advisor john brennan acknowledging the intelligence came from ally. it acknowledges: u.s. counter terrorism officials also confirm the intelligence dealt with packages on their way to a synagogue and what was described to us as a jewish comiewrnt center in the chicago area. it led to more scrutiny from yemen and england and also dubai. a u.s. counter terrible official say the devices are being annualized tonight overseas a cell phone detonator and some kind of timer in the other device. again, this is very preliminary, shep. shepard: catherine herridge, thank you. terrorists have a long history of terrorist activity in yemen. a city twice the size of oregon. it attacked the u.s.s. cole in the port of aden. that blast killed 17 u.s. sailors. last year militants based in
drug cartels are also incorporating car bombs. that s right. the mexican authorities recently picked up a gang member they believe was behind a car bombing june 15th that killed three, including a federal police officer. there is the aftermath of the bombing there. the bomb was very similar to what we have seen in other conflicts like iraq, afghanistan, and also africa. the bomb used a cell phone detonator to set off the explosives, one of the hall marks of these al qaeda devices. this is all seen by u.s. officials as escalation of the violence south of the border. shepard: mighty bad. catherine herridge in d.c. thanks. the vatican is now asking for mercy from one of saddam hussein s right-hand men. iraqi judge sentenced the iraqi former prime minister to death by hanging because he tortured and killed members of the shiite minority. but the vatican spokesman asking iraq not to carry out the sentence. so far no response from the iraqis. he now has 30 days to appeal. he happens to b
life to show the group is holding the french hostages. it s used to raise ransom money for their operations. these developments, the kidnapping and the like are concerning to analysts. earlier this year a car bomb was used in one of the border cities with the u.s. mexican police arrested a gang member they believe was behind the bomb that killed three, including a federal police officer. the bomb is important because it s similar to what we have seen in iraq, pakistan and afghanistan. they used a cell phone detonator. this is seen as an escalation south of the border. megyn: catherine herridge, thanks so much. playing the mom card in the battle for oklahoma governor. i think my experience is one
activities are being ramped up in the event they try to flee this u.s. uma: they are taking these steps because there is similarities to past attacks. reporter: i want to they want to connect the dots for people. we are seeing these stepped-up measures at the airport. in part because at least on the very basic level, there are some similarities, between what happened in times square, and, two attacks in the u.k., in 2007. and, first i want to begin with the attack in london, and there was a car bomb, similar to what we saw in new york, and, propane, gas, and shrapnel, that was left outside the tiger-tiger nightclub in the city s theater district, london s equivalent of times square and that circumstance, the car bomb didn t detonate and it was a cell phone detonator and investigators were able to strip the numbers off of the sim-card, which ultimately led to the suspects and a trial in that case. secondly, after that car bomb in london failed to detonate, about
update he also spoke with the british prime minister about the status of the investigation as well as the king of saudi arabia. the saudis are said to have provided the critical injones in the case. counterterrorism officials say al-qaeda the american cleric is now the operational leader for al-qaeda in yemen actively targeting the u.s. this mugshot here is from 1997 when he was picked up by san diego police for soliciting prostitutes not far from the mosque in san diego where he was the imam at the time. the device had a cell phone detonator or timer. based on a review no power source for the device was evident. the investigation is ongoing into what exactly these devices had in them. how it could have been detonated, when it could have been detonated and what damage it could have caused. all of that needs to be done by trained scientists and they