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>> reporter: christine, the assault took place in the early morning hours. dozens of al qaeda militants attacked the prison to free their comrades. we are hearing a senior al qaeda figure was also freed in this assault. we are hearing that they took control of government buildings in that city as well. they held that area until government troops were able to come and we are told the militants fled away. this is showing how al qaeda is growing more bold really as yemen disintegrates into chaos. the eastern part of the country where a lot of the fighting is taking place with the houthis. we have...

Arabian peninsula, aqap that has used yemen as its base. we saw last month the u.s. embassy there, shutting down and pulling out the staff. that has also had an impact on the operations. officials have said that they will continue this -- these counterterrorism operations remotely but it was believed that the shutting down of the u.s. embassy would have an effect and an impact on the fight against terrorism there in yemen. fred? >> and then there were the mosque bombings earlier in the week. is there a connection? >> well what we're hearing from our colleague barbara starr, from her reporting,...

Pentagon officials suggested they would be able to condition much of what they could do remotely or from other locations but lacking an embassy was a significant blow to that operation. the remaining 100 special forces u.s. special forces in yemen, have been or are in the process of being evacuated. we are told my colleague barbara starr is told that is because in the area where they were on thursday and friday two apparent possible prison breaks in which al qaeda prisoners may have left detention facilityies that may have tipped the balance. special forces can only protect themselves so much ...

Return to the battlefield that we had released. 30 of them d.o.d. has listed by name. are we going to look at more americans and our allies slaughtered and killed by the terrorists? these are the worst of the worst remaining in guantanamo. >> look, a lot of people share your point of view but when you think about it this way, there have been at least half a dozen prison breaks in iraq, libya, pakistan, yemen. thousands of terrorists have escaped over the past year. the numbers are stunning. there are prison breaks happening. you might look at it this way. will trading five more really make the...

These are the worst of the worst remaining in guantanamo. >> look, a lot of people share your point of view but when you think about it this way, there have been at least half a dozen prison breaks in pakistan, yemen. thousands of terrorists have escaped over the past year. the numbers are stunning. there are prison breaks happening. you might look at it this way. will trading five more really make the world more dangerous for the united states? >> you know, that's somewhat insulting though to those that surprised their lives. we have 6800 dead in iraq and afghanistan. we have close to 400 who...