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cnn's rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal...

first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border...

free after being accused of throwing fire bombs during recent violent protests in cairo. we are monitoring their moves. also this morning, an american journalist, we'll get back to our jason carroll there in just a second. the other story i need to tell you about, also in egypt. someone you have seen on our air here at cnn a number of times. an american journalist who has appeared here with us says she was blindfolded, beaten and sexually assaulted by egyptian police. she is now free and speaking out. we will be live in cairo in just a minute. but, back home, here on this thanksgivin...

That's what he's banking on. the sense of the futility of all of this. the sense to say this is radical. he already said he is going to step down in september, why not accept this. a rather shrewd move to let the movement itself dissipate under its own internal pressures. >> the protesters themselves have cited what happened in tunesia as their inspiration for rising up in the way they did specifically on january 25th. is there anything out there that's likely to be a continued catalyst, to give them continued momentum to keep mobilizing people under difficult circumstances? >> like you alread...

The sense to say this is radical. he already said he is going to step down in september, why not accept this. a rather shrewd move to let the movement itself dissipate under its own internal pressures. >> the protesters themselves have cited what happened in tunisia as their inspiration for rising up in the way they did specifically on january 25th. is there anything out there that's likely to be a continued catalyst, to give them continued momentum to keep mobilizing people under difficult circumstances? >> like you already mentioned, they're already starting to think about the scheduling and...