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80 people dead. and in claiming responsibility, the pakistani taliban calls the attack retaliation for the american raid that led to bin ladens death. reza sayah is live for us in islamabad. does the pakistani government view that has a singular message from the taliban, or do they believe therell be more attacks? >> reporter: they believe there will be more attacks and the pakistani taliban says there will be more tobaccoattacks. this was a coordinated attack designed to kill a lot of people, a...

that he can win the white house. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." the taliban warn that this will not be the only death. they are claiming back to back suicide bombings at a pakistani training facility in northwest pakistan. at least 80 people were killed, most of them pakistani army recruits. reza is joining us live from islamabad with pretty horrendous crime. what are they saying where you are, reza? >> reporter: well, wolf, this was a coordinated attack designed ...

pornography. this in the hideaway of a self-described religious warrior who says the united states and the west are immoral and godless. lets assess the importance of these new revelations with michael shoier, and with our national homeland security adviser, fran townsend. michael, let me start, i guess its no surprise that the leader of al qaeda would want the president of the united states dead. but its startling and jolting a bit to hear what written communications, plural, in which...

video we are talking about. this is an example of the nighttime helmet cam video and gives you a idea of the quality of the stuff that the military is combing over. this is technology used by the s.e.a.l.s on bin ladens compound. you can see here in the helmet cam video that when it is shot in dark conditions, it is grainy and not a lot of detail it to, but they are going over it bit by bit to piece together all of the things that went on inside of that compound and piece it together. ...

Should they lead afghanistan? yes, they say. we want our country to be peaceful. they are the devil. the americans are making the taliban and afghans fight each other, this boy says, and then they watch. when they see us fighting, americans are happy. it is a message they get straight from their teacher. >> translator: god says we can never be friends with unbelievers. what do they know about our religi religion, we can never be friends. >> reporter: it is a chilling reminder despite ten years i...

Kandahar city, the largest city in southern afghanistan, taking over several buildings, launching wave of suicide attacks on checkpoints. this is a city accustomed to violence but some accounts this is the heaviest fighting kandahar has seen. this was a large attack on kandahar city that lasted two days and according to u.s. officials the attack is over and afghan security forces have captured or killed 60 or so taliban fight theirs launched this attack and according to u.s. officials this was d...

Though that the other major players in the 9/11 attacks and where they are now. at the top is khalid sheik khalid sheikh mohammed. hes in gitmo. next, walid bin attash believed to have picked the 19 hi jackers who died in the 9/11 suicide attacks. he is in custody at guantanamo bay. now believed mohamed al-qahtani was to be the 20th hijacker, was refused entry to the u.s. he was among the first captured in 2001 in afghanistan. hes enjoying himself also in guantanamo bay. ramzi bin al-shibh was a...

Mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. he was captured in pakistaning in 2003. is now in custody at guantanamo bay. >> well, next comes walid bin attash. he was the mastermind of the attack on the "uss cole" in 2000 believed to recruit the 19 hijackers who took control of the airliners and died in the 9/11 suicide attacks. he, too, is in custody at guantanamo bay. well, its now believed widely that this man, mohamed al khatani was supposed to be the 20th hijacker but refused entry into the united state...

See him perform an act of kindness? >> oh, he was just one in the crowds, endangering himself just like any other soldiers. but at that time, he was mainstream, following the guideline of proper islamic jihad. you dont kill innocent people, you dont commit jihad. bin laden did a damaging sect to islam. two important things, the indis-christmas nit killing of innocent people, a big taboo, a big mistake in islam. and the other thing, suicide attacks. suicide attacks is killing us the muse limbs, d...

Daily labor jobs. all of these sorts of developments are things that would have been unthinkable six months ago. >> well, what about the fact that you still have these suicide attacks and assassinations? it is really -- the taliban, the terrorists going after afghans, much as am >> indeed. much as am this is an evolving tactic on the part of the taliban. and commanders expect to see more of this this summer. taliban atabbing softer ta inbb and civilian targets across the country. i saw these lit...