people in istanbul know about it, people around the world know about it. ali? one of the most beautiful cities in the world continuously under siege these days it seems. kelly, thanks so much, kelly cobiella in istanbul. fred burton is the former deputy chief of the state department s counterterrosm, now chief security officer for the geopolitical intelligence firm stratford. than for being with us. istanbul and turkey have come unr attack from two groups, kurdish separatists and isis in the past. when the kurds attack, it tends to be military or police installations with very few civilian casualties. when you see civilian casualties it tends to be inspired by or orchestrated by isis. what s your sense of what we re dealing with here? well i certainly feel sorry for the turkish intelligence services on the heels of the assassination of the russian ambassador, in ankara, we now have this. ali, this is a perfect soft target. there s brilliance in