The bus during washington journal starting at 9 45 a. M. Here. Next, a forum on security threats in regions of north africa. The center for strategic and International Studies hosted a daylong discussion on the issue with regional and Security Experts from touchdowns, algeria and morocco. This portion of the event is an hour and ten minutes. Good morning, everybody. Welcome. My name is john hamre and im very pleased to have all of you join today for what is going to be a fascinating conversation. I was talking with our very distinguished speakers just as we were waiting for people to gather and said that, you know, in washington, north africa is kind of a blank spot, you know . There is so much in this region that we dont know and we tend to look at we tend to look at europe, we tend to look at africa, we tend to look at middle east, but we dont tend to look at the maghreb and think about it in a systematic, thoughtful way. Thats going to be the opportunity for today. Were going to hav
In overseas. Americans are being evacuated in iraq as militants linked to al qaeda storm toward the capitol of bagdad. After nine years of war would u. S. Forces go back in . Abcs Foreign Correspondent terry moran leads us off with the developments right now. Reporter ferocious fighting in northern iraq. Soldier trying to hold off the ji ha disastdists. These scenes showing thousands of iraqi soldiers and now prisoners. They have wracked up victory after victory. Major cities falling under their black flag and these fighters threaten bagdad 11 years after u. S. Troops toppled saddam hussein. All that is now crumbling. A track record of brutally. Executions, massby headings and over al qaeda has disavowed them. A new nation straddling two countries in pure islam as they define it. Strict intoleration. You can sense the fear past this long line of cars less than an hour away the city under control of militants. People fleeing for their lives and every car sisterearched for weapons. A wou
Have been taken alive. We do not know, however, and do not have confirmation of who those suspects are. There are multiple reports that one of them at least was sala ab de slem. There are other reports ab de slem was holed up and involved in a standoff. But with the indication that the operation is winding down, that scenario that hes holed up inside is less and less likely. The police is saying two people were taken. Two people are in custody. Richard, what happened earlier this week . On tuesday, that may have potentially led potentially to this . Reporter so if we can go back a little bit further, it started in november. It was the bataclan attack and the other cafes, the attacks in paris and the stadium as well. Ab deslam escaped. There were rumors, speculation perhaps he chickened out. Why did he live through what had been a Suicide Mission carried out by the other attackers . He was known to have been someone who was involved in the logistics of the operation with cars. There was
After over 11 years, the Korea-Japan Oi! Festival returns. This time it brings together six Japanese bands and six Korean bands for one big show at western Seoul s Club Freebird Reboot.