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>> but after surviving close calls for three decades, tom little was shot and killed thursday, along with nine other aide workers. an attack for which the taliban has claimed responsibility. >> it was an act of evil, and in its rawest, ugliest form. >> even in the face of such brutality, libby and her friends say tom's murder was not in vein. >> i think it is going to inspire more people -- more people who are on the fence, more people who realize that, you know, staying at a nice, comfortable situation in america is perhaps not what god wants them to do. of. >> tom's wife, libby, happens to b...

These are terrorists. they're thugs. they're not muslim leaders. the muslim religion is a lovely religion. these people are not terrorists. and the afghans are not terrorists. and they're not killing these aide workers. the aide -- only successful aide workers that have ever really worked in afghanistan have been the nonprophets. and they have been hugely successful. and so because of that, ali, that's why they're killing them. >> let me ask you this, joanne. you have often explained to me why we need to -- we in america have to look at the afghan people differently. this isn't the same as any...

The last cards they would have to play was having this fight about whether to let the bush tax cuts on the healthiest americans expire or not. it seems right now republicans are itching for that fight and democrats have to have it and i'm not sure how they will get out of the current trouble they are in out of that. willie, more news out of afghanistan. >> secretary of state hillary clinton condemning the killings of ten medical aide workers. six americans. who were executed in afghanistan last week. the taliban says the members of the group were killed because they tried to convert afghans ...

Said they were doing charity work. >> all of these people have come here to serve the afghan people all of them were volunteers. nobody's getting money for this. >> reporter: fighting between u.s. troops and militants has intensified in nurestan this summer. a large group of foreigners with cameras, including three western women, would certainly have drawn attention and raised suspicion. in the past, afghan villagers have been tolerant of foreign aide workers, even at times offering them protection. this, however, was worst massacre of foreign volunteers in afghanistan in years. alex? >> richa...

I spoke with some of the members on this party particularly dr. woo before she left. they thought, because they were aide workers, because they were volunteers, they would be protected. if they went with afghan security or they were carrying guns, that they would seem like an aggressive group of people, that they were not just there to deliver basic services. and they thought that who they were, foreigners, carrying medical supplies, that that would protect them. the problem is nurestan, where they spent the ma majority of the expedition is a very dangerous area, and it's been getting worse th...