land. it seems that we are win nothing some areas and not in other ares. is the war on terror truly winding down. it is a brand new report and pains an interesting picture of what is happening when it comes to terror on the ground. richard periis a author of the new report of foreign fighters in syria and gives an interesting look at how terrorism is growing. richard what is the big headlines from the report today. three years in the syrian war you have had throw thousand people go from western countries. and where as in the whole period of 1979 to 2001 and afghanistan you only had 10,000 people go together. that is interesting. the plot for 9/11, the seeds for that started in afghanistan in the conflict and we have sewn what is accomplished. how does syria compare as far as
advantage of stopping the radicalization if you like and terrorism. that requires a major pass and may be difficult at the moment and the first thing to do. and second from that. the idea of preventing people going to syria is already there is nothing but recipe for people to go to syria and in a sense, it is not so good. a lot of focus is when they came on back and what happened to them there and why did they come back. richard, great to see you. and thank you for your time today. and a solemn memorial in china tens of this happeneds gather for a virgil 25 years after the violent crack down on pro democracy demonstrators. and a 13-year-old girl going through quite an ordeal and snapping this photo. wee tell you the record she just
question, richard. is that good that they are not coordinatedine though they are out there or does it matter at this point and as far as damage to inflict now and in the future? first of all, al-qaeda is facing the problem. and all of these people going to syria are not necessarily terrorist. it makes them vulnerable to the terrorist message. and al-qaeda has to recruit them. and it is a opportunity of getting them altogether and coordinating them and it has various branches around the place and there is an overall strategy. and the syria three years of the conflict. if you had the president calling you, richard and how do we get the upper hand here. we need to make sure we keep the country and people safe. would we get more involved in syria or not. clearlyar to an end would be a tremendous