making. afghans died as they desperately ripped into the departing flights, the taliban is in a stronger position than it had been in 9/11, the terrorist members are now senior government -- in senior government positions. we went from we will never negotiate with terrorists to we must negotiate with terrorists. i ve -- in the years i ve been here, we heard over and over again, you don t negotiate with terrorists. and now it is required. worst of all, 13 brave americans were killed in the evacuation effort. three days later the biden administration said it was struck and isis operative. in fact, it killed ten afghan civilians including seven children. and then president biden concluded the withdraw -- the drawdown by doing the unthinkable, he left the
afghans died as they desperately gripped into the departing flights, the taliban is in a stronger position than it had been in since 9/11, the terrorist members are now senior government -- in senior government positions. we went from we will never negotiate with terrorists to we must negotiate with terrorists. you know, in the years that i ve been here we ve heard over and over again you don t negotiate with terrorists and now it s required. worst of all, 13 brave americans were killed in the evacuation effort, three days later the biden administration said it was -- struck an isis operative. in fact, it killed ten afghan civilians including seven children and then president biden concluded the withdraw -- the draw down by doing the unthinkable, he left the
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of this under the watchful eye of their neighbors? >> you know, it s probably something that may have happened over time. right now, investigators have uncovered that their salaries, the wife didn t work, salaries of the man was very limited. but this may have happened over time. if you really think about it, it doesn t take a lot of resources for this kind of terrorist attack even though the arsenal is very impressive. >> of course, after 9/11, we in this country learned about the way in which the finances could be shifting back and forth among the terrorist members. not necessarily through a traditional bank. very often in these countries, money is pooled together and then shared. do we think we re seeing similarities to this? >> difficult to tell. the investigation continues. obviously the leads are going to lead us to determine whether cash or the financial institutions were used.
we re talking about fragmented terrorist members that are already mingling among the civilians. this presents a different nature of that counterterrorism effort, that needs enormous flow of information and it needs very quick response. >> i m confused about what egypt s position is as far as syria is concerned. what do you hope happens in syria? >> translator: what i hope for syria is that the statehood does not fall completely into the hands of terrorists and extremists. i don t hope that the syrian army collapses and then its weapons and ammunitions will be at the free play of the extremists. i don t want to see the country dismantling. >> do you want president ashbas al assad to remain in power? >> translator: my answer to such
if that s the case, that s something that may be involved in our future calculus. as of now, they ve provided zero evidence of that being a fact. and beyond that, i would say to you that that s not a justification that they have made beyond some pronouncemented in the media. they have largely said this is an effort to further wre reconciliation between the taliban and afghanistan. i don t believe that is ledge gate and that s what this will lead to. what this will lead to is five terrorist members of the battlefield returning to the battlefield to kill americans. >> do you believe the five detainees detained at gitmo for the last 12 or 13 years had american blood on their hands? >> absolutely. i believe they did. unfortunately they may again in the future. these are five of the most dangerous individuals we had as enemy combatants and the fact they re going to be soon rejoining the fight against america, most of them, will be, is something that we should be very concerned about. what we should be more concerned about is this has sent a
how are they using social media now to recruit potential new himself. he had the parents of bergdahl at the white house. terrorist members? basically a ceremony. knowing the background of the >> reporter: it s remarkable testimony from a man who used to soldier. be involved in the act of to somehow give him this type of hero status. recruiting, informing, and the mothers and fathers of other beginning to filter out people soldiers killed in afghanistan, from the west, to fallen especially those out trying to countries who were willing to come to parts of northern syria find their son. held by al qaeda-linked groups. and susan rice saying he was you heard the former u.s. ambassador referring to them. and they used twitter initially conducted himself with honor and to begin those contacts, and distinction. it makes you wonder about all the things the president is eventually bring them to syria. saying, including the fact he if you want to be one of these, thinks qatar is going to somehow provide security so these five an al qaeda fighter, filmed detainees will not be back on secretly here in the stronghold the battlefield. in the syrian city of raka, it again, technically, i think the president had the right to do what he did, but i think it was can be a long and complex road. wrong. >> listen to what the president if you re a westerner, the said when he was asked about the journey to this radical utopia circumstances surrounding sergeant bergdahl s where women must dress like this can start here on twitter. disappearance. this man is now in hiding. >> with respect to the he told us he helps recruits circumstances of sergeant westerners, using direct messaging on the twitter accounts of the islamic state of bergdahl s capture by the iraq and syria.
terrorist members. the relatives of those missing passengers are now beginning to speak out about the lack of answers they are getting. an australian man rob burrow and his wife mary are among thes those missing. this parents say they are expressing heartbreak for what happened. >> it just disappeared off the face of the earth. if we could find wreckage, that would be a help probably. but, we keep waiting for answers. it isn t fair to lose both
afraid to do their jobs. they have flash mobs. these gang mobs are destroying property and businesses in the windy city and cops are scared. they don t want to be sued. >> can we do this very quickly? very quickly, in kentucky, the fbi found pictures, they have been following al qaeda members, terrorist members that were released in to society, i think by accident. your thought? >> first of all, you got to congratulations to the reporter for uncovering this thing. it goes to the point what if your neighbor is a terrorist. what goes through your head? what goes through your head is the potential for embarrassment and being called a racist for racially profiling and doing anything and that s the window that allows refugees to come in and do what they can because people are scared of actually reporting anything. >> your thoughts? >> all the more reason to have a strong and robust nsa program that can provide information to local officials. so they can prevent terrorism.
afraid to do their jobs. they have flash mobs. these gang mobs are destroying property and businesses in the windy city and cops are scared. they don t want to be sued. >> can we do this very quickly? very quickly, in kentucky, the fbi found pictures, they have been following al qaeda members, terrorist members that were released in to society, i think by accident. your thought? >> first of all, you got to congratulations to the reporter for uncovering this thing. it goes to the point what if your neighbor is a terrorist. what goes through your head? what goes through your head is the potential for embarrassment and being called a racist for racially profiling and doing anything and that s the window that allows refugees to come in and do what they can because people are scared of actually reporting anything. >> your thoughts? >> all the more reason to have a strong and robust nsa program that can provide information to local officials. so they can prevent terrorism.