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To enflame public opinion and to incite violence. he went further, he said, burning of a koran would put the safety of our troops and american civilians in afghanistan at risk, and would also compromise the mission here. i think what the general is saying is that afghans are in danger of going into the streets and turning against any american military they see, any american civilians. there is precedent for unrest like this in afghanistan. back in 2005, "newsweek" magazine published a story saying that interrogates at bagram air base had placed korans in the washrooms and even flushed a copy o...

Comprised of former taliban members, exjihadists and anybody who hasn't had contacts with al qaeda. he wants to talk peace with the taliban. so far the taliban are saying they are not interested until foreign troops leave afghanistan. alex. >> tom aspell in kabul, thank you, tom. the taliban in pakistan says it will launch attacks in the u.s. and europe very soon. we're going to talk with a terrorism analyst about how serious this threat is. an important turn into the investigation of the gulf of mexico oil spill. crews have lifted the blowout preventer to the surface, the piece of equipme...

Removed the pilot. once in custody the pilot had a blood alcohol level of .02. barely above the maximum allowed above max law and not above the faa standard. the pilot cannot have a blood alcohol level above .04 and not had a drink in the last 8 hours. the dutch standards is .02. in the u.s., by comparison .08 for driving. .023 the pilot barely above what the dutch law allows and not falling down drunk. nonetheless, the flight was canceled, the pilot suspended and delta airlines rebooked all of the passengers affected. the pilot paid a 700 euro fine, that's about $900 and released. back the yo...

Incident in the north of afghanistan last week the families of five of those victims have said they would like their relatives to be buried in afghanistan. >> is there any indication that other aid groups are considering changing their policies, for example, about oh,ing in the remote areas or pulling out altogeth altogether? >> reporter: i think definitely most aid groups will be reviewing their security procedures, which is a normal practice after incidents like this. i haven't heard of any that are trying to pull out of at the moment, but i certainly thing everybody is conducting a review o...

I'm alex witt and you're watching "msnbc saturday," where it's 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west and here's what's happening. we begin this hour with the breaking news of the polish presidential plane crashing in western russia, killing the country's president, along with some of the highest military and civilian leaders. that plane went down in heavy fog on approach to the smolensk airport in northern russia. all 69 passengers on board were killed. tom aspell is in london with the latest on this grim news. >> as you say, it crashed in thick fog a mile short of smolensk airport in nor...