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Egyptian militant groups that killed more than a thousand egyptians in the '90s and culminating with a massacre where a group of terrorists went hunting tourists, murdering more than 50 of them, these are the activities that destroyed the group, these militant groups in egypt. there was a lot of repression by the government, but also the population turned against these groups. so al qaeda and allied groups in egypt, they don't have any legitimacy at all. al qaeda will in the next week or so release a tape. we may hear from bin laden. in fact, i think we can guaranty that, trying to insert them...

Egypt. we have seen thugs on the streets systemically attacking people, descending upon peaceful protesters and now systemically trying to find and beat up foreigners and westerners and other -- people from other arab nations who are reporting simply trying to tell the truth of what is happening here. >> anderson, you've covered a number of dangerous assignments. have you ever known one where so many of the media have been badly beaten, stabbed, in one case kidnapped and threatened with beheading? have you ever known the collective media to come under such an attack? >> in such a large-scale s...

Not going to reveal where you are. these are the first images we have seen from egypt pretty much all day. you're an experienced journalist, worked at cnn for a long time. have you ever seen anything like quite like this against the media. >> reporter: no, this is a concerted campaign to intimidate -- intimidate and confiscate equipment and it's having an effect. it is stopping us getting to the story in many cases. it's tough to get out where we are. it is not only the pro-mubarak supporters. it's even people on the street turning aggressive because of what they're hearing on state television...

Sure the next people are dominated by the muslim brotherhood. that would be a disaster for us and disaster for the plo and jordan and for saudi arabia. >> the muslim brotherhood are the leading opposition in egypt. >> by far. >> there's no sign at the moment of extremism there. but i -- you know, a lot of people say they're playing a game here. >> piers, let me just mention one thing. how about hosni mubarak come into power? he was sitting next to anwar sadat who was killed by the muslim brotherhood. you go back through the whole history of the muslim brotherhood, if you think that they are th...

>> we condemn in the strongest terms attacks on reporters covering the ongoing situation in egypt. this is a violation of international norms that guarantee freedom of the press and it is unacceptable under any circumstances. we also condemn in the strongest terms attacks on peaceful demonstrators, human rights activists, foreigners and diplomats. >> i mean, john, she's pretty strong there in her condemnation of the attacks on the journalists. i mean the reason i think it's of paramount importance to discuss what's going on against the media, is it clearly what is happening is an attempt to ga...