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Paul crook shank is here. also with us is phillip mudd. what a harrowing story weve heard this evening. paul, im going to start with you, sayfullo saipov, 29 years old from uzbekistan, came to the united states in 2010. why is this significant? what can you tell us about terrorist activity in uzbekistan? >> well, theres significant jihadism in uzbekistan, don. there are two major jihadi groups. the first affiliated with isis and the second affiliated with al qaeda. both those groups have signifi...

Thats been going on for decades. major jihadi groups, one affiliated with isis, one with al qaeda. they have presence in syrian iraq. up to 1500 traveled there. theres uzbeks involved in terrorism cases. they are involved in an attack in sweden, involved in the nightclub bombing on new years eve and metro attack. here in the united states, a major counterterrorism investigation centered in brooklyn, new york in 2014 into a group of extremists. people from central asia who were planning to go and...

>> absolutely. the recipe for tatp is widely available online. its available on jihadi websites and magazines. this isnt to say that this attack is necessarily committed by sympathizers of jihadi groups. but this has been, id say, one of their favorite expositives to employ. >> so, the threat level is now at critical. its been raised, and another attack is expected because of that. there is a manhunt under way for suspects or a suspect. so, given what we know so far about the explosive, the simp...

>> like a microcosm of the world there. >> very international target in barcelona. but spain has been grappling with a jihadi extremism problem for decades, more 100 spanish residents have traveled to join jihadi groups in syria and iraq, of which a significant portion have joined isis. thats actually a much lower number than some countries in western europe where you almost had 1,000 each in those countries travel to join the group so the scale of the threat is less big in spain than it is in s...

Iraq and syria and launching multiple terror attacks. what russians are saying this morning is that they believe that their strike in syria killed 330 isis fighters on may 28th and they are still checking whether as they are suggesting the isis leader was among them. >> well, if al baghdadi is, in fact, dead what could it mean for the future of isis? >> well, there are mixed views about that as well. some people think that -- make the point that these jihadi groups, remember that isis is the res...

The libyan militia claims hashim said he and his brother were members of isis. cnn is reaching out to the authorities for verification. u.s. military sources tell cnn salman abedi, the manchester bomber, had been in libya for several weeks before the attack. >> he certainly might have had the opportunity in libya to connect with a terrorist group. isis has a presence in libya. al qaeda has a presence in libya. other jihadi groups. >> reporter: police say he was known to both british and u.s. int...

Point that ive seen since the fall of the taliban in 2001. isis is just one of the many, by the way, jihadi groups, including al qaeda, in uzbekistan and others. i wouldnt say they are hugely important. the real issue is the fact that the taliban have taken helmand in 2009. you will recall that the district fought by the american marines, now being retain by the taliban and that is quite a significant victory, unfortunately, one of many the taliban have had in recent months. >> this is a reminde...

Theyll be scrubbing their phones, their social media, looking who they were in touch with, who they were associating with in germany or any other countries, whether they were among the 800 who traveled from germany to join jihadi groups in syria and iraq. more than 270 have come back to germany. but this comes at a time, john, when the system really is blinking red when it comes to the terrorist threat against germany. officials have described it as an unprecedented terrorist threat. weve seen f...

Nic robertson said these two men have been arrested with traces of explosives in their car. more than 1,000 have gone to syria. these people are comfortable in fra frankophone environments. they are people that are part of the isis cell that geneva authorities have said they are concerned with them planning to strike. >> the fact that a cell has possibly made it to switzerland, is that alarming to you? >> we know that 90 countries have seen members or citizens go to syria to fight with jihadi

Who have said things about isis and being supportive of isis, no? >> well, thats true and theres some admiration amongst these jihadi groups and their leadership. those in the sahara tend to break off and compete with each other. so there are two or three figures that may be behind these attacks. >> thank you. straight ahead, the fbi on alert for potential paris copycats here at home. not from returning foreign fighters, but from people already within u.s. borders. stay with us. were trying to...