he was not on the radar of authorities. he could have gotten on a plane and come to the united states and planned attack. reporter: that is not all that likely. because of this, anytime he was traveling outside of the group, the notice would have gone out that the authorities would have received word that he was boarding a flight and that is what happened in the case of turkey. when he left from berlin to turkey in may of this year. there was notice that went out that said he was on board a germanwings flight to istanbul. anytime he would have left the area, it would have been noticed. within the group, he was able to travel freely. he was brought to spain by his
and trust. briefly praying alongside the mukti of istanbul in the blue mosque, visiting the museum. but where today you will see islamic calligraphy and christian frescos under the same roof, symbolic of what the pope is hoping to accomplish. pope francis came to istanbul at the invitation of patriarch bartholomew. they issued a statement saying we cannot resign ourself to a middle east without christians, and it seems that the value of human life has been lost, that the human person no longer matters and may be sacrificed to others interests. that is a sentiment we have long been hearing, expressed by people in iraq and syria, not just christians but also muslims, feeling abandoned to violence and a fate over which
uss ross, a destroyer on a scheduled port visit to istanbul. the secretary of the navy visiting the sailors on the ross labeling the assault reprehensib reprehensible. the attackers, members of an ultra nationalist group called the turkish youth union, angry at what it calls american imperialism. they shot the video and released it for all to see. the group used the bags in an apparent reference to a 2003 incident in iraq when u.s. forces detained a group of turkish soldiers putting hoods over their heads. the navy is taking a look at security procedures for future port calls and working with the turkish authorities on that. but the navy and the u.s. embassy in turkey are quick to say this will not affect the u.s. relationship with turkey. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. we turn just north of turkey and more russian troops are pouring into ukraine. nato has confirmed they ve
originally going to istanbul, that a passenger sitting in 2-f, alerted the crew and pilots he had a bomb on him. it seems that the pilots were pretty quick thinking. they didn t try to resist. they told the attempted hijacker that they were complying, that they were diverting the flight here to sochi. at that stage, they turned off the inflight monitors making it more difficult for this attempted hijacker to know exactly where the plane was going. they continued on to istanbul. as soon as they entered turkish air space, the pilots tripped an alarm signaling that there was a crisis, that a hijacking attempt was in progress. at that stage the plane was escorted by two f-16 fighter jets and continued through turkish air space and landed on the asian side in istanbul. there are two airports, the european side and asian side
consulates. you can see on the map in 17 countries across the middle east, north africa, asia, and now the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert through august. what does it say about the state of al qaeda? well, tells us a lot about the state of one of the great policy initiatives launched by the president, when the entered the presidency, made the tour to istanbul, to cairo, indonesia, in which he opened his hand and called for a new era of mutual respect with the muslim world. now, this is a product of it four years later. we have this unprecedented shutting of embassies. remember, there s no need to shut down u.s. embassies in christian lands, this is only in the muslim world. obama had assumed because of his history growing up in indonesia because of the senity meant