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Skies over baghdad every day now. it is a political decision that would immediate to be taken. the it is not simply a switch that you can turn on and launch a counter terrorism offensive. you need to gather intelligence, pick targets, recultivate relationships. when the united states was here in force for years it was watching every town, every city here. it knew all of the players. but for the last several years, american troops haven't been here in large numbers. there hasn't been a focus on iraq. it would take a little bit of time to rebuild that intelligence portfolio. some of the tools ar...

Techniques, how to build bombs. they are getting training in radicalization. in a way that the al qaeda fighters in afghanistan -- hay had training camps and some of it, but it's not the same as this real time front line battlefield experience. on the whole, it's actually more alarming than al qaeda was just before 9/11. >> we spent time thinking about what did we miss, how can we prevent it. so looking at this now, what can the u.s. be doing? is there anything the u.s. can do now to lessen the threat? >> well, there are armed drones and aircraft patrolling the skies over baghdad every day now...