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SHARE Britain repeatedly turned down Egyptian requests to extradite an extremist sheltering in London who was later linked to the murder of a leading anti-Taliban commander two days before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, newly-released documents from the 1990s show. Yasser Al Sirri applied for political asylum in the UK in April 1994, the month after he was sentenced to death in his native Egypt for his alleged involvement in a failed bombing targeting then prime minister Atef Sidqi. British government documents from the 1990s released on Wednesday show that Egyptian authorities re...

Arguments since the last obama administration that there was a need to pull out troops out of afghanistan. the former president had vowed to do that. this president has handled a little different late. how important is u.s. troop presence in afghanistan, till this day, when we hear that al qaeda is still trying to grow strong? >> the u.s. troop presence in countries like afghanistan is maintaining security. the u.s. has to ensure that its counterterrorism objectives can be met. we have to remember, it's always tempting -- and i understand the temptation after 18 years or so of fighting -- to b...

Brian: hundreds of migrants storming the paris airport. some of the chants france does not belong to the french and we have a right to be here. yet they are there illegally. so why is this happening? and should americans care? here to weigh in is national security analyst robin simcox. robin, how did they get to this point and what the illegal immigrants want from the country of france? >> well, good morning, as the protests are about the right to stay in the country. there is a belief even though they came to the country illegally they are making demands that they stay and some of the groups ...

Will this problem is going back with this further. look what happened in germany in 2015 where a million people were essentially let into the country almost overnight and the government didn't have any clue who they were. we have obviously seen a variety of security problems following on from that. so, look, people can be -- there is no problem with controlled immigration into a country. i didn't think anyone has a problem with that. this idea mass am mess city for people who come there illegally that the country doesn't have any idea who lives in its own borders and the idea you you will have...

He expressed his warmest sympathy and best wishes to the people of new zealand after what he described as a "horrible massacre." >> harris: greg palkot, thank you very much. i want to bring in my first guest, robin simcox, a terror and national security analyst for the heritage foundation's margaret thatcher center. thank you for being with me. first of all, as we took a look at the scene, what specifically are they seeking? >> i think at this stage there will be a lot of interest to see whether this gunmen had any associates. obviously there have been people arrested alongside them. we don't ...