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Shia, and these are sunni extremists. but you are talking about a neighborhood that collectively is anti-u.s. across the board, and a terrorist training ground. bill: bret, thank you. live in d.c. thanks. path few anna? patti ann: it's been a long battle to liberate iraq. congress agreed to u.s. involvement in 2002. that was followed by president bush signing authorization of military force. then in march 2003, shock and awe. the united states launching strikes against baghdad after the deadline for saddam hussein's exile expired. fast forward to 2007, president bush announced the surge, the d...

They are the wrong folks to mess with. people who'd rather fight than fold. even when outnumbered, outmatched, or under fire. here's "caught on camera's" top five people who won't back down. a would be robber picks the wrong store to hold up. >> [ bleep ] son! >> december 2011. hendersonville, north carolina. a gunman walks into this we buy gold store demanding money. the clerk appears to comply, but as he goes to hand over a satchel of cash -- >> who are you, son? >> out a all of a sudden out of nowhere, wham! one shot, pow.

In november and december 2011 fighting rages between demonstrators and security forces in and around tahrir square. >> translator: we heard about the disturbances and the gunfire. so we ran to see what was happening. >> on december 17th, 2011 an engineering student named mohammed gamal zadan is with a group of friends outside a hotel in central cairo. >> translator: that time i went up in the hotel and i thought i would try to go in with my colleagues and try to see what's happening and see it from above and try to film it. >> looking through the lens, mohammed sees a group of protesters fleei...

And their ears covered. that was the first we saw of them. that was day one, january 11th, 2002. that was the first image released publically. it was an official u.s. navy photo that was distributed to the press, and that was the first batch of guantanamo prisoners. now none of the prisoners who arrived there that very first day were any of the famous ones. khalid sheik mohammad wasn't captured until the following year in pakistan. none of the guys who were there in guantanamo on day one ever became famous. but almost ten years later in 2011, december 2011, there started to be a little flurry ...

You. she had to trust that you knew what you were doing, yes? >> that's exactly right. she looked at me and i said i'm a pilot and she said what's your experience, what do you fly? i said i'm an air force guy, i flew d-1s. she said okay, and shut the door. she said i want your help on the radios and checking the checklist. >> how good did you feel about this once you hopped in the see seat? >> i have not been flying since december 2011. i have since transferred to the ohio international guard to fly c-130s now. it had been just over two yeas s but it had been two years since i had flown anythi...