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Bomb-making training in the taliban strong hold of waziristan near pakistanis border with afghanistan. new details of a mote i have been for the attack, shahzad reportedly telling investigators that his car bomb was retaliation for predator drone attacks in pakistan. including one he witnessed while he was there. that killed three individuals that he knew. meantime, the pakistani government has reported will i detained and questioned at least eight people, some of them friends and relatives of s...

Recently became a united states citizen but was born and raised in pakistan and admitted to receiving terrorist training there. a report in todays "new york post" suggest he became radicalized during recent visits to his native land specifically following president obamas increased use of predator drone attacks. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is joining me on the phone from islamabad, pakistan. good afternoon, richard. >> reporter: how are you? >> well, thank you. i am curiou...

Even so though, there have been occasions in the 7b7bypast, ma who wasnt particularly effective here. the other thing to note, senior intelligence officials will tell you they feel they have been able to downgrade al-qaedas ability to launch major operations, so maybe this is the kind of plot theyre left with. >> well, lets break that down a with me here is roger cressey, an nbc news terror analyst. in talking to these officials, first of all, youve got never done anything overseas. they operat...

It is getting coverage across the arab world. so far, no public calls of sympathy, just condemnation for bin laden and hope that this will be the end. condemnation coming from pakistan, afghanistan, even yemen, which is bin ladens ancestral homeland, a yemen official saying they hope there will be more attacks against bin ladens leaders. >> and the response and back linebacker is violent. what are you hearing in your circles about this? >> jihadi groups on websites in particular are already sugg...

Friends and allies. the death of balancin laden mare most significant achievement to date of our nations effort to defeat al qaeda. his death does not mark the end of our effort. no doubt, al qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad. >> let me ask you about the president. weve seen publicly the capture and killing of osama bin laden had been diem fa sized. you can go back through transcripts and would not hear the name of bin laden ...

Concerned about but, clearly, now there will be more questions about the entire process that the tsa undergoes here. attorney general eric holder says phasal shahzad is continuing to cooperate with investigators. officials tell nbc news he has told his investigators he was angry at the u.s. for its predator drone attacks in his native pakistan including one that hit near him, he claims, during his recent five-month stay. authorities also say faisal shahzad has told investigators he drove his s...