the say shells were added. the unmanned drones can be armed with missiles and 500-pound bombs. the bases were established while the u.s. military worked to receive permission from the ethiopians we are told. that was the base of choice from which to target the growing threat from al sphaeuz shababb. they warned of the shababb. al-qaida has emerged as the most dangerous regional node in the global jihad. they continue to plot strikes against our nation, u.s. interests worldwide and our allies. reporter: fox news has also learned that the u.s. military is building another runway in saudi arabia to deal with the
could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. they re working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrow s pivotal iowa straw poll. and they re taking direct aim at president obama s handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls, including sarah palin, who insists she still hasn t decided whether to run. i think the question should be asked, is the president responsible for the down grade? i would say yes. from the top, that leadership starts from the top. look what happened two weeks ago. when barack obama s back was against the wall. what did he do to try to scare americans to call their members of congress? he threatened social security recipients that their money wouldn t be there. he threatened medicare
sadly 9/11. right. and i think it all comes down to whether or not a group like aqap or shababb in somalia or whatever al qaeda or al qaeda-like faction we re talking about has access to american operatives, people that could go past u.s. borders without generating any kind of alarm. and the reality is, if we look at these groups, that s exactly the kind of constituency, exactly the kind of audience they are recruiting. shabab in somalia, the man from seattle, washington, a former drug dealer who went to somalia and became a major anything. another one from alabama, a young kid from alabama. we don t know who s in yemen. so, i mean, really, it s not so much a question of explosives. it s really a question of access to operatives. these groups can get access to enough people to get past u.s. borders, they ll do whatever they can with those resources, whether it is a small attack or a major catastrophic attack. and we have to be prepared for both possibilities. evan, thank you very m