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The first big case that rang bells, also a new york target was bola zazi a naturalized citizen who attempted to go to pakistan to join up with the taliban. he was ultimately -- he was intercepted by al qaeda and said you are a greater value to target the west since you are in the united states. this was one of the cases that the bell was absolutely ringing. the system was blinking red and we were able to prevent it pretty close to when it went operational. so the foreign fighter phenomenon is not new. i think we have to recognize it will come in various forms. >> frank, in washington. please s...

September, he called on muslims to attack americans and europeans, especially the french when he made that call. this is not a surprise. i think have you a lot of overlap here between those who are fighting alongside isis or al nusra who are targeting french as part of the broader worldwide coalition of counterterrorism forces and those who see the denigration of prophet muhammad by newspapers in denmark, in norway in france, so it's difficult to separate them. >> tom, this is josh. what do you make of the tactics used by the attackers here? particularly this was a small arms attack. it was no...

Traveling to syria and iraq. many of those from europe in the thoughts and up to 150 in the united states. so the foreign fighter phenomenon has been with us for quite sometime. and obviously at some point, many of the fighters return home. so this is a legitimate security concern. not only from the u.s. perspective, but also globally. >> frank, talk to us about the background of these individuals. we are learning that they are from uzbak, and extract, how common is it for them to be attractive to this ideology. >> foreign fighters are not new. when you go back to when you saw it in kosovo in ...