ideomatic, colloquial english, who can appeal to americans to join their cause. they know how to persuade them. they know how to speak to them. and they know how to really inspire them to become a part of it. and top u.s. officials like fbi director robert mueller says the internet acts as an accelerant to terrorist activity. consider someone like anwar ala which, the american-born extremist. ten years ago, he would have operated in relative obscurity. today on the internet, he has unlimited reach to individuals around the world, including those here at home. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn they re aware of the publication, saying it aims to provoke the murder of innocents and hardly lives up to its name, inspire. you travelers out there get on the plane, you know you ve got the first class. you ve got business class. you ve got coach class. how would you like flying in the cuddle class?
been involved with yourself. sad story, senseless story to bring you this morning. stick around for that. also, a couple is kicked out of a mall in north carolina. why? they were hugging and kissing. if there s more to the story than that, and it s prompted a huge rally that s going to take place today. we ll explain. here again, top of the hour. 16 days away from the midterm election, and overnight we saw everything from a major republican rally highlighting sarah palin to a gravel-voiceded president, who s defending his administration. he s been doing a lot out there. the voice starts to go a little bit. and there s a cold going around in d.c. just a d.c. cold. that s what i ve heard. good to have you. anyway. also for many americans, it is more than who wins, it s the direction the winners will take the country. it s shaping up to be another hectic week of campaigning. i m sure it s no surprise to you, and it s coming off a
it may be a surprise to you out there to learn that even terrorists have their own magazine. the called, perhaps oddly enough, inspire. and the man believed to be behind the magazine is an american living in yemen. inspire is al qaeda s latest effort aimed at encouraging terrorism against americans. colorful, creative imagery promoting a deadly message. chilling terror tips on how to wage violent jihad. the 74-page second edition of the al qaeda online magazine called inspire aims to recruit americans to kill americans. the ultimate mowing machine, reads the title of one article, suggesting how to carry out individual attacks. the idea is to use a pickup truck as a mowing machine, not
a die-hard elvis presley fan. he led his fellow miners in elvis sing-alongs. he s been offered an all-expense-paid trip to graceland. we turn to pakistan now where two suspected u.s. drone strikes are credited with killing 13 suspected militants. pakistani intelligence officials say the drones targeted two alleged militant hideouts friday in north waziristan, a triple area that borders afghanistan. it s notorious for militants. the pentagon is not commenting on the drone attacks. support for the war in afghanistan has never been lower. a any cnn poll shows a little more than a third of americans support the war now. half of those polled think it s turning into another vietnam. also even fewer believe the u.s. is winning the war in afghanistan. another large area of the gulf of mexico has been reopened to fishing three months after the gushing oil well was capped.
this magazine? these are guys who have either been born here or lived in the united states who speak idiomatic colloquial english who can appeal to americans to join their cause. they know how to persuade them and speak to them and they know how to really inspire them to become a part of it. reporter: and the internet acts as an accelerant for terrorist activity. ten years ago, awlaki would have operated in relative obscurity. today on internet, he has unlimited reach to individuals around the world, including those here at home. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn they are aware of the publication saying it aims to provoke the murder of innocence and says it hardly lives up to its name inspire.