want to do, but, more importantly, it could have a serious impact in the row john and a serious impact on u.s. forces in the region. reporter: analysts doubt the weapons sale has anything to do with the release of the u.n. s report which found that iran has advanced well into the later stages of developing a nuclear bomb simply because it take as long time to organize a sale such as this. trace: and the weapons are strictly offensive in nature, right, not defensive? reporter: that is true but offensive weapons can be used as defensive deter help and that could be the ultimate objective here because as far back as 2009 secretary of state hillary clinton said that u.s. was intent on building a defensive umbrella among the gulf states of oman, saudi arabia and others, to deter iran in the event they attain nuclear weapons capability. this sale could be the latest plan fest manifestation of
blamed on hurricane/tropical storm irene. more than three million homes and businesses still don t have power. flood warnings still are in effect in five states from vermont to new jersey. all this brings me to my colleague, mary snow, in patterson, new jersey. mary, what is going on there around you right now? reporter: well, evacuations have been going on for the past 48 hours and they are only intensifying because you just mentioned, there are some rivers that have yet to crest. here in patterson, new jersey, which is about three blocks away from the passaic river, that has not yet crested. we are told it s about seven feet higher than it normally is, and there have been boats going out that were with the state office of emergency management, their search and rescue teams have been going out all morning. we are joined by the mayor of patterson, jeff jones. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us. what is your biggest concern right now? well, the biggest concern right now is t
the new york post reports says that muslims have been made scapegoats for 9/11. kahn one of the founders of the american society of advancement of muslims and reportedly a partner to rauf in that organization. the lawyer for captive american hiker sarah shourd is appealing to iranian authorities to drop a demand for a half million dollar bail to release her. and the powerful revolutionary guard is criticizing the government s decision to free shourd. on another note, the head of the u.n. nuclear agency says that iran s selective cooperation with inspectors is preventing him from confirming that the country s nuclear efforts are peaceful. n.a.t.o. says a series of air strikes killed 14 insurgents in central afghanistan today. meanwhile, the afghan government is disputing an n.a.t.o. claim that it killed a top insurgent in an air strike earlier this month. it says civilians were killed inside. the pentagon is expected to announce a big weapons sale
the new york post reports says that muslims have been made scapegoats for 9/11. kahn one of the founders of the american society of advancement of muslims and reportedly a partner to rauf in that organization. the lawyer for captive american hiker sarah shourd is appealing to iranian authorities to drop a demand for a half million dollar bail to release her. and the powerful revolutionary guard is criticizing the government s decision to free shourd. on another note, the head of the u.n. nuclear agency says that iran s selective cooperation with inspectors is preventing him from confirming that the country s nuclear efforts are peaceful. n.a.t.o. says a series of air strikes killed 14 insurgents in central afghanistan today. meanwhile, the afghan government is disputing an n.a.t.o. claim that it killed a top insurgent in an air strike earlier this month. it says civilians were killed inside. the pentagon is expected to announce a big weapons sale