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Combined with bin laden s death could open up room for negotiations by the end of the year. wolf? chris lawrence at the pentagon, thank you. let s dig deep other this important question. joining me are cnn national security analyst peter gatheringen. and fran town sends. fran serves on the homeland security and cia external advisory boards. peter, with bin laden gone, where does it leave the taliban in afghanistan? this is a tremendous opportunity for the taliban to do something they haven t done in the last ten years which is reject bin laden, reject al qaeda and say 9/11 was a bad idea. if we don t hear from that, from the taliban, i think skepticism about reconciliation process is well deserved. i am personally quite skeptical. omar had a lot of opportunities to save it. things we want him to say. and he hasn t. the leader of the taliban. isn t he lied something place in pakistan now? he is not in afghanistan. right. hiding in pakistan. that doesn t prevent him from saying ....
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a ....