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Been steadily growing since september. let's bring back our panel. paul cruckshank retired lieutenant colonel rick francona and cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd. why are these tourist attractions so important to these isis and other al qaeda-related terror organizations? >> this isn't about tourists or museums, it's about money. you go back to earlier what we were talking about, mid-'90s, one of the predecessors to al qaeda attacks luxor, egypt, the location of major tourist attractions and a major turn for radicals in egypt. 20 years later the successors to al qaeda go after tourists in...

Of grenade and automatic weapon attacks against high-profile locations over a four-day period. 164 people were killed. october 12th 2002 bali indonesia, where tens of thousands of american tourists travel every year. an al qaeda affiliate detonated three bombs. the first bomb near the u.s. consulate caused no injuries. the second bomb just after 11:00 p.m. a suicide bomber inside paddy's pub as the injured and frightened ran into the street a third larger car bomb exploded. 202 people including seven americans, were killed. november 17th 1997 luxor, egypt. an islamic group fired automatic weap...