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Reconciliation still sounds too much like surrender to some of the low-level fighters. he says their honor and dignity is the fighting men of their communities and just isnt ready to take it quite yet. he also says that theres still -- they are worried about joining the reconciliation programs publicly because they are worried that the taliban leadership that is based in pakistan still has a reach into an afghanistan to hurt them or their families. so they normally are trying to do this reconcil...

this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. >> reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path th...

The days of glory came to the people of islam and some rulers of the arabs lands have vanished. carrying gospels to the people and new banners. he continues, the muslim nation was always getting really for the victory that is rising from the eastern horizon but the surprise of the sun of the revolution rose from the maghreb in the west. the nation felt the release. the faces of the people got brightened. the throats of the rulers got coarser and the jews got teared because of the coming of the p...

joint chiefs chairmen mike mullen and defense secretary bob gates expressed strong concern for safety of the s.e.a.l.s. each of them gave a stark warning. >> from my perspective, it is time to stop talking. and we have talked far too much about this. we need to move on. its a story that if we dont stop talking, it will never end. and it needs to. >> im very concerned about this. because we -- we wont to retain the capability to carry out these kinds of operations in the future. and whe...

have known where osama bin laden was hiding. well talk to peter king about his hearing next week into the death of bin laden and what he hopes to learn. im wolf blitzer and this is "the situation room." lets begin with breaking news on the case involving the head of the international monetary fund jeffrey toobin is getting new details on what is going on. jeff is joining us on the phone. what are you picking out, jeff? >> it looks like the defense will go back to court tomorrow to as...

Treaty signed in rome early in the administration of president bush. libya is not a party to this treaty. they have the court that meets in the hague. it has the power to try people and has the power to incarcerate them, but you have to get the person into the court. >> shepard: a reminder to our viewers, this is not a war in which weve engaged, and weve not taken sides in this war. this is what our leaders continue to tell us, that is not a war, we have not taken sides, yet were talking about n...

Administration was operating under, and the hague convention, which said that you can use force as long as the person is given a chance to surrender. and the idea of a chance of surrender -- >> neil: even the u.n. is saying -- >> thats not an issue. our buddy omar, the fourth eldest son, wouldnt have any cause. youre starting to roll your eyes, too. cause to bring that action. criminally you wont find a prosecutor to take this case. civilly he could bring a wrongful death suit or -- >> neil: can...

He congratulated president obama for carrying out this mission to kill osama bin laden, he said there was a grave mistake to end those enhanced interrogation tactics that the bush administration used. both secretary rumsfeld and secretary cheney said this was making the country less safe. these statements are not being made in a vacuum. >> ed, thank you. new details on a scenario. what if bin laden had been captured alive? barbara starr is at the pentagon. you learned the obama administration ...

Afghanistan. the president has just about announced the surrender. the taliban is on the offensive. our borders are wide open. there is nothing to stop someone from coming in our country. generally speaking the islamist movement is more active and more spread out and more unfortunately, more violent than it has been at any time in the last 15 years. >> judge napolitano: is the government, is general petraeus before he leaves to run the c.i.a. prepared for what the taliban will claim to be the sp...

In the art of war, the battle of war is that you win when their surrender. do you think that the taliban is ever going to surrender to us? >> thats like will al qaeda surrender, but we put them against the ropes, we hit them hard when we killed osama bin laden so they have been degraded. the taliban, is the idea going to continue to exist? who knows, and we have to deal with the pakistan question, when we have an afghanistan that through its local, through it national government, once reroot out...