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Foreshadowing of the terror attacks that hit the united states since that event. it was set off by muslim extremists including this man, who is the nephew of the khalid shaikh mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. moving on to our next part investigators tied seven suspects to an egyptian fundamentalist cleric who is known as the blind shaikh convicted of masterminding several attacks against the u.s. he died in prison last year. the others were convicted in 1994 were sentenced to prison terms of 240 years each. one suspect remains at large, melissa. >> melissa: thank you. >> jon: bran...

He cleared the roof of the building, removing 20 to 40 men, women and children. the men were dancing, some of them dancing, several of the women were keening, and he said there's absolutely no possibility it was anything but a celebration. he said it was over in minutes. they cooperatively left the roof. and their concern was there was a crowd on the ground as well who were watching and they thought there might be a confrontation. >> so was that the second location? because the second location of cheering was on the street. >> there was a second location of cheering on the street not far from ...

Attacks. >> andrew mccarthy, a former federal prosecutor who won a conviction of the blind shaikh that plotted to bomb new york city tunnels and landmarks in the 1990s. >> the motivating cause of the attacks, it is us against them. we are the them. >> reporter: the difference between the obama administration and its critics is the lesson that each has learned. through the '70s, '80s, and '90s, the united states dealt with terrorism as a crime. >> what we found, we were repeatedly attacked, and attacks became more audacious over time. >> reporter: and the result was the first september 11th att...

What do you think the u.s. should do? we rely on host countries and libya was unable to deal with threat level. >> north africa is the new front in the war on terror. evidence has come out now that those who are -- the compound, that consulate office in benghazi also part of what happened in algeria. we have a serious al qaeda threat going on and i think we need a strategy in place, we need to refocus our efforts, we need to look at special forces, counterterrorism footprint close by to respond to these types of situations. and remember, you had americans killed in the algerian conflict. one i...

Violence, and provide social services through islamic charities. still other opposition figures that favor a more brutal approach. >> al zawahiri, number two in al qaeda, is an egyptian. >> reporter: he has been gunning for mubarak for decades. he may make a public statement. he is on the run, and his old group, egyptian islamic jihad has been absorbed by al qaeda. another group massacred tourists and once came close to assassinating mubarak. they are hiding out in pakistan. and the blind shaikh is serving a life sentence in the u.s. for his role in the world trade center bombing. you see a si...