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Were used, ten people were killed. and the yemeni government is saying theyre going to go after these targets in a way they havent in the past. this is very rugged, mountainous, dangerous terrain. so it is surprising the commanders are actually there. as far as how much the u.s. is involved, weve been told the cia has helped plan these operations, but there are no u.s. personnel there on the ground at this hour. >> tell me a little bit about whether we know exactly who was targeted? or is that j...

In yesterdays operation in which it was acknowledged drones were used, ten people were killed. and the yemeni government is saying theyre going to go after these targets in a way they havent in the past. this is very rugged, mountainous, dangerous terrain. so it is surprising the commanders are actually there. as far as how much the u.s. is involved, weve been told the cia has helped plan these operations, but there are no u.s. personnel there on the ground at this hour. >> tell me a little bit ...

They scrambled jets. they sent troops to western russia. you can do that when you have a strong military. arent we sending the message that were not even going to rattle our sabres. >> loud and clear like we might as well post it in times square. theres no fear of repercussion. theyre not worried about american military strength. i believe, at least not under this administration. they might be worried a few select individuals, high value targets, about a predator drone strike coming their way, b...

Was very, very far away. he just didnt say that he was going to come to the table. there were no ongoing talks. i think that what we are seeing is a typical pakistani political reaction because they are afraid that pakistans people tend to sympathize with the process of negotiating with the taliban. massoud and his group were put on the list of americas high value targets specifically at pakistans request. at one time you may recall that the pakistani intelligence used to wonder why americans we...

Very bold and very risky. the united states carried out twin special operations raids against high value targets in africa this weekend. one team grabbed a key al qaeda suspect in libya. the other failed to snatch an al shabaab leader in somalia. lets bring in our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto. hes got the very latest. bold indeed, and very risky. >> no question. both these attacks show the administrations new focus on terror threats emanating in particular from africa. the ...

Hiding place, a police officer helps a terrified woman and her young children get up and scurry through the mall to safety. and this. whats now gaping cavern where -- part of the mall collapsed. cars dangling on the edge. 61 civilians, six security officers, five terrorists died in the siege. officials say the death toll will rise as bodies are recovered from the rubble. here is a question. could americans face a similar threat here at home? brian todd has been investigating all of this. he is j...

Captured a high value target? >> im not sure when the last time was. i think what the president is expressing is when we are able to capture these high value detainees we can gather intelligence from them and that helps us protect the country. that is always to be preferred. obviously sometimes thats not always possible when you have high value targets in dangerous places as they most often are and it would risk american lives to put boots on the ground to try to capture them. oftentimes its sim...

Its not an indiscriminate program. indiscriminate is really misrepresenting whats happening here. despite the violence and difficult of this, there havent been that many people killed by drones compared to the pakistani military in pakistan or the taliban. this goes for yemen, as well, drones are happening in an ecosystem of violence. >> josh, its not a game of whos going to kill more, whether its the drones or military. this is misrepresentation. we actually know the high value targets in pakis...

Like civilians are happy and theres no killing going on, but its not an indiscriminate program. indiscriminate is really misrepresenting whats happening here. despite the violence and difficult of this, there havent been that many people killed by drones compared to the pakistani military in pakistan or the taliban. this goes for yemen, as well, drones are happening in an ecosystem of violence. >> josh, its not a game of whos going to kill more, whether its the drones or military. this is misrep...

Whos going to kill more, whether its the drones or military. this is misrepresentation. we actually know the high value targets in pakistan are no more than 2%. we dont know beyond that who it is we are killing. >> what we do know is the statistics in this case are attached to individuals and human beings, and one of the things we all can do in the aftermath of the horror in boston is how people feel in the aftermath of watching death of an innocent person, how we all feel about the people who w...