combat terrorism over the next four months. i'm joined with the chair of contemporary middle eastern studies at the london school of economics and author of "isis: a history." let's talk about this decision with qatar who just announced they're hiring attorney general ashcroft to head this audit. what is the significance of this move, do you think? >> qatar is terrified. they are very anxious. here you have the president of the united states, which basically has one of the largest military bases in qatar, accusing qatar of financing terrorism in very blunt words. not only that, saudi arabia, the emirates and other states are accused of supporting and financing terrorist organizations. these are very serious concerns and the qataris is trying to clear the air, basically mushing