for attention global jihadist community. and the u.s. may be in the crosshairs as the rivalry grows. i don t think there s any doubt if isis decides to, they have the ability to launch a new a major terrorist attack on western soil. this is a group with up to a thousand western recruits. and al qaeda in yemen posting a new edition of its magazine again calling for attacks on the west complete with updated instructions yet again on making explosives. the type of instructions that inspired the boston marathon bomb attack. the chaos in controlling al qaeda in yemen made more difficult after a senior yemeni intelligence official was kidnapped by an anti-government rebel group. working with yemen intelligence agency vital to president obama s policy of supporting fragile allies.
yemen posting a new edition of its magazine calling for attacks on the west and complete with updated instructions yet again on making explosives. the type of instructions that inspired the boston marathon bomb attack. the chaos in controlling al qaeda in yemen made more difficult after a senior yemeni intelligence official was kidnapped by an anti-government rebel group. working with yemen s intelligence agency, vital to president obama s policy of supporting fragile allies. this strategy of taking out terrorists who threat us while supporting partners on the front line is one we have pursued in yemen and somalia for years. reporter: but in somalia, another sign the al qaeda-linked group there, known as al shab b shabaab, still on the attack. claiming an attack on a military base in mogadishu, saying it was their revenge for a u.s. air
need online for targeting, even for making explosives. all the most dangerous terror groups are taking advantage of this, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. a fatwa this year issued by a senior leader attacks since then, including the ottawa shooter, a hatchet attack in new york against new york police and an attack on a cafe in sydney traced back to that fatwa calling for attacks against all the participants in the war on isis, including the u.s. but also australia, the uk and other european partners. because lone wolf attacks are so difficult to police, they require a different strategy to prevent and control these attacks. one essentially part of is working inside muslim communities in the u.s. to help weed out the people who might radicalize, who might carry out these attacks.
emboldened as well, appearing with 100 fighters. in this video he s greeting people freed from a prison back in february. this is a propaganda video from the group, but also a message for the united states, we re still coming after you, he s telling america. this is a big in-your-face thing to the united states. but it could be a whole bunch of nothing, too, right? it s a propaganda video first and foremost to show supporters around the world they re still in business, still a threat inside yemen and they still intend to target the united states. they still have some ability to target the united states because they do have this very skilled bob becamer, ibrahim, somebody inhiding who is heavily protected in the group and skilled at making explosives which you can get on airlines. so a lot of concern about this. back in february the department of homeland security issued a bulletin after u.s. intelligence
connection, joining of the cause. i don t buy that these are three kids that are helping a friend. and one of the students apparently also knew vaseline was somehow used in making explosives to me isn t a common piece of knowledge that everyone has. not common at all and they tell you a month before that they know how to make bombs. a bombing in boston. you make the connection right away. obviously, mayor, you were in law enforcement a lot longer than politics. there has been a suggestion, alan dershowitz, these aren t giant charges. prosecutors and investigators want to get more from these guys. what more do they want? they want to know the whole network, look, it s hard to believe that they did this all on their own. two brothers. pulled off the bombing too effectively. the whole escape plan was ridiculous. but the plan for doing the