demonstrations and identify people there and speak to witnesses. they ve also spoken to some of the security guards that were protecting the embassy who were wounded in the attack and now being treated here in libyan hom hospitals. they re trying to piece together what actually happened that night. they ve also sealed the u.s. compound to try and preserve any evidence that once fbi observers or fbi investigators, rather, arrive here, they can actually go and see it for themselves. so far fbi investigators have not made it to benghazi as of yet. alex? nbc s ayman mohyeldin in benghazi. month by month, the fed s new rescue plan for the economy. who s it supposed to help and when? you re watching weekends with alex witt. [ acoustic guitar: slow ] [ barks ] [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playful life is made with energy-packed wholesome grains.
developing story, atia, happening there? a controversial air strike by nato? reporter: that s that s right. at least eight afghan women were killed. seven others injured when a nato air strike targeted a province in the east. these women apparently were gathering firewood in a nearby forest. nato mistook them for insurgents, dropped a bomb, killing eight of them, injuring the other seven as well. this has outraged president karzai. he sent a statement out condemning the attack and calling for an investigation. obviously this won t be much for already multiple criticisms to nato. u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta today says protests over the anti-muslim film are around the globe, but they are leveling off. they may continue, however, over the next few days. this is video from karachi, pakistan, where hundreds of protesters clashed with police today. in afghanistan hundreds of university students gathered
engagement by wonderful employees of our government, like ambassador stevens, which we should be praising our government employees more than condemning them all the time and giving them the adequate resources, is how we have to remain engaged. mr. romney didn t even speak of any of that in his statement so far. we had yet more incidents of the green on blue shootings in afghanistan this weekend. green being military parlance for the indigenous forces. blue being its own. this follows friday s tdeadly attack. it s very challenge ing. i have always argued for the last two years the only reason to be in afghanistan is because of al qaeda in pakistan. that is what really we went there for in the initial place. all that said, we have to look at ourselves. 25,000, minimum 25,000 recruits were taken in, if not more. witho without, as you probably read, the correct type of follow on in terms of investigation of who they are and what they are and keeping a close eye on that.
2011. before that in 2007 and 2008 there was a grand total of four coalition soldiers who died from these insider attacks. this one today occurred in zabul province in southern afghanistan. it seems from local officials that they may have been duped by the police. the police were at a security check point according to one afghan official. they say that they were under attack and called for help from these american service members. when they came, some, at least one, turned his weapon on the american service members and killed four of them, wounding at least two others. according to the taliban, of course, they re taking the claim of responsibility for the attack. they say it s to avenge this anti-islamic movie that has claimed outrage in the muslim world. we should also mention two other nato service members were killed yesterday in helmand province. they were british soldiers by the same kind of insider attack. again, leading to this very disturbing trend. may i ask you quickly abou
attack, which would be preemptive and prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. some of the sites are deep and hardened. it requires refueling. large flotilla of airplanes. some of which may be lost. indeed, political opinion in israel is divided and among military people in israel, there s a strong feeling that any preemptive attack on iran is a bad idea. all right. colonel jack jacobs, thank you very much. four americans are dead after another so-call insider attack. a member of the afghan security forces reportedly opened fire on the security check point. nbc s atia abawi is in kabul with more. hello to you. what s the latest? the deadliest year for insider attacks. 51 nato coalition members have died this year alone from these insider attacks. that s up from 35 in all of