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And pakistan. you now have these regional groups, some of which are exp expolicely tied to al qaeda. >> it may be pushed back, but it's not clear whether he's cooperating. late today lawmakers were expecting an update from intelligence briefings. we're now into the 13th year of the u.s. military operation in afghanistan. but you can be forgiven if you did not realize it. jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon. there's been little recent fanfare surrounding an almost forgotten war. >> reporter: october 7th, 2001, the united states went to war in afghanistan. congress authorized the use of...

>> yeah. >> this little boy's world had gone away. >> my son thomas swift. >> i remember thinking, that is the emblematic mother. that's the mother of all of us. >> that moment occurred on our watch, on our air, on live television. it's been ten years and i'm still affected by it. >> it's tuesday morning, 11th day of december, 2001. you are looking at the people gathered outside our studio on a sunny tuesday morning. >> september 11th, 2001 strikes me as being a normal, tipple cal, late summer day in new york except for one thing. >> al, it is such a pretty morning. >> perfect fall morning. >>...

Defend the richard reid in december 2001. good morning to you from chap hell -- chapel hill, north carolina. good morning to you. you who difficult is it to defend this man? >> it is extremely difficult, bill, given the intense media attention and public scrutiny and the fact that miriam conrad's number one priority will be saving her client's life as he likely faces the death penalty. bill: conrad the lead public defender, i take it, is that right? >> yes. she is the head of the federal defender office in boston and she will, i imagine, be directing the defense in this case. bill: i see. tama...

Bill: is there anyone capable of leading the country. >> no. i think it will descend into civil war. the people i talk to say it will he do send into civil war. northern alliance will keep fighting. taliban will keep fighting. when i was in afghanistan i talked to one of karzai's former top guys, he says the minute the americans leave we'll be slaughtered. bill: you say, what was this all about? you say face it the afghanistan war is lost. >> yeah. bill: what is the last very much len years about? >> when we went into afghanistan we did the right thing to kill al qaeda and destroy it. by decem...

These are his words, "the storms will not stop, especially the airplane storms." he warned americans "not to board any aircraft and not to live in high-rises." this photo puts sulaiman abu ghaith squarely in al qaeda's inner circle, he's sitting to the left of his father-in-law, osama bin laden, along with top lieutenants ayman al zawahiri and mohammad attaf. ghaith was appearing in video making ominous statements "we have the right to kill 4 million americans with chemical and biological weapons." abu ghaith is also believed to have been in osama bin laden's final stand at tora bora in decemb...