He also started translating stuff such as the book of jihad. The justification for physical violence jihad at that era. It is not considered a very important tax. It is important for jihadists jihadist but not something that has a much wider intellectual or academic value. Yet he chooses at that time to translate this. Speak to the people that attended the event. It would gone and attended the event. That is the kind of people who were already attracted to him back then. So the decision to translate was very different. A lot of those at the time in the uk were worried about the meetings. That is the first big find but taking another step not just make sense and giving them a reference but they are assessable in english. He translates that in the uk and really its all audio by the way. The vast majority of the work was a v. And soon after that he goes to yemen. We can go on about it. If you have any questions about that. I wonder when he left the uk my recollection as he have money prob
You want to send in at any point you will see a q a box down at the bottom right of your screen. You can send us a question in the latter part of this event, alex will answer some of them. So to start us off, as im sure many of you know is a Research Director of the Great Program of extremism at George Washington university which has become the go to resource for many people studying this topic. And so why dont we start by asking how you came to take an interest in Anwar Alawlaki and maybe you can fill us in a little bit on the background as you explain that. Guest thank you scott thanks for doing this we had the shared interest of the New York Times in particular the back in the two thousands in the last decade were incredibly helpful for me and that is the book objective choice and my pleasure to do this. So this came across my radar in around 2007. I just started as a junior researcher, looking at activism and jihad in the uk in particular. As a look at the individuals and networks
A trial of the senate after the house of representatives indicted him on 2 charges. Well President Trump divides the impeachment process as an assault on america and his Republican Party. For only the 3rd time in u. S. History a president has been impeached following a heated debate the democratic controlled house of representatives voted to formally charge donald trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress the yes our 230 the nays are 197 present is one article one is adopted. Well democrats and republicans made their case for more than 8 hours about whether trump violate the constitution it paves the way for a trial in the senate where a republican majority is expected to block trumps removal from office with todays illegal unconstitutional and partisan impeachment. They do nothing democrats and they are doing nothing all they want to do is focus on this what they could be doing are declaring their deep hatred and this thing for the american voter. This lawless partisan ple
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Terrorist attacks. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Hello, everyone. Were glad youre with us. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett joins us live in israel. Its 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. 1 00 p. M. In tel vooe, where Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is on the ground now as the war between israel and hamas intensifies. Were expecting to hear from him shortly. Hes meeting oneonone with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as airstrikes continue to gaza. Hostages are still being held captive this morning. This is what it looks like in gaza city right now. Israel is now vowing to keep power, water and fuel cut off to the gaza strip until hamas releases hostages. The International Committee of the red cross is sounding the alarm saying hospitals will turn into morgues with cancer patients, babies in incubators and elderly at serious risk. There are hundreds of thousands of troops massing near the border with tanks and artillery as th