but when you say words like just about, when they have the technology one official is saying this is hair raising. you just need one to get through. when you think about the destruction that could cause. right, i agree. it shouldn t come as a surprise to anyone. while it may be hair raising for as longs i can remember, to take down a commercial airliner has been the kind of holy grail of any of these various plethora of terrorist groups operating in and around the globe. we were focussing primarily on al qaeda in the arabian pens la and in syria. the master bomb maker, because they had been leading the charge with liquids and the underwear bomber. if you look at the resources that isis has been funneling in to all its technological
qaeda in the arabia peninsula and you have a reminder they are still targeting the u.s. with isis dominating the headlines today al qaeda s master bomb maker made it clear his terror group is still targeting the u.s. speaking directly to americans vowed, we will not leave you alone as long as we have a pulsing vein in us. the senior leader of al qaeda in the peninsula and created the most creative and most dangerous bomb maker in the world designed the notorious underwear bomb intended to a bring down a u.s. passenger jet on christmas day in 2009. his ability to make bombs that can slip past airport security is a primary concern of u.s. counter terror officials and one reason that u.s. intelligence views aqap along with isis as the two most severe terror threats to the u.s. homeland. because there is a capability
at this hour, new calls for attacks against the u.s. homeland from al qaeda s most dangerous branch. in a letter and video, two leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula known as aqap praised recent lone wolf style attacks and called for more of them. the letter claims to be from master bomb-maker ibrahim al asiri, a man that experts call the most dangerous terrorist operating against the united states right now. al asiri is believed to be working on a new generation of explosives. this is a very dangerous guy. cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank joins us right now. you ve been following this man for a long time. two major issues here, one, what he said, and, two, the fact that he feels confident enough to say it. that s absolutely right.
al qaeda taking a page from isis s play book and encouraging lone wolf attacks on the united states. in a letter purported problem al qaeda s top bomb maker the terror group asks its followers to strike america in its home and beyond. cnn cannot verify the authenticity of this message but it has drawn the attention of top groups. this group tries to reassert itself against isis. a chilling piece of writing that you mentioned, this article linked on twitter apparently from the master bomb maker of al qaeda. now in this article this writer believed to be al asiri tells the al qaeda affiliates we urge you to strike america in its own home and beyond. cnn cannot independently verify
al qaeda s notorious bomb maker has suddenly gone public. cnn s brian todd has been digging up new details. u.s. intelligence officials and others who have tracked ibrahim al asiri saying he s andang russ as ever, he s working on more sophisticated bombs and planning more attacks, but a move may also expos him to a kill strike from u.s. drones. he s known to operate in the shadows, a master bomb maker on the run, but he seems to have broken his cover to write an article. he disputes an al jazeera documentary that alleged that are all of us spies?