a lot of people very upset about that, including myself because i don t think that was a good decision and anybody i talked to in the military agrees to put ourselves in that position and the reasoning behind it was, well, somebody got itchy and didn t want the afghanys to feel upset or uncomfortable that they weren t able to have their weapons. another reason for us to give them a bill and get out. ridiculous. maybe or maybe not. but certainly don t disarm our own military. i agree! completely wrong. mine is along the lines of military. we appreciate the military very much. we also appreciate our canine friends. look at the pictures here. these are canine military service dogs and what they do is go and sniff out road side bombs and a lot of times they lose their lives, but these dogs are heros as well. guess what? i knew some guys who try to take care of dogs that were strays, they weren t working dogs. they would take care of the
strategy. i m for that. but i think the debate about the legal grounds for that strategy should be more in the open and we should have a legal frame work around our interrogation and detention policies far more than we do right now. reporter: the state department issued a travel alert in the wake of the al-awlaki killing. they said it could potentially trigger antiamerican acts worldwide to avenge his death. steve centanni with the latest. thank you, steve. syrian dissidents formally announced the creation of a council that aims to overthrow the president s regime. they read the founding statement in a meeting in neighboring turkey. the group rejects any foreign intertearence in syria and asks the international community to recognize its legitimacy. iraqi officials say four antial-qaeda fighters killed by two separate road side bombs.
scandal. u.s. marines letting locall police head up a security patrol . u.s. officials say it is a successful hand over to afghan leadership. they searched for road side bombs and established relationships with the local population and helped a injured child on the side of a road. china and north korea passenger plane taking off it is a regular direct charter flight between the two cities. china and north korea are allies. the plane carried chinese tourist ranging from age cent-94. taiwan rest nothing peace takes on a new meaning. the grave yard becomes a camp site. they love the stunning views and location.
what are you hearing? well, wolf, you thought the war in iraq was ending. well, now welcome to the war in afghanistan. sorry we re having technical problems. let me take that ear piece out. what is happening is that now there is a requirement for 2,000 additional troops in afghanistan. about 750 of them would be trainers and the balance would be i.e.d. troops, troops that can go after the road side bombs and improvised explosive devices. what is happening is all of this is now being debated behind closed doors at nato and they re trying to see if the europeans will come up with some of those troops. if not, they may well turn to the united states because it is u.s. troops that have that kind of technical expertise. so it may mean that more u.s. troops will be spending coming holiday christmas season in the war in afghanistan. wolf? i ll wait until you can hear me, barbara. i m good now. i assume you can.
can be built on a site you cannot deny that right to those who want to build a mosque. the republican senator spear heading his party s effort to regain control of the senate says he thinks that president obama with his comments on the mosque controversy betrayed how disconnected he is from mainstream america. bret baier sitting in for chris wallace asked if this will become a campaign issue this fall? i think whether you are connected with the issue or listening to lecturing to them this is the dichotomy that people sense that they are being lectured to and not listened to and that is the reason people are upset with washington. to that extent, yes. park 51 as the mask project is now called has the backing of new york city mayor michael bloomberg. the new york governor has suggested an alternate location. shannon? shannon: we ll see if there is any change. thank you. four road side bombs in two separate attacks killed three