level, winning in yemen is harder than it looks. bbc news, yemen. a brief time ago, i discussed the situation in yemen and the warning for u.s. citizens to leave with a man who formerly served with the state department counterterrorism unit. it like being inside the state department when a decision of this gravity is taken, to evacuate diplomats by helicopter? >> it is a serious situation and gives no one a pleasure come because diplomats want to be doing their jobs and to be on site and meeting with officials and civil society, so it is taken as a setback, but everybody realizes in situations like this, you have to take the prudent course and protect human life. >> do you think the shadow of benghazi and the death of ambassador stevens is hanging over this? if you have lost one ambassador, it will look at losing more diplomatic personnel. i do not think there is anything surprising about that, and the other point is that by taking these steps, there may be some deterrent effect, because the terrorists themselves are not going to want to strike empt

operate outside of yemen?well, this is a group that, as you report, showed, i mean, they were able to christmas day 2009 to send a would-be suicide bomber from yemen on to a plane bound for the u.s. in 2010 they sent a pair of cartridge bombs which were thankfully uncovered before they could be exploded. last spring in 2012 the organization developed almost an underwear bomb 2.0, one that was generations beyond what they had created in 2009. thankfully that one they gave to an undercover agent. this is a group that has shown itself to be determined and also to have the technical capability to ship bombs to the united states. >> now reportedly this latest iteration of the threats and the warnings came from some sort of intercepted communication between the head of a.q.a.p. and al zawari head of al qaeda central of course believed to be based in pakistan. to what degree does the head of a.q.a.p. take direction from the central al qaeda? >> right. that's an excellent question, margaret. so al wuahyshi, the head o

all americans to leave yemen immediately u.s. officials insist the danger has not just intelligence analysts increasingly now believe the most likely target and destroyed inside yemen today the state department ordered the evacuation of most of the u.s. embassy personnel and yemen and urged all u.s. citizens to get out of that dangerous country that's right all americans should leave that country very very afraid part of this yemenis be afraid of us for all the u.s. has sponsored a drone bombing campaign in the country for over a decade now in light of the latest terror alert those drone strikes have only searched for the past ten days the obama administration has authorized a series of bombings in yemen which they say is an effort to combat al qaeda plot but who is really threatening whom and why is the u.s. targeting yemen to talk about all that more i'm joined by rude always many american and co-founder of support collective what's going on thank you so much for coming on expanding so talk the damage that's been done in yemen

i'm joined now by yemen analyst. dani and she also writes the blog yemeni at dot com and cora courier she is from pro publica and she can eliminate us on the u.s. policy on these strikes so thank you guys so much for joining us let's start with you talk about the significance of these drone strikes does it have an effect on how yemenis you do you want to salute i think in the past ten days there have been about drone strikes nine drone strikes right now and what's happening is i'm seeing . yemenis hate america more and more and i'm talking about yemenis who actually went outside to know about america have studied america at some point we just don't understand why the country has to be droned eight times in ten days i think a lot of people are scared they're speaking out of fear they don't know what to expect next from the u.s. now cora what do we know about the thirty eight yemenis killed in these strikes they're called suspected militants by the obama administration but what do we really know about their links to te

>> it is not just in yemen.had the same situation in syria, increasingly again in a iraq and now egypt -- in and egypt. i wouldn't be surprised if the situation egypt creates many more jihadist who recognizes the united states is financing the slaughter by the egyptian military. >> you look around the globe, north africa and the middle east, and it is a very frightening situation. we had a number of trained jihadist they got out of prisons in iraq. .> 500 people escaped >> and in india, the prison break and in pakistan. we see what is happening today in egypt with the day of rage. i think the obama administration has rightly claimed they have dismantle the organization in afghanistan and pakistan, but now the organization is much longer in yemen in libya and iraq and syria. >> talk about the closing of the consulates, embassies, diplomatic posts are out the middle east. this was unprecedented, still, in yemen. >> the u.s. took the state department -- the state department said it took his staff out in abundance o

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embassy personnel and yemen and urged all u.s. citizens to get out of that dangerous country that's right all americans should leave that they can there is country very afraid part of this yemenis be afraid of us for all the u.s. has sponsored a drone bombing campaign in the country for over a decade now in light of the latest terror alert those drone strikes have only searched so for the past ten days the obama administration has authorized a series of bombings in yemen which they say is an effort to combat al qaeda. plot but who is really threatening whom and why is the u.s. targeting yemen to talk about all the more i'm doing my router all was your i'm an american and. founder of support collective what's going on thank you so much for coming on thanks for having me so talk the damage that's been done just in the last couple weeks so we begin to begin to see a lots of u.s. drone strikes happening within the last two weeks five june strikes killing many civilians including children younger than the age of ten. the same day that

the focus was always yemen. that was the location where the target was most likely to be but there was a concern because people involved had connections across the region and really across the world. people we've been speaking to said, yes, this attack is most likely going to take place, if it's going to take place at all, in yemen. because we're talking iman zawahiri, nasir al wuhayshi, they have a global reach and wouldn't necessarily be contained to yemen. now that this information has come out, perhaps it's disrupted the plot. a lot of security has been put in place. a the loaf embassies and consulates have been closed. there could be a concern that the operatives of yemen could try and take what they can and carry out some sort of attack or maybe even just postpone it. >> bob, you've done a lot of reporting on all of these drone strikes that have been taking place in yemen over the past couple of weeks. do we know are these drone strikes, particularly the ones taking place last week by the united states in

is that part of what's going on in yemen?hat it is just an isolated, difficult place to defend if things do go wrong? >> yeah. this is the benghazi effect. you know, anything that's considered a remote outpost that is hard to protect gets shut down first. yemen, like in all of these countries, we're mostly dependent on local forces, and the yemeni government doesn't have a tremendous capacity. it doesn't have a lot of air lift. it doesn't have a lot of troops who can be called in to move from place to place. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is not a big group. al qaeda in yemen as it's also known. it's very well armed. it's dug in. it knows how to fight in its terrain. it's chosen the places where it wants to fight and it's effective at launching hit-and-run attacks. why, whether the u.s. has been overreacting by closing so many facilities around the world, now they're re-opened except the one in yemen, there's been a lot of debate about that. but i think it's fair to say that the threat in yemen is particularly, is particul

return gitmo prisoners to yemen. the againesis of al-qaeda in the araban peninsula goes back to a prison break in yemen in february of 2006. that encluded the escape of nasaar ha shi spurred the closure in north africa and the middle east. they tunnelled out of a maximum security prison in the capitol of yemen and popped up in a mosque and walked out the front door to freedom. he teamed up with two high profile gitmo detainees that the u.s. released to saudi arabia. >> a handful of detainees, primarily saudi citizen made their way across the border and joined al-qaeda in yemen. it was that merger from detained in saudi arabia and al-qaeda escapees in yemen formed the al-qaeda in the araban peninsula and announced itself in january of 2009. that's the group that we know today as al-qaeda in the araban peninsula. >> yet the white house stands by its decision for the releases despite the track record that it creates more al-qaeda in yemen. >> thank you, jennifer. >> obama care's potential security flaws is exposed in a

have opened now i was joined earlier by yemen analysts. who writes the yemeni eighteen dot com blog and kora courier from. and i started off by asking some ah if the increase in drone strikes has affected how yemenis view the us. absolutely i think in the past ten days there have been about drone strikes nine drone strikes right now and what's happening is i'm seeing yemenis hate america more and more and i'm talking about yemenis who actually went outside to know about america have studied america at some point we just don't understand why the country has to be droned eight times in ten days i think a lot of people are scared they're speaking out of fear they don't know what to expect next from the u.s. now cora what do we know about the thirty eight yemenis killed in these strikes they're called so suspected militants by the obama administration but what do we really know about their links to terrorism. well it's important to know that they're called suspected militants generally by officials off the record sort of anonymous comments we

embassy in 2008 in yemen. there have been three plots from the group against aviation coming into the united states. this is going to be taken seriously. this group in yemen in 2011 were casing buildings. >> what does that mean casing buildings? >> they were taking video images of it in preparation for a plot down the line. >> that was in 2011. this is now 2013. >> right. it's not clear whether the casing the buildings in 2011 is related. >> what do you see as far as the timing if someone is plotting some sort of attack when the next few days? we're still a month away from the anniversary of 9/11. we are only a few days away from the 15th anniversary from the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. >> it is also ramadan. these islamic holidays have meaning we have to understand. the end of ramadan is a time when attacks can be more likely. >> sunday is the end of ramadan. >> for these people, it is a holy war. they see themselves as more of a reason to launch these kinds of attacks. >> do you remember a t

except the embassy in yemen. one of the things when i listened to president obama talk about decimating the don't uade, i think we know what we don't know. as much as we think we know, the fact that osama bin laden is dead, terrific, that broke up core al qaeda. but no one capable of 9-11, that's a dangerous road to go down and say that publicly. they are still very fearful someone is going to get a body bomb on an airplane or another printer cartridge that will actually work to bring down an airplane. and frankly, who knows what other plots are out there? i don't mean to sound doom and gloom but i don't think we know what we don't know. even though our intelligence is pretty terrific. gwen: and international surveillance. we're not going to give that up -- >> and we had al-zarqawi who is bin laden's number two guy and number one guy in core al qaeda if you want to call it that, communicating with the head of al qaeda on the arabian peninsula. that tells you something, too. gwen: was there any sense at the white

it is centered in yemen. the state department today issued a travel alert throughout the middle east and north africa for the entire month of august. quote, current information suggests that al qaeda continue to plan terrorist attacks in the region and beyond. they may focus efforts to do attacks in the period of august and beyond. prepare to shut down on sunday. we're talking about u.s. diplomatic sites in other cities where demonstrators put u.s. flags in lighter fluid. this all coincides with the end of ramdan. we have our pentagon correspondent standing by. dana bash is on capitol hill, where lawmakers were briefed about. give us more details about this threat out of yemen. >> u.s. intelligence agencies have been monitoring this for months we are told. a growing threat stream out of yemen. in recent days, fresh intelligence pointed them to the fact that something may be doing down al qaeda operatives may be in the final stages of planning some sort of attack. yemen also alerting the u.s. to what they beli

one of the top leaders of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula in yemen was killed. we have been told this plot or alert may be al qaeda and the arabian peninsula's attempt at revenge. >> thanks to both of you. more on the threat tomorrow morning on "meet the press." david gregory's guest will be chambliss and dick disturb ib in. >> unrelated to the militants with ties to pakistan, ax tack india's consilate in afghanistan. three suicide bombers armed with assault rifles and a car packed with explosives killed at least nine civilians. back at home with hundreds already sickened in 16 states, the fda made headway in tracking the source of the outbreak. they identified an american-owned salad processing plant in mexico as the source in iowa and nebraska. so far the source of cases in 14 other case remains elusive. here's charles hadlock. >> the fda said packaged salads of lettuce, cabbage and carrots picked in san miguel mexico are the source of sickness in at least two states. the mexico plant is owned by taylor farms of salinas, california and was last inspected by th

before that it was afghanistan, -- now we have begun to talk about yemen. we cannot just focus on one country every six months. >> the longstanding president regime, he was ousted. did that make matters worse and exploit? >> i will just say that when you look at afghanistan and when you look at yemen, it is extremely important. al qaeda needs to have a lack of rule of law or authority to appear. otherwise is too weak by itself to have any influence. >> the issue of al qaeda at exploiting the gaps, where do they go next? that is the question. clearly, the french operation in mali was to push out the islamist incursion or the insurgents. al qaeda is obviously very present among that group. there is talk of mali becoming the next afghanistan. you think that situation is possibly already there? >> it had some positions that were already there. as you look towards even north africa, you see some element coming in. we started our discussion before were on the air with algeria, it is very strict and kills terrorist directly without negotiating. you are seeing some

in yemen the u.s.ary orders two drone strikes in the last 48 hours as the president speaks out for the first time against the newest terror threat from al qaeda. >> it's a reminder for all the progress we've made, getting bin laden, putting al qaeda between afghanistan and pakistan back on its heels, that this radical violent extremism is still out there. >>> senior moment. anthony weiner's dust up with the republican opponent gets him off on the wrong foot in front of the aarp crowd. >> here we go. >> i heard what you said. >> don't put your hands on me. >> now. how about now? >> he called him grandpa, if you didn't hear it. just how far are bill and hillary clinton running away from that mayoral race? >> we are 100 miles from that race and everyone understands that we're not going to be involved.

has carried out strikes in pakistan and yemen in recent days look at what's behind these strikes and tonight show. it's thursday august eighth a pair in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs you're watching r.t. and we begin with the n.s.a. is ongoing mass surveillance of americans speaking on a condition of anonymity intelligence officials are shedding more light on the actual mechanisms by which the n.s.a. goes about scooping up that a belonging to you american citizen published today in the new york times officials explain that in targeting a foreign citizen with surveillance the n.s.a. casts a wide net on all communications flowing out of the united states that may be in direct contact with the foreign target or simply referencing the target or information related to the target officials go on to explain the n.s.a. is temporarily copying and then sifting through the contents of what is apparently most e-mails and other text based communications that cross the border the official said that a computer searches the data for the identifying keywords or other selectors in stores those that ma

the yemen ii has been on the -- yemen, too, has been on the offensive in the last 24 hours.ed a most wanted list including various members of the leadership. they are seeking information from the citizenry. they're offering some money for that. they're also fanning out to protect the infrastructure. you're right, jenna, we have spent time on the ground. we actually did a lot of time along with fox news portraying anwr awlaki, he's the american-born media star of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was taken out in a drone strike back in 2011. many contacts in washington said that this could be the end of this organization. it apparently is not. back to you. jenna: great to have your perspective on it, greg, as someone that's been there. thank you. >> reporter: thanks. kelly: fox news alert, and after years of delay the court-martial of major nidal hasan finally underway today. he's the army psychiatrist charged in the fort hood massacre back in 2009, and he's never denied carrying out the shooting rampage which left 13 people dead. hasan now representing himself and with s

dozens of employees have been air lifted in yemen. there was a decision to evacuate and growing concerns over extremely high security threat level. welcome everyone to america live. i am jamie colby. >> and i am gregg jarret. we are in for megyn kelliy. the state department is urging all american citizens to get out and leave the country. intelligence officials have increased chatter about an imminent attack in and around the araban peninsula where a dangerous al-qaeda have set up shop. the british government also shut down their own embassy in yemen followed six days of increased u.s. drone strikes due to the threat that prompted the closure of 19 u.s. embassy and consulates in the middle east and africa. wendall joins us. >> the latest drone strike occurred when four suspected members of al-qaeda were killed in the car they were riding in. shortly after that attack the state department announced the u.s. embassy was evacuated and appears more than nonessential personnel was floun out of the country, our ability to assist u.s. citize

tell us more, hasham. >> reporter: this is a real problem in yemen. the problem is it's been mishandled by former governments under the pretension that yemen faces other problems like the instability and the fight against al qaeda, but this is a real problem in the country. by the time families discover that their children are ma malnourisheded they have to go long distances to provide them with treatment. by the time they get to hospitals, it's really too late, and the damage is irreversible. now yemenese say they will do the best to tackle the report, but as we see in the report, it's a far more complex issue. a new child admitted to the therapeutic feeding center of this hospital. 3-year-old zahar suffered from severe malnutrition at birth. by the time her family brought her here, it was too late. her brain was permanently damaged, and she will never be able to walk. for the doctor the child's glazed eyes, tightly stretched skin and the stunting are signs of malnutrition and says she needs vitamins and urgently requires therapeutic food. >> 1 milli

meanwhile, tribal sources in yemen say u.s. drones strike killed seven al qaeda suspects earlier today. that is the fifth of its kind in 10 days. officials said they foiled a plot by al qaeda to attack and will facility and an eastern capital in yemen. an industry ministry officials as water contaminated with radiation has been leaking into the pacific ocean for the past two years. 300 tons of contaminated water is leaking into the ocean every day. japanese prime minister shinzo abe as promised -- as promised streese that up the efforts to stem the leaks. it has taken four years and cost $11 billion. and the chinese have reported the by the kate -- the purse like the case of the first human to human transmission of the new bird flew. a woman was infected after carrying her father for over a week. both later died in hospital. meants stress it does not the virus had developed the ability to spread easily between humans. arein thailand, lawmakers debating a controversial bill on amnesty that has provoked anti-government protests a

has carried out strikes in yemen in recent days we'll look at what's behind these strikes coming up and later in our tech report in the world of social media like sin followers are worth big bucks but are people and organizations using web sites like twitter and facebook to show a false form of popularity that's later in the show. it's thursday august eighth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax you're watching r.t. and we begin with the n.s.a.'s ongoing mass surveillance of americans speaking on a condition of anonymity and intelligence officials are shedding more light on the actual mechanisms by which the n.s.a. goes about scooping up out of belonging to american citizens published today in the new york times officials explain that targeting a foreign citizen with surveillance the n.s.a. cast a wide net on all communications flowing out of the united states that may be in direct contact with the foreign target or simply referencing the target or information related to the target officials go on to explain the n.s.a. is temporarily copying and then sifting through the contents of wha

especially in yemen. and he sees that as kind of a bad thing that we're pulling back and al qaeda is helping to fill the vacuum. of course, one of the places he's especially critical of this president is syria where he feels that the president is at least two years late in terms of trying to step in, stop the slaughter, and depose the brutal dictator there, bashar assad. >> mr. mccain has actually gone to syria, that with members of the free syrian party. what does he expect will happen when the president gets back from vacation on all these issues? >> well, i'm not sure he expects a lot of difference. i mean, it's not like, you know, the president has made his policy, he's talking in the case of syria about small arms. which although that came out over a month ago, they apparently still have not actually started shipping the small weaponry to the free syrian rebels on the ground. and it probably wouldn't be enough to change the dynamic there. in terms of al qaeda, i think his feeling is that a president

why yemen? >> yemen is the place where al qaeda is the strongest, if you have seen them in the past few years. western interests and western amelands, the issue of having weak state is also part -- also problematic. the u.s. has taken an active role in using drone strike. the are hammering down on al qaeda leadership withdrawn strikes. expected offour qaeda members were killed in the last 24 hours. are these drums the answer to stopping the threat from al qaeda? >> for the time being that is than having, other intel that could be used on the ground to arrest those people. the yemeni government has released yesterday their top 25 most wanted people to come with information, so we are back to the stone age from that and as well. >> the convicted child rapist unexpectedly freed from jail last week is once again under arrest. he was released from his morocco prison following a mistake and pardon from the king that prompted major protests in morocco that pushed the king to provoke a pardon, but by th

. >>> also ahead, going hungry in yemen.than half of children under five don't have enough food. we have a special report. >>> plus, after fukashima japan weighs up reopening its nuclear power plants. ♪ ♪ >> hello. barack obama says the u.s. military has presented him with options for strikes against syria, but he has not yet made a decision. the british government meanwhile changed its plans for a quick vote in parliament. we'll have more on that in a moment. let's start inside syria. a u.n. expert, they're in the suburbs of damascus for a third day and they're gathering evidence that could establish the use of chemical weapons. violence meanwhile continues in many other parts of the country. caroline malone has the latest. >> shock and panic moments after an explosion in the city. the result, death and destruction and all too familiar sights for some people in parts of syria. no less horrific for those effected this time. a team of u.n. weapon inspectors are in a cap tag of the suburb of damascus for the third day trying t

in yemen, though, this is interesting because we're talking a lot about yemen these days.at there's alleged terrorists on the ground in yemen. so far they haven't murdered anybody on the ground there. yet we're hearing repeatedly about drone strikes that are taking these terrorists out. so why the different response? >> well, i think it's very plain especially given the similarity of the threat information or at least the u.s. response to it to be worried about embassies and consulates in the broader middle east coming under attack. and, you know, the inconsistency, i think, is, should give us cause for concern because it once again sends the signal that the united states' capabilities to protect itself are so weak. i don't think anybody can seriously argue given the threat we saw in yemen that there was anything to do prudently other than close down. but the real question is why? why is the al-qaeda terrorist threat still so robust that we see this menace? why don't we have more steps undertaken to prevent the threat from spreading? and those are the real policy questions

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marines aboard a ship by yemen and 70 americans that were airlifted out of yemen yesterday, they remaintonight. >> shep: we have droners and ratcheting the droning there in yemen? >> there have been five to seven drone strikes carried out in yemen in the past week alone. that is incredible pace considering the president in may suggested that the u.s. was moving away from drone strikes except in the event in imminent threat to u.s. lives. that shows how serious it is. i'm himself told those killed so far by these drone strikes in yemen do not include any big names. they do not include the terrorist who has communications with anwar al-awlaki were intercepted and led to the closure of those embassies. >> shep: jennifer, thank you. >>> u.s. officials confirm that u.s. officials have filed charges in benghazi attacks. among the report suspects, a libyan commander who said he is at the scene in the attack but not a ring leader. associated press he denies the charges. four americans died in the assault including our ambassador, chris stevens, sean smith and glen doherty. the charges are seale

yemen, somalia, mali, northern nigeria. so what kind of strategy should the united states pursue against these very small groups in very weak states? there are three possible paths. the first would be a more full bore counterinsurgency strategy, the kind that general david petraeus executed in iraq and to a lesser degree in afghanistan to bring stability to those areas. but does anyone think that sending tens of thousands of american troops into these countries is a smart idea? and does anyone think keeping more troops in afghanistan would make terrorists in mali tremble? as michael hayden, cia director under george w. bush pointed out, many of these groups are really gangs of local thugs using the al qaeda name to build their brand. for washington to announce a grand campaign against them might exaggerate their importance, americanize local grievances and create a global threat that didn't really exist. the terror alerts have probably delighted these small groups for just that reason. the second strategy would be counterte