personnel carriers. mugabe is 93 years old, the only leader since independence. an ongoing struggle to succeed him, mugabe fired his vice president last week to apparently provide his wife a path to the presidency. the military move is an attempt to prevent that as authorities reportedly arrested ministers allied with mugabe s wife. state department spokesperson says we have clearly expressed our concerns about the actions undertaken by zimbabwe s military forces. we believe it s vital that zimbabwe and leaders exercise restraint and respect the rule of law. we do not condone military intervention in political processes. the embassy is encouraging americans to shelter in place. the u.k. foreign secretary called mugabe s rule brutal, featuring rigged elections, murder and torture of political opponents and illegal land seizures. the maneuvering to succeed
oslo accords which launched efforts that made a comprehensive and lasting peace possible, the number of settlers has increased by 355,000. the total settler population in the west bank east and jerusalem now exceeds 590,000. nearly 90,000 settlers are living east of the separation barrier that was created by israel itself. and just since july, 2016, when the middle east quartet issued a report highlighting international concern about a systematic process of land seizures, settlement expansions and legalizations, israel has advanced plans for more than 2,600 new settlement units. yet rather than dismantling these and other settler outposts which are illegal even under israeli law, now there is new legislation advancing in the israeli knesset that would legalize most of the outposts, a factor that pro pole it had decision by this resolution sponsors to bring it for the
stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counter terrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. just like that bomb, there one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten passed airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this throughout the day
al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this
coming in at this moment about how the cia stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good