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Theyve been dealing with the devices like this, over 200 of them in the last few years, this year alone, over 45 devices have been discovered. theyll continue to do so over the visit. >> how much support do dissident groups have in ireland today? >> very little. thats the issue here. what youre seeing here is a beast thats trying to fight for its relevancy in irish society, particularly the militant republican part of society. mainstream republicans in other organizations have bought into the pe...

theres no bail for dominique strauss-kahn. one of the worlds top bankers is behind bars on sex assault charges. targeting tripoli, the area near moammar gadhafis compound is hit again. in another night of nato air strikes. and thousands of flooded homes, thousands of people evacuated as the mississippi river levels continue to rise. we begin this hour in ireland where authorities say they have intercepted and defused a bomb on a bus headed for dublin, just hours before an histori...

Indicates a link to bin laden this is a revenge act for bin lad snn. >> as you note pakistani taliban immediately said this was in fact a revenge angt for bin laden. and then there were very quickly reports out of pakistan casting some doubt on that. suggesting that it might have been done by some splinter groups for its own purposes. this is the group that is at war with the pakistani government. it may be that the pakistani taliban is seizing the opportunity to make it seem like this was a rev...

Well. >> and israels prime minister coming here for an extended visit coming here this week and well see the president on friday, see president obama on friday. lets talk about the splinter groups of al qaeda, because al qaeda central is one thing. but the splinter groups are often talked about as even more dangerous. what we see in yemen, what we see emerging in somalia. what would be your biggest concerns if youre still in the national security council warning against threats to the homeland? ...

How do they communicate with their members, affiliates and other splinter groups. >> okay. tom fuentes, thank you very much. theres going to be a lot of information as all of this is digested and released. thank you, tom. floodwaters surging down the ohio and mississippi rivers. look at some live pictures now of one of the hardest hit areas. that is memphis, tennessee. thousands of people are now on alert. we will go live there next. she felt lost...

Drives, the cds, dvds, which were portable data storage pieces who was he communicating with? who were the couriers going to? if there were attacks who was going to carry those attacks out? are there records of that in that data? that tells you who he trusts, who are the most operational people still in al qaeda central. additionally it would show the relationship -- theres a lot of speculation about how much control al qaeda has with regard to the splinter groups. you have al qaeda and the arab...

That thrived on the fact nobody noticed it, it was operating under the radar. now with the combined power of the worlds governments chasing it, chasing its people, tracking its bank accounts, stopping people from passing money and messages, they were having a much harder time. bin laden was not able to execute any major terrorist attack in ten years. what happened in london and madrid was smaller attacks by splinter groups or associated groups. al qaeda central had really become a video producti...

Stay in your hotel. avoid crowds and u.s. bases and consulates around the world on high alert and this really raises a lot of questions about whats going to happen now to the so-called war on terror. is this a major victory in terms of u.s. curtailing terrorist attacks against the united states or as weve been saying are some of these splinter groups that really havent gained all that much support financially or operationally from al qaeda, al qaeda and the arab peninsula thats launched attacks ...

We have a picture of you and bin laden. do you anticipate that what is left of al qaeda, not an kwid da in the arabian peninsula, in north africa, the splinter groups, the original al qaeda, will we hear from them at some point? >> i think well hear from them very quickly. first off, you bury the body very quickly and recognize the death very quickly. >> i assume they are going to do a full buy open tea, to see if he had kidney problems and -- >> they are going to do a nda match with other membe...

Sort of attack. what are you hearing about that? what do you feel about the security? >> well, think its inevitable with any world eventu, and this is a world event now, that security has to be paramount. ive spent time here and at westminster abbey. they will have combed through these beds behind us, combed through everything. personally, i feel very safe. i think it will be fine. >> were told that apparently there are going to be dozens if not hundreds of s.a.s. soldiers -- >> there will. >> -...