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There today? >> well, i mean, there are questions about whether or not he had fled to venezuela. we saw a small video clip of him earlier, but it wasn't clear when that was taken, so he really needed to come out and be seen in a live shot to show he was still will inn inside tripoli at least claiming control. >> you have seen him before. he's known for list blustery, colorful personality. do you believe anything he said? he's behaved in a way rather erratic before. do you take him seriously today? >> well, look, he comes across as not -- he comes across as delusional and not in touch with real...

Our troops, their families, fair ed their advocates, thanks for joining us as we make an unprecedented commitment to america's military families.joi unprecedented commitment to america's military families. last month i was in afghanistan to visit our troops. and to thank them for their service, especially during the holidays. and i think as some of you are aware, we fly in in the dark of night for security reasons unannounced. folks i'm sure had to scramble on the other end to make sure that our visit works. and we had a great rally. and then afterwards i took the time not only to meet with ge...

Asked to carry that burden any longer than it needs to be carried. but before the u.s. begins reducing troops, it's building them up right now. and specifically tonight, we're learning how the military is adding to the number of special ops forces, hunting down taliban leaders. our mike emanuel is at the pentagon tonight with more on that. hi, mike. >> well, hi, shep. we have learned that roughly 5900 special op. forces are on the ground in afghanistan. that number has essentially doubled since president obama took office. obviously the president made it quite clear that u.s. forces are not go...

Yet. >> the special operations forces are not experiencing the draw down. in iraq. we have all -- all indication including my conversations with general petraeus and general odierno is that the special operations forces will be sustained at about the current level. >> there are currently 4500 special-ops forces in iraq, and they are not expected to start drawing down, until a new iraqi government is formed. chris? >> chris: investigators identified one of the two female suicide bombers allegedly responsible for monday's attacks on moscow subway trains and the 17-year-old from dagestan is belie...

Martha: chasing down taliban drug lords in afghanistan. is of course, very dangerous duty. and, fox news contributor lieutenant colonel oliver north is imbedded with the special-ops forces and dea agents on the ground there and brings us this fascinating look at how they train for this kind of work. to take down the country's opium industry. take a look: >> reporter: we're at the u.s. special operations base in afghanistan. for the next several weeks, we are going to be imbedded with special operations and dea units, chasing down the narcoterrorists. and just to qualify to become part of the g...