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Process of radicalization. his name is farea al-muslimi. hes from yemen, and here is what he told a senate subcommittee yesterday afternoon. >> six days ago my village was struck by an american drone in an attack that terrified the regions poor farmers. i spent there living with an american family and attended an american high school. that was one of the best years of my life. i learned about the american culture, managed the school basketball team, and participated in trick or treat and hallowe...

Terrible happened, that is the story of a young man who came to capitol hill this week to explain in stark and moving terms whats happening with that bigger, scarier, more dangerous process of radicalization. his name is farea al-muslimi. hes from yemen, and here is what he told a senate subcommittee yesterday afternoon. >> six days ago my village was struck by an american drone in an attack that terrified the regions poor farmers. i spent there living with an american family and attended an ame...

Farea al-muslimi whats going on in yemen and to kind of badger him whether theres a conflict there and whats possible in terms of picking stuff up, like, you know, even if i was a u.s. senator, id like to think id differ to a man who grew up in this village, as he so eloquently stated himself, has nothing but love for this country, that some of our security objectives could be achieved there. >> i think this has been my issue from the beginning and was part of my reluctance about the stand with ...

You know, even if i was a u.s. senator, id like to think id differ to a man who grew up in this village, as he so eloquently stated himself, has nothing but love for this country, that some of our security objectives could be achieved there. >> i think this has been my issue from the beginning and was part of my reluctance about the stand with rand stuff, was that the grandstanding here and the sort of opportunism of this has been really hard to take. i want to just play a little sample of what ...

It became a daily fear, not just my village, it was a daily fear for other areas, like the middle of yemen, where a man said in the past we used to tell women used to tell their children, go to bed or i will call your father. right now they tell their children, go to bed or i will call the drones. it has been horrifying fear at nights for thousands of people who have nothing to do with any sort of sympathy and rather than that, it was -- yes? >> farea, thank you so much for telling your story an...

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