guessing. he will always soar to great heights here on the riduculist. erin burnett outfront starts right now. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, al qaeda rising. i m live from a refugee camp miles from the border of northern mali. more than a quarter million refugees have fled the country, more than twice as many as syria. they are fleaing radical s extremists here is leon panetta shortly after the killing of tonight president obama said al kay da is on the run. we re rin reach of strategically defeating al qaeda. i think now is the moment. but here on the frontier of northern mali, al kay da is gaining strength. we have heard some horrible stories about what is happening and you re going to hear them now. today i called the military leader. it s the main islamic group linked to al kay da here. yes, this is omar, hello. translator: no, no. listen. i do not speak to a woman. if you would like to speak to me, give me a man. we do not speak to women
getti getting strength. and the fear is this could become a new safe haven for terrorists. we have heard horrible stories about what is happening and you re going to hear them. but sharia law is the rule. today i called the military leader for an czar al din, the main islamic radical group linked to al qaeda here. we wanted to tell you their side of the story, but here s what happened. [ speaking in foreign language ] translator: yes, this is omar. hello? hello. translator: yes, what do you want? good morning. good morning. do you speak english? translator: no, no. french is it. no, no. i have some help. can you ask him, are they hurting people? translator: listen, speak in french. no, no. listen. i do not speak to a woman. if approximate you would like to speak to me, give me a man. it is necessary to respect our religion. we do not speak to women. do you hear me? [ speaking in french ] no, we do not speak with women. it is necessary to give a man to speak wi