delusional would be the best way to describe his face in which he said al-qaida is giving ha loose in a genic drugs to the protestors, thats why they are rising up for him. queen elizabeth has been in power for 57 years, why cant he stick around. citizens want him out of office and many are paying with their lives. if libya is not in a civil war its very close. the eas...

Visited high ranking libyan officials at invitation of the libyan government. fran, hi. so you met with gadhafi. do you think that he will survive this threat? this threat to his power, i should say? >> well the real question is how long will the military sustain him? what we have seen in egypt and tunisia and it was quite different there, but that without the support of his military and security forces, he cant survive. the fact is he is very strong-willed, very opinionated, difficult to negoti...

Protesters. he seemed to be promoting civil war in that speech today when he called on his supporters to chase down in the streets the protesters and kill them like dogs or rats. >>shepard: there is breaking news now on fox news channel, this has just crossed from associated press in 15 seconds. from al-jazeera television, the libyan interior palestinian step has announced he is defective in support for the february 17th revolution. jonathan, they have lost the interior minister, now, and muamma...

Gadhafis stronghold of tripoli. it would seem that what colonel gadhafis son has called the great revolt is now well under way. im just quoting here from words we were hearing from the security forces. they have said in the last hour that they -- their security forces have rate e e erated -- t they call nests of horrors and they are demanding their citizens cooperate with security forces. >> are you getting a sense that there is going to be more violence ahead? >> yes, absolutely. i mean, i thin...