CNN CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello December 15, 2014 14:41:00
Shake, allowed hostages to keep their cell phones. he also posted -- shn posted four videos on youtube with one of the hostages in front of that flag, that islamic flag asked for hostage taker's demands. i guess it would inspire others. was it smart? what was he trying to do? >> it's real smart. they're trying to send out a worldwide message. what better way than to have 12 other people help you at the same time. it exponentially increases the amount of media communication going out. a lot of people are saying well australia has never faced this, but they have. al qaeda affiliates have been at...