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And an interesting fact from the washington post most of the foreign fighters are under the age of 30. now an uprising in 2011 is partly the reason for the surge in foreign fighters. that is long tight dictators that was overthrown and the government has enforced restrictions on religious freedom. next year two politicians were assassinated and two more attacks. and a look at terrorism from the u.s. state department n. 2013 it documented a marked increase in incidents fueled by violent extremism...

Else. the iraqi intelligence service says its arrested 31 members of an isis-affiliated group. an agency statement says the suspects confessed to planning and carrying out 52 terrorist attacks in baghdad in the past year. it also said large quantities of weapons, explosive belts, rigged cars and motorcycles and videos of isis operations were seized. a group of american aid workers potentially exposed to the boil vier us -- ebola virus in see airily own are back in the united states for monit...

Agree with that. the problem with that is expansion of isis into northern africa, i think does threaten long term the homeland with respect to external operations. lets not forget who these people are. they kidnapped 300 christian girls, held them hostage. they still are holding them hostage. their name, in of itself means western education is forbidden. they hit the u.n. headquarters in nigeria in 2011 and hit a catholic church killing 70, wounding 150. theyre very capable of pulling off terror...

. a stunning new twist in the paris terrorist attacks. a policeman has been arrested who worked at an intelligence center. all being tied to the gunman who murdered people in the kosher supermarket siege. lets go in depth for analyst. joiningous paul crook shack, and joining us from baghdad ben wedeman. paul what can you tell us about the four individuals who have been detained. i dont think theyve been formally arrested yet. but theyve been taken into custody for six days. >> well thats right...

Terrorist tactics. what you have now is not only an ideology thats being shared between isis and boko haram, but you also see tactics that are being shared. the beheading videos are being done the same way. the kidnappings, the terrorist attacks, the suicide cab bombs and truck bombs. all of those tactics youre seeing tactical collation from boko haram and isis. >> we also saw boko haram getting better at social media. from rudimentary to somewhat sophisticated. if this merger takes place, think...

First snowfall in his new american hometown an iraqi immigrant was shot and killed early thursday. this is according to police in dallas, texas. authoritiers authorityies are investigating that shooting that appears not to be a hate crime. the victims family is devastated. >> reporter: the bullet holes in this truck is a somber reminder of a shooting that killed a 36-year-old the reality of his pass associate too much for his father-in-law. he says the 36-year-old left his native iraq over growi...

Terrorist attacks at the boston marathon which killed three people and injured hundreds more. today, the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev who faces 30 counts related to the terror attack, finally began. apparently both sides agree he did it. but it gets a lot more complicated from there. lets go to cnn national correspondent deb feyerick. she was in the courtroom. so what is the defense strategy here admitting that he did it? >> reporter: their strategy is one thing and one thing only. that is to have...

You know i sit in the office of poroshenko every day, gets news of new deaths new casualties, terrorist attacks, new attacks from the russian side. i see also hear every day world leaders calling. theyre calling. theres too much calls. too much calls. not enough help coming in. ukraine gave up in the 990s several thousand nuclear warheads. theyre just asking for several thousand anti-tank missiles for gods sake to be able to send up to this aggression. so thats a very key moment for -- whats hap...

Of them going down at one time. the first assault weve seen from twitter against the isis accounts. >> this has been happening the last couple of days. what was the impetus of twitter finally taking this kind of action? >> thats right. twitter has gotten beat up compared to other social media companies. facebook and youtube got on the bandwagon early about fighting terrorists on their platforms and twitter sort of waited. were seeing twitter after a lot of pressure decide theyre going to take an...

Would be ready for competition. >> we have been given reassurance the venues will meet the level of sustainability. >> she also said inspectors were pleased with progress on construction but noted the fast pace has to be maintained. >> an example of where this entire city will be visible is with the venues where sites like the golf course sites like equestrian cross country have very aggressive time lines. >> reporter: security another challenge. here special forces train for potential terrorist...