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The group mostly pakistan is -- they were sending a lot of money to pakistan for attacks there in support of al qaeda and other terror groups there. its not a group without means, so it was the italians belief very credible planning process going on for an attack in italy. was it really going to be the vatican? at the moment theyre saying probably. >> let me bring in paul to weigh in. this begs the question, how does italy rank in terms of terror cells and those looking to do wrong? i mean where...

Publicity, in the way they have demonstrated their willingness to commit evil acts. i think the fact that were also hearing increasingly about terror cells, were hearing about this people do have a much more acute awareness of it. i do think it will play a role in 2016. it gives secretary clinton anning anan advantage because she has experience with this. as peoples concerns are rising will tolerance for an increased level of american engagement also rise? i think thats really going to be the qu...

Photographer. youve been covering whats been an ongoing islamist threat in tunisia. this is something very new, isnt it? >> yes, it is. you know we receive reports daily about terror cells being dismantled across the country. here in tunis, thats still quite strange to hear. isis is a concern for a lot of tunisians especially in the border region. not just with libya but also with algeria. its one of the mountains for terrorists. >> so we dont know yet who is responsible for this. but that is so...

Security officials say more than 350 young men from here have traveled to syria to fight. the concern now, they are coming home. theres no known link between the terror cells in belgium and france and to a large extent thats the worry. this operations highlighting the growing fears of officials across europe and in the u.s. that this could be the beginning of a new wave of terror. alex marquardt, abc news, brussels. >> five of the paris victims were tlied rest yesterday. two of them were cartoon...

Australian prime minister tony abbott and as well have an isis flag brought to him. bizarre request indeed. an indication he hasnt thought this through. to give you about of background and context to the threats here in australia, there have been numerous raids in the past few months of suspected terror cells. australia heavily involved in the war on isis along with the united states. troops with the kurdish forces and fighter jets involved in the air campaign for australia. there have been thre...

Strategic communications conversations going on between this person and someone that is officially associated with isis whether that be back in syria or whether it be someone who is the senior australian isis leader arrested in september along with 15 other people. drawing that association is really hard to do. we know in 2005 that there were jihadist terror cells operating in melbourne and in sidney. how do we know its not part of a wider growing franchise of terror cells going on across austra...

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>> theres a suspect in custody. whats your initial feeling? was this a person operating as a lone wolf or part of a much grander agenda that we dont see yet? she is thought of as a lone wolf. as an american, i could easily view that with some skepticism and actually along the way initially my thought, well, why couldnt it be part of a terror cell? weve had terror cells in a number of places even in the west. why couldnt it exist here. there might be a cell involved certainly. but after seeing th...

Clear indications of threats to the united states in the west by terror cells we have to in a surgical and as humane way as we can take out the people who are doing that plotting. then over the longer term try to address the very clear unhappiness among sunnis and shias and regional instability we see across the entire region. >> sara, human rights watch has been putting out material on syria and brutality of assads regime over here. syria armed group and children into battle reporting that arme...

Comprehensive report by a washington, d.c. centric think tank at the expansion of the drone campaign and targeted killings by two successive administrations has increased the risk of perpetual war. >> its potentially been a 13-year targeted killing program. >> reporter: with the ride of islamic groups in syria and iraq, where al qaeda ideology is gaining traction, the report found, no indication that a u.s. strategy to destroy al qaeda has curbed the rise of sunni islamic extremism, deterred the...