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Turkey which is a common transit point for hopeful isis fighters as we know. the complaint also cites dozens of her online messages and tweets. one reads if you are a violent jihadi fighter your death becomes a wedding. in queens new york two women were arrested for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons or property in the united states. both women who are american citizens appeared in federal court in brooklyn on thursday. now, the court documents say that one had posses...

Laura ingall is live with the story. >> reporter: all three of these women are off the streets and in the philadelphia case offline, away from their alleged terror plotting schemes. one terror expert i spoke with this morning says while the number of these female arrests are few it illustrating the impact the islamic state is having on followers in the u.s. the criminal complaint alleges that 30-year-old keonna thomas did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which is a common tran...

Organization and could get 15 years in prison if convict. the criminal complaint alleges she did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which is a common transit point for hopeful isis fighters. in one tweet she reposted a photo of a small male child with an ak-47 assault rifle around his neck with the following statement. in another tweet, she allegedly wrote the following. now, thomas will be back in court this coming wednesday for a detention hearing. well, of course, bring you t...

Live. laura? hi uma. terror experts say this is proving another example how the far reaching arm of the islamic state is making an impact on followers here in the united states. 30-year-old ke no na thomas used the nickname young lionness as she reached out to become a martyr for the cause. she was arrested yesterday and is now in federal custody charged with attempt to go provide support to a terrorist organization. she could get 15 years in prison if convicted. the criminal complaint alleges...

>> sometimes it does, anderson, sometimes it doesnt. were about 250 miles north of the southern mexican boarder, 750 miles away from the nearest part of the united states in texas and 300 miles north of us is a transit point. if this train doesnt go to the boarder, everyone gets off and there are four different train lines, one to the california area and three to the texas area. thats what usually happens. the starts and stops and it gets to the transit point, thats where injury os kerr. i want ...

Plot against the iranian embassy in bangkok and that came through kuala lumpur. state department says equal law lumper is transit point and operational planning point for terrorist operations in southeast asia. the philippines in that part of the world has an islamist insure againsy that has al qaeda roots in it. so theres a lot of reasons to be concerned. hezbollah is operating in that part of the world. so i dont want to rule it out. we just dont have enough evidence at this point. i think we ...

Operated through malaysia, which is a transit point as well as a pl planning point for terrorist operations in southeast asia. we also have other terrorist groups active in southeast asia such as al-qaeda. i remember one group responsible for the bali bombing in 2002 and a number of other plots. hezbollah is active in southeast asia, and of course, if you want to tie china in to this, you have the stabbings, the number of people in china. there is an al-qaeda-linked terrorist group called the ea...

Israeli interests malaysia is a transit point for terrorist activities in southeast asia. we have al qaeda. a member was responsible for bali bombing in 2002 ask a number of other plots hezbollah is active in southeast asia. if you want to tie china into this, we had a terrible terrorist attack with stabbings of a number of people in china. there is an al qaeda linked terrorist group called east turkistan islamic movement active in china? >> scott, what do you think happened here? >> i think the...

About what is playing out in ukraine and crimea. >> let me ask about malaysia airlines, you were ambassador in china and know how intelligence and just the whole terror threats in that part of the world. here youve got an airliner disappearing, we dont know what caused it. obviously the intelligence communities are looking but theres been no chatter or hint of anything to indicate a terror plot, but malaysia in the past was an al qaeda strong hold and heading for beijing, possibly now we learned...

To airline and transportation security officials. what should have happened is when they checked in or bought the ticket with those stolen passport numbers, that should have said off a red flag in the malaysian system that should have said these passports are stolen. lets look out for these guys or dont let them on board. that system totally broke down here. where the breakdown occurred were not sure but that will be part of the investigation. >> one of the reasons why intelligence analysts said...