tunisian authorities announced nine people were arrested. the prime minister identified two suspects by name. one had been known to security services. but the prime minister did not say if those two were the gunmen that had been killed. a tour guide tells of the terror. translator: i thought a roof had collapsed, but bullets were everywhere. we all hid from the shooting. reporter: an enemy increasingly difficult to track down. what makes these organizations, this virus so difficult to kill is because it is homegrown, self-recruited and there s no sender or return address that we can destroy it. reporter: the entire episode was so violent that one spanish couple in the museum wound up spending the night inside hiding out. they thought the terrorists were still there. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. cnn military analyst
martisese johnson says that s not the case it s a narrative being spun by the media. but that initial information came from the police. it s conflicting with what the police and the johnson camp are saying. george? nick thank you so much. now to the country of tunisia. the terror group isis has apparently claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the national museum there. the government is stepping up security around the country because of it. officials hope to protect the international tourism industry that s so vital to that country s economy. barbara starr has this report. reporter: the blood is still there. tunisian security forces on high alert looking for at least three suspects in the attack that has now killed 23 people and injured three dozen. isis claiming responsibility for the attack warning this is just
none he says. well only some kids joined them. immature uneducated kids. at his headquarters the peshmerga commander outlines the rapidly moving front lines. isis has almost collapsed, he says. it s not like before. people in this area now know who they are. before they thought they were magic. that they would make a paradise on earth. but all they brought was sorrow. the peshmerga are pushing forward southeast of kircut. while south of the city fighters have surrounded the isis-held town of el bashir. not far from here the commanders say they have good air cover from the international coalition. here in this area where they re also fighting isis isis is just up the road from here they say they have absolutely no air
tripoli don t govern their territory, and there are roving isis cells that are expanding. so a lot of these tunisian fighters that have gone to syria and iraq have gone there through training camps in libya. some of them are coming back to tunisia and some will be coming home from syria and iraq. this will be a huge challenge for tunisia. reporter: the museum attack is just one example of how difficult safeguarding tunisia will be as militant groups like isis are intent on destroying its young democracy. atika scubert, cnn, london. terror groups like isis and al qaeda make no secret about their desire to strike the west. and it becomes even easier when international tourists visit places like tunisia and egypt. as miguel marquez reports, it s not the first time terrorists have targeted tourists with deadly results. reporter: the targeting of tunisia s most prominent museum.
jordan. but countries that are within that region near these hot zones for isis you know how vital, how important is it for them to step up their security? obviously, isis is hell bent on a caliphate here. not only step up but they need to start cooperating. look at tunisia as an example, since we re talking about it. to the east you have libya, just a chaotic place, with all sorts of islamist groups operating there. on the west you ve got algeria with the al qaeda operating there. they ve had border clashes up and down that border for months now. moving over to assyrian iraq you have what s going on there. so jordan is a very good example, jordan tunisia, egypt, if they can cooperate and keep track of these people, they have a better chance of addressing these situations when they get home. right now every country is trying to do this independently. they need to start cooperating. lieutenant colonel rick