they're trying to provoke it because they think the end of days is coming. it will be a last battle in this town in syria, where according to one of these prophecies, which isn't authenticated, they believe there's going to be this end of days battle between the armies of rome and armies of muslims. they're trying to make that happen more quickly. they think they're agents of god. that's part of the calculation. from a russian point of view, it electrifies their base around the world. >> i don't know there's a rationale point of view. fabien clain, this man still in raqqah. any sense of why abdelhamid abaaoud, any sense of why he was here, running or helping orchestrate these operations? >> because they felt, clearly, he would be a good organizer here, working with these youngsters that he knew. i mean, he grew up with two of his brothers, right, we've been talking about, the abdeslam brothers. they were part of a gang toll in molenbeek. they've known each other for a