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Syria. unlike previous beheading videos, this one shows journalist john cantlie alive seated alone in a room. the largest counterterrorism raid ever in australia. massive sweeps through the suburbs of sydney. 800 police officers. at least 15 people detained. authorities intercepted phone calls indicating that isis supporters in australia were going to carry out public beheadings of random people on the street. >> this is not just suspicion. this is intent. >> reporter: yesterday france said it would help with u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the white house said this was a signif...

Videos, this one shows journalist john cantlie alive seated alone in a room. the largest counterterrorism raid ever in australia. massive sweeps through the suburbs of sydney. 800 police officers. at least 15 people detained. authorities intercepted phone calls indicating that isis supporters in australia were going to carry out public beheadings of random people on the street. >> this is not just suspicion. this is intent. >> reporter: yesterday france said it would help with u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. the white house said this was a significant contribution to a growing i...

Him for years. if they were able to kill him, that would be a major victory for the war on terror in yemen. dna tests are being carried out. it could take several days to weeks to confirm if he was killed. now, we know more about the u.s.'s role in this counterterrorism raid. in this ambush, which is saudi militant was killed, in fact, yemeni commandos were on the ground and u.s. pilots flew russian made helicopters to the scene to whisk away the bodies of the deceased militants so dna tests could be carried out. this did not suggest or indicate there are u.s. military boots on ground assistin...

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I want to take a look at the time line while we do not know yet if this hostage situation is terrorism, there has been growing concern in australia over the last few months about the threat from islamic state militants. in july, officials blamed an australia for a suicide bombing in iraq. on august 5th, australia unveiled ledu unveiled legislation to prevent people going to fight with is m islamist groups. the prime minister commits 600 troops to the fight against isis. september 18th, australia conducts its biggest counterterrorism raid. the raid is linked to an alleged plot by australians to...