pakistan -- i always maintained pakistan can do without the aid, but what pakistan needs is good, positive, constructive relationships with the united states. we have tried hard to have market access, etc.. but nothing came out of that. finally, the question of whether this is a transactional strategy, i would say if you look at the size of pakistan and you look at conventional and unconventional military capabilities, it's in a region where the united states has stakes and basically, this relationship has a strategic quality to itself. given all the problems i have mentioned, there is the question of how it should be managed. one can discuss in greater detail, but what i feel is that this relationship has to be managed and delivered on the basis of realism and frankness. it is an important relationship for pakistan and i think it's important for the united states for all the reasons i have mentioned. it's not just the question of the stabilization of afghanistan. there is an opportunity because stabilization be -- stabilization depends on reconciliation. for reconciliation, there are only

he's the father of pakistan. unfortunately, he died less than a year after pakistan's creation and ever since then, pakistan has had a lot of difficulty with its political leaders and many feel he died too soon. if he lived a bit longer, perhaps the foundations of pakistan's democracy might have been stronger. host: that was in 1947. what happened that created pakistan? guest: well, it was a mess. and it was a mess from which the country really has never recovered, in a way. this was during the time of british rule in the subcontinent of india and the decision was made very quickly and very arbitrarily by the british colonial rulers to separate, to make a new country. they arbitrarily divided northern india into india and pakistan and in a matter of weeks you had literally millions of people fleeing in all directions. you had indians trying to rush south into what was going to be india and -- sorry, hindus and sikhs fleeing into what would be india and muslims fleeing north into what would be pakistan and there w

the pakistan army, pakistan intelligence, etc.. the taliban are considered an asset and i must say again, these are long arguments. pakistan does not consider taliban to be an asset because the taliban has no chance whatsoever to return to the position of the pre-9/11 situation. they would not be able to return to kabul. but taliban and the pashtuns were part of the political landscape. they simply cannot be washed away. and there are many of them coming to our areas we have still more than 3 million, some of them more than 4 million refugees and they reach the population in the bordering regions. anyway, so i will mention about the aid and assistance. there are these accusations and the part of the u.s.. there is dealing pakistan is not delivering. but, on the pakistan side, even those who favor and who are convinced that there has to be a close relationship and cooperation between pakistan and the united states, they feel that the united states or the americans generally are not appreciated the complexities of the problems pakist

part of it might include creating middle class jobs in places like pakistan and mr. weinstein was probably doing a good job of that. all in all, u.s. aid funds more corruption and things like that. >> we thank you for your insight and wish we had more time to talk about pakistan, afghanistan and relationship going on over there. thank you for joining us and shedding insight on this story. jamie. >> jamie: voting is going on right now in the iowa straw poll. $30 all it takes to get your vote cast. the candidates are still stumping though, tim pawlenty is going to be taking the mic and we'll bring that to you live. also, a navy destroyer, sanction to the bottom of the ocean, not tragic though. part of the plan. we are going to have a live report on a new tact for the u.s.s. bradford. >> the u.s.s. bradford, might be retired, but the work isn't over yet. deliberately sinking 28 miles off the coast of delaware and has a new and final mission. julie banderas. >> eight years to plan the sinking of the destroyer as the environmental reef program. in three hours, gone. 130 f

agency in pakistan. they pretty much control everything there. it's as if there's a combination of the cia, fbi, and their entire focus is on what's happening inside their country, not necessarily what's happening outside the country, so we would be followed. they could come to our doors. there's funny scenes of them following us around as i was getting dry cleaning. if we met with an afghan or indian, then you were on their radar. in other words, the isi is pretty much everywhere in that country, but it's not a top-down organization. it's not like as if the guy on top knows everything that's going ton below because of what happened during the 80s. they had different cells of the isi working with these different jihad groups to work across the border in afghanistan and in fighting against the soviets, so you have this mentality there to sl self-contained cells, almost like a terrorist organization, within the isi, so getting back to you question -- do i believe that the leadership of the isi and the afte

i couldn't face writing pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was easy for me to write and i could not face writing pakistan. it was just this writer's block. i was writing around the half of the book that dealt with pakistan or only writing the funny bits, and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas, which is a great way to write a book, because you realize that you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the day, you know, because at least my mother likes to talk about feelings and emotions and things like that. so, i would take half the day and i would write the book, and then i would come and i would read it to her. and that -- i wrote all of pakistan in those ten days. i wrote about 5,000 words a day. it was all inside me waiting to come out and i kind of needed my mom around almost to hold my hand and to walk me through it. she didn't know any -- my parents did know any of the stuff i went through because you're protecting them. so i was really difficult for her as well to hear ev

they have run and controlled pakistan for so long. the iran policy is theirs, foreign policy is theirs, everything is the military's, and so therefore we need to allow these terrible civilians who are so corrupt and so dreadful, we have to allow them a little time to get it together and to change the way things are done in pakistan. >> and it will be up to pakistan's civil society to hold politicians accountable, she says, much as it did during the rule of general pervez musharraf. civic groups led by lawyers fought successfully to restore judges musharraf had dismissed, eventually forcing out the general himself in 2008. abdul sattar edhi says he can only hope for that kind of change can happen in karachi with a minimum of bloodshed. for now, demand for his services has never been higher. for religion & ethics newsweekly, this if fred de sam lazaro in karachi, pakistan. >>> marriage in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is for all eternity. mormons are much more likely than the population at large to be married and to ma

>> between pakistan an the u.s. it's a very very, very dangerous -- >> rose: is this because of the? >> no, it's been building up over many issuesver the last year, but the icing on the cake was the killing of bin laden. the u.s. has been demanding many things from the pakistani military, which they've not been able to -- or have been unwilling to do. >> rose: unwilling or unable?we. you know, the military has been overextended and there's no doubt, because they have to watch the indian border, fight the -- both the pakistani taliban, the afghan taban, al-qaeda is there. i mean, tom, dick and harry is there in pakistan. but the other real problem that we are faced is that everything else, you know, the economy is going down the tubes. >> rose: right.huge ethic proble arriving because of this meltdown situation. what is absolutely critical, we've got to get on to some kind of relationship with the u.s., because, of course, that means at the moment the imf won't talk to us, the international donors won't talk to us. y

it occurred in eastern pakistan. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the report. >> reporter: around 3:45 a.m., pakistani police say as many as eight heavily armed men kidnapped american contractor warren wine steinfrom his home in pakistan. weinstein, who just turned 70 last month, was highly experienced in international aid work. he had been taking precautions. he lived in an upscale neighborhood in a villa surrounded by walls with a metal gate and guards. it wasn't enough. just last week, the u.s. state department issued a warning that said kidnapping in pakistan usually for ransom. continues to increase dramatically nationwide. the gunmen entered the home apparently without a fight. his guards say they were overpowered. pakistani police have taken several of them into custody suspecting the kidnappers may have had inside help. weinstein, who speaks six languages, was reportedly working for a virginia-based company to improve pakistan's economic development. pakistani journalist has known weinstein s

it is not like we are coming to pakistan and encouraging them to do things that will be bad for pakistan, but they often do not follow what our logic is as we make those cases to them. so it takes a lot of dialogue. >> let's talk about pakistan for a minute. there was a story that pakistanis are allies here, handed over parts of the helicopter that went down in bin laden's compound. is that true? >> this is a very complicated relationships. >> is that a yes? [laughter] >> i've got to protect my old hat. >> not a no, though. >> i am not. a comment because it does relate to classified intelligence. we are concerned with the relationships that pakistan has. what makes this complicated is that they have relationships with the akanis. they are going across the border and attacking our forces in afghanistan. is clear there is a relationship there. there is a relationship with l.e.t. this is a group that goes into india and threatens attacks there. they do not provide visas. and yet, there is no choice but to maintain a relationship with pakistan. why? because we are fighting a war there. becau

kidnapped in pakistan and what police say led to the abduction of an american working pakistan just days before he was set to leave the country. it is being called the black war over obama, andly talk to a writer who says that fierce attacks on obama from the african-american scholar colok l west could spell trouble for the president next year. >>> and casey anthony is set to go to florida next month, and when will she turn herself in for probation. >>> and why police deliberately turned off cell service on a train. >>> and the kidnapping of a american contractor, 70-year-old warren weinstein was taken away by gunpoint by people in lahore area in packston, and now there is a report from outside of his home. >> reporter: it has been two days since warren was kidnapped from the house behind me and the police have no idea who or why he was taken. the initial investigation focuses on a possible inside job. his driver and three security guards are in custody and the police chief of lahore told me that the fbi has been given access to the men. >> they are interrogating them as well as us, the

he told the pakistan government this. you really do not want this to have to invade your country on that scale, so please try to manage this so that is not necessary. what is your hedging strategy darks -- strategy? what if it becomes a failed state tax what if this is not manageable internally with respect to the security of their nuclear stockpile, with respect to becoming a sanctuary or mutated version of the extremist groups attacking the pakistan government and our interests in different ways including the provocation of the indian- pakistan war? the beat a strategy of containment and isolation with the capability to conduct long- range strike that selected targets in in hostile areas and important international cooperation with the people that pakistan relies on as their key brands, namely china and saudi arabia, who will take an interest if pakistan goes that route. think about what the hedging strategy should be if plan a fails. >> questions? raise your hands. and there are some microphones right here. >> what is

another concentration is in current-day pakistan, pakistan punjab. again, let's come to a state in the southwest of india which is about 25% muslims, the highest number of muslims in the india proper. again, it was arab traders who came there and spread islam. quite remarkable this level of human development it has. way ahead of any other part of india. let's go to indonesia. sufi saints. africa, it was mainly merchants. now let's get to the arab world. over there it was trickier, i must admit. so the arabs did conquer a large portion of the middle east in a remarkable span of time. there is no denying that. however, scholars point out that the empires they defeated were already completely decaying. it was the byzantine empire and the persian empire. these were the main ones they defeated. they were already from decaying from within, atrophying, it was very easy for the arabs to defeat them. and this may sound totally weird, but in egypt, for example, many of the bishops actually collaborate with the the invaders against their own overlords they were

. >> across southeast pakistan, villages and fields lie under water. nearly one million people have been affected. the army has begun rescue operations and moved the displaced to temporary camps. >> all three districts, we started out with medical support. >> these tent villages are now home and no one knows when they will be able to go back to their normal lives. pakistan still recovering from last year's disastrous floods, the worst in the country's history. 20,000 people died then and millions were left homeless. many are living in emergency cam presidents. this year's floods are not on the same scale but have caused millions of dollars of damage and leave some of pakistan's poorest people struggling to survive. >> a reminder, one of our main stories, the united states, britain, france and germany have demanded that president al-assad leave office because of the protests. and it has been promised that they will be able to go anywhere it likes. that's all from london and singapore. thanks for watching bbc " newsday." >> make sense of international ne

who was captured in pakistan in march, 2003. he too is now a resident of guantanamo bay. abu faraj al libi served just over two years before getting captured in 2005. he then joined his predecessors in guantanamo bay. hamza rabia was killed six months in pakistan, then came the longest-running al qaeda number three, abu laith al libi. he was two years on the job before he was killed in january 2008. that gave sheikh al masri his lead before killed, after being killed, followed by, as we said, rahman, whose killing was reported this weekend. now, there's a lot of issues around these predator drone strikes, how many innocents they kill, how many times they target these people and get an innocent target. there's a lot of stuff to wonder about. the legality of these killings, it's very, very dubious to say the least. are they assassinations prohibited by american law or is this acceptable method of war against a terror group that attacked the united states? is not in doubt, is if you move up to al qaeda number three, which as we said, without osama bin laden is now al qaeda n

the man who began the uprising could be set to leave prison current violence continues in pakistan's largest city karachi. >> clashes in spain as thousands protest against the cost of the pope's next visit. and moslem nations pledged to fight famine in somalia. thousands of children could starve to death. >> it is 11:00 a.m. here in singapore. and it is 4:00 a.m. here in london. inre broadcasting on pbs america and around the world. >> a close aide of the indian and thai-corruption campaigner said he has agreed to -- indian anti-corruption campaigner said he has agreed to a plan. the news has been greeted with cheers where he has been held since tuesday. police previously insisted he could fast for only three days. >> outside the prison where anna hazare has been held, a compromise has been reached. across india, there has been passionate support for the country's top anti-corruption campaigner. these demonstrations have rattled the government. his anti-corruption campaign has clearly made its mark. >> but if you want to do anything, if you want to get anything done in india, you hav

in pakistan. a live report from pakistan in moments as we are digging for details about who he is and why this american might have been targeted. >>> also, you heard a lot about the straw poll. it is just a straw poll, but it is a big deal because today's vote in iowa could be important in deciding who will stay in and who will have to get out of the race for the republican presidential nomination. >>> also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia last night, but we'll explain to you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. >>> at the top of the hour, we start with the breaking news out of pakistan. the u.s. embassy is saying an american was abducted from his home in lahore. we have the latest from pakistan. >> reporter: t.j., this is the third time an american has been kidnapped in pakistan. they are rare, but the way it happened is unprecedented. i don't think we have ever seen kidnappers ever break in to take someone. according to the embassy, an american citizen by the name of warren

olsen beyond al qaeda's core leadership in pakistan and the al qaeda affiliates in yemen which terrorist group in your view poses the greatest threat to the country? >> i would say that beyond the al qaeda leadership in pakistan, its presence in yemen, probably the next most significant terrorist threat may emanate from the al qaeda presence in somalia. in terms of the willingness and apparent ability or at least the intent to strike outside of that particular country. we know that country, that group has successfully mounted an attack in uganda, and the apparent ability of the regional affiliates such as that to outside of the borders that country think poses a significant threat. but the threat goes beyond even just al qaeda of course and its affiliates. to two other groups such as hezbollah. so i think again, i have to say that i am not in a position at nctc now so i approach these types of questions with some humility and some deference to the professionals who are looking at these questions on a daily basis. >> one last question if i might. earlier this year undersecretary colin fro

this wasn't someone who caved in pakistan. let's take a step back. the personnel on the base was led by a woman named jennifer matthews, a mother of three who lived in virginia, not far from where we are now. she came along the way in this attack for a lot of criticism but let's start at the beginning why was she chosen for what was a very, very important part? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in her own right and as you say, she came under quite a bit of criticism after the attack perhaps being naive and maybe too trusting of this informant when he was coming on to the base, but this was a woman who paid her dues for the cia and had become overly period of a decade and a half of the most knowledgeable al qaeda experts she was there before al qaeda was known by almost anyone sort of our giving and agitating paying more attention to these guys and after 9/11 happened, her and her entire branch in the cia was screaming. we told you so. this is a huge mistake we didn't pay attention when we should have. and so she became even more sort of involved

of school kids in pakistan and afghanistan. he has become perhaps the world's most effective spokesperson for girls' education in developing countries, and he deserves credit for that. nevertheless, he is now threatening to bring it all down, to destroy all of it by this fraud and by these lies. >> kroft: since our story first aired, the montana attorney general has launched an inquiry into greg mortenson's charity, a civil lawsuit has been filed against him, and mortenson has all but disappeared from the public stage. he has said he stands by the information in his books and the value of his charity's work, and he has called the attacks against him "unjustified." but he has cancelled speaking appearances, citing poor health and legal problems. after our story ran, the school at bozoi gumbaz opened for the summer, serving about 35 students. >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> mitchell: good evening. an early estimate puts total losses from hurricane irene at $7 billion. that's less than first feared. wall street will ope

pakistan's commercial hub has seen more and more deadly attacks in recent months. often they lead to costly business shutdowns in a city that contributes to 70% of the tax revenues. the bloodshed is politically motivated between the communities. the growing population has led to increased population for jobs and land. recent efforts to reconcile have led the communities to rejoin the coalition-let government. this latest attack is likely to re-ignite the claim that the government isn't doing enough to stop the violence in karachi. >> in other news, president obama said the united states isn't in danger of falling into another recession, but the economic recovery might be too slow to deal with the country's unemployment crisis. in an interview to be broadcast on sunday, president obama told cbs that the government needs to do more but the president won't give more information. and it will likely include tax cuts and infrastructure spending. and this news isn't having any impact on asian stock markets. currently, most of them are in negative territory, japan, south k

. >> and has been exactly one year since pakistan's worst ever flood despise 20 million people. the government still has not been able to provide adequate assistance to those affected. the country is in no way able to handle a repeat of the disaster. it started when torrential rains hit the north of the country and spread to the south. an estimated 2000 people were killed and large areas of farmland were completely destroyed. we take a look at a pakistani family that is still struggling to cope. >> he is used to living among ruins. for the past month, he and his family have taken shelter in an abandoned refugee camp. when the floods hit pakistan a year ago, he and his wife managed to save themselves and their six children. they lost everything else. >> the water came suddenly in the middle of the night. we had no warning. my wife and i took the children and ran. our house was completely destroyed. courts in summer last year, torrential rains triggered massive floods, which devastated northwestern pakistan. masses of water spread throughout the rest of the country destroying road

it intensified as pakistan, with u.s. support, closely allied with the afghan mujahadeen fighting the soviet occupation >> it was from this city that that war was fought, supplies, >> reporter: today the rival political parties are largely ethnic, and there's little consensus on how to share power to govern a divided city. frequently, one faction or the other will call a strike- declaring its own curfew to shut down the city. these turf battles have exacted a huge toll on the economy, says hasan. >> every time we strike or the city closes down, apart from the at least half a million households don't have any earnings on that day because they are day wage earners. >> reporter: amid the deadly chaos, one of the loudest voices appealing for calm has been that of an energetic 84-year-old named abdul sattar edhi. i've been asking people one question: we've been muslims for 1,400 years. why don't we become human beings? why have we lost touch with our humanity? >> reporter: edhi moved to karachi from western india soon after pa

drone strikes in pakistan have killed at least three hundred eighty five civilians almost half of them children washington claims there have been no civilian deaths at all well to assess these contradictions i'm now joined by chris woods he's a senior reporter with the bureau thanks very much indeed christian for joining us so some grim statistics there tell us more on what your investigations uncovered there in pakistan. where we've been looking at the subject for about a year now and we've uncovered clear evidence of between two thousand three hundred and two thousand eight hundred civilians and people killed in pakistan of those a minimum of three hundred eighty five civilians we think and as many as seven hundred seventy five civilians among those killed just to be clear the cia has now admitted that they have killed around fifty civilians in pakistan during the duration of the certainly years of the drone war but they say they haven't killed a civilian since my last year and our evidence suggests entirely the contrary where were you getting your evidence from what were your source

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and pakistan. nhk spoke with a pakistan public relations officer in islamabad. he said they were fabricated to harm the image. >>> now let's take a look at the market figures. >>> time now for our weather update. across eastern asia we see active clouds stretching through the korean peninsula and into northern japan. lots of wet weather to be found underneath for central china looking at pockets of heavy showers around hunan and also north korea looking at significant amounts of rain. japan, too, looking unsettled throughout the country today. the northern end getting into heavy rain. but also in the south as well, lots of hot and humid air coming in from the pacific. that's going to produce torrential downpours here. up to 150 millimeters. could see afternoon thunderstorms break out across western and central portions as well. that's enhanced by daytime heating. again we're going to be dealing with extremely hot conditions across the region. 34 in tokyo today. 36 in fukushima. coming in at 34 degrees in osaka. elsewhere looking at 26 in seoul. 40 degrees in cho

a year after the heavy floods in pakistan, the heavy rains return. it is 11:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 4:00 a.m. and london, broadcasting on pbs in america and around the world, this is " newsday." >>> hello and welcome. we start with an update on the breaking news from afghanistan. there have been two suicide attacks on a british cultural office and the capital, and we look at the latest pictures from kabul. a spokesman for nato forces at says the target appeared to have been the british council which specializes in educational and cultural exchanges. witnesses said one wall of the building has been destroyed and gunfire could be heard. an unconfirmed report said that to afghan policeman and eight municipal workers have been killed. we're also getting reports of a third explosion, and we will get you more on that as soon as we have it. two explosions, reports of a third explosion, and it is feared three people have been killed. >>> some of the day's other news, let me bring some of the other news. israeli fighter jets have been bombing gaza overnight after a str

this is not someone in a cave in pakistan. so that's the bottom. let's take a step back. the personal on the cia base in khost, the base was led by jennifer matthews. and mother of three who lived in virginia, not terribly far from where we are now. she came in along the way in the aftermath of this attack for a lot of criticism. let's start at the beginning. why was she chosen for what was a very, very important post? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in all right. she did as you say, she came under quite a bit of criticism after the attack for perhaps being naÏve and maybe too trusting of this informant when he was coming onto the base. this was a woman who paid her dues with the cia and had become a repeat of about about a decade and a half the most knowledgeable al qaeda expert the cia had. she was there before al qaeda was known by almost anyone, arguing and agitating, paying more attention to these guys, and dangers. we should take this as a after 9/11 happened, her and her entire al qaeda branch in say a were screaming, we told you so. this was a huge mistake

only last monday washington revised the travel warning for americans in pakistan. a warning underlined by the apparent ease with which the kidnappers overcame weinstein's security guards. the u.s. state department says it is working with the pakistani authorities in the investigation. ian williams, nbc news, lahore, pakistan. >>> there's more ahead on "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. fasten your seat belt. it could be another bumpy week for your 401(k). >>> later, making a difference for kids this summer with reading, writing and -- batting. >>> some more stormy weather to tell you about here in new york city. it's been a miserable rainy day and a record-setting one as well. we set a new all-time record, daily record for rain. more than 7 inches by 2:00 this afternoon at kennedy airport. and it is still falling out there. >>> in ohio, a 94-year-old woman woke up to find a huge blimp draped over the picnic table in her backyard. the blip landed there after high winds tore it from its moorings at a nearby airport. >>> stargazers around the world have been staying

in eastern pakistan early this morning. and nbc's jay gray has the latest on that. >> reporter: the state department now confirms the kidnapped american is warren weinstein. reports indicate he's been working for several years in pakistan as the country director for development contractor j.e. austin associates. according to the company's website, he holds a ph.d. in economics, is fluent in six languages and worked in the field of international development for 25 years. pakistani police say the attack was carried out by as many as ten gunmen at 3:30 in the morning. they persuaded squurt guards by opening up the debates gates saying they wanted to share some food. once inside they overpowered the guards and forced a driver to knock on weinstein's bedroom door. when he opened the door they loaded him into a car at gunpoint and sped away. no indication of a motive or no group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. abductions are common in pakistan, but rarely as brazen as this one. and it is rare for the americans to be th

drone strikes in pakistan, which the foundation estimates killed between 1,600 and 2,500 people. the strikes have generated strong protests from pakistanis who claim that many civilians as well as militants have been killed. the u.s. takes the position that those strikes are permissible as part of the war against terror. >> our principal adversary since bin laden has declared war on the u.s. in the mid-nineties ha been al qaeda. it is fully in cognizance with the laws of international armed conflict to pursue those individuals wherever they reside. >> i think they've actually been lulled into a sense that killing with drones is not extraordinary, that these are bad people as determined by our cia, and we could just kill them. this is killing large numbers of persons who we would never allow to be killed in another geographic zone, if they were in the united states for example. >> you need really good intelligence on where those missiles are going, because otherwise you're going to blow up a lot ofedding processions and make a lot of enemies instead of hitting the al qaeda leader

pakistan relationship or the relationship between pakistan and china? >> both of them indeed. it will make the strained relationship between washington and islamabad even more strained. the u.s., of course, still grants pakistan billions of dollars in aid every year. so even though invaded pakistani airspace, they certainly expect pakistan not to turn around and give it to the chinese. so that would be a major problem and of course the pakistani chinese military relationship, very tight, very close, something that constantly worries the u.s. because of these very kinds of situations. >> barbara starr, thank you so much. >> sure. >> speaking of pakistan, an american working in another country, disappears in this kidnapping plot. we'll tell what you the kidnappers did to distract security guards. >>> for those lost in the dramatic collapse at the indiana state fair. look at this. you'll hear from a woman who captured the disaster on camera in a moment. who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same

the largest asia, pakistan, bangladesh and indonesia. so i would like to start with islam and then get a bit of the history of islam and then move on from there quickly to actual instances of what i think is important. otherwise he can keep a good game from the koran. we can keep on sword as siding and counter citing from history but not her sister packed just a certain religion. if i may say so and i am not making this. in practice today, islam is much more forgiving. really. i mean come the state of texas has executed, simon and refused in spite of that please visit times. so it's practiced in the end. so a right to start with the source of the koran and the main source of coors is the holy book of the koran. and you know, we can keep on, as i said scouting and counter citing, but there's enough inerrancy cms, which can be easily seized upon and used that anyone who wishes to follow the path of tolerance, nine planets, reconciliation. the most famous conan the koran to make dealing with religion is that once that can. there is no compa

an american was abducted from his home inula horr, pakistan, this morning. seth doane joins us from kabul in neighboring afghanistan with the latest on what we know. seth, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. at this time,us officials in pakistan will only confirm the name of the man who hab abducted, warren weinstein. they will not give us any other information on the record which is quite common in a kidnapping case like this. there is a warren weinstein who calls his home lahore, pakistan, on a social networking site which also says he's the country director for a virginia-based consulting firm called j.e. austin associates, which, incidentally, elderlier today removed a list of employees from its witness. it would also not reply to repeated requests for comment from cbs news. according to pack stapy officials, mr. weinstein was removed from his home, abducted around 3:30 early saturday morning by at least six heavily armed assailants. >> mitchell: seth, what can you tell bus the area are this happened? >> this was an area called model town, an

so important work in pakistan. but at this hour, he's missing, the victim of what appears to be a very intricate kidnapping plot. >> who would be leading this search? pakistani authorities, would they be international intelligence authorities? how does this work? >> reporter: at this point, based on what we know, it's pakistani security agencies, police and investigators. the u.s. embassy is obviously involved. they're aware of this kidnapping. police tell us at this point no one has claimed any responsibility for this kidnapping. no group hascome come forward with any demands. a lot of people are inclined to think islamist militants are involved in kidnappings in pakistan. but most of the time, it's criminal gangs who are looking to make some fast cash by making -- coming off with a ransom. but at this point, it's not clear who is involved in this kidnapping. >> reza sayah, thanks so much, from lahore, pakistan. appreciate that. >>> right here in the u.s. now, the presidential playing field may take a dramatic tur

when obama first came in they came up with the idea of afghanistan and pakistan. that was due kohlberg's idea. you had to see the two of them together. you could not separate the two. what the president is doing right now in his speech is almost toward separation and they can't be separated. >> we almost ready to go to questions? who has the microphone? nobody has the microphone. he had one -- >> here they are. right there. >> we have a microphone. i am always inclined to say that i find it difficult to get the first person to ask a question so let's get the first question and go right to the second question. microphones? go ahead. >> i have a question. in 20/20 hindsight was the vietnam war a complete mistake and are we making that mistake in afghanistan? presidents are now learning lessons of a past? >> today is friday. i tend on monday, wednesday and friday to answer that question with a yes. on weekends and tuesdays and thursdays i am not sure. the fact of the matter is i am really not sure. i personally am not sure. i study this the way other people have and

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and as american drone strikes continue to hit pakistan journalists add up the lethal three billion cost we bring you their findings. europe's nations are on the verge of blurring into one financially at least with germany and france calling for economic harmony across the eurozone gross grinding to a halt and contras are struggling to stay afloat the euro's big players think the answer is to force mandatory budgets on to member states but as our europe europe correspondent daniel bushell explained surrendering sovereignty is not what people want. the key decision is they have announced a single united eurozone government they also announced a corporation tax to unite the corporation taxes of germany and france so we're moving slowly towards a fiscal union which is what many had predicted but of course there's one small problem which is the people of europe have been almost because the the president of france faces an election next year where he's already trailing behind his rivals and it's suspected this may make him even more important because the people of europe probably knows but in

for example or something to someone they were claiming was a spy in pakistan and also raising doubts about the validity of our research itself we went back and looked at over two thousand individual media reports from pakistan by u.s. u.k. international media looking at the strikes and then once we actually untangled that process and got the clearest idea of what had taken place we don't cross-reference that with a host of material which included legal studies case notes of lawyers who were fighting cases officer billions of records them intelligence documents us secret cables that were leaked by weekly links earlier this year and so on so we're trying to build up really as comprehensive a public view as we could of what's actually been taking place with the cia attacks oh just a few minutes we talked to the prime minister of abkhazia independence from georgia along with south i sat here three years ago first it's the latest business with dimitri. and he said thank you very much the russian cancer has been having a tough time in recent wave of markets and was declining marginally ver

i also wanted to ask the role of pakistan. pakistan is a key regional actor in central asia. right now our relationship with pakistan is complicated. pakistan is obviously an important player in terms of regional stability in central asia. can you describe the -- how the pressler amendment has affected our relationship with pakistan? and how do you feel the united states needs to interact currently with pakistan and in the future? how do you feel we should use the aid as a weapon of influence based on the current relationship that we have now with pakistan? >> yeah, thank you, senator. i think pakistan is an enormously important country in the central command area of operations. in fact, when i was the acting commander, i considered it to be among probably the top one or two countries to be addressed. and we've had as you described it yourself, a very complex relationship with them. i think it's one we need to stick with. and to your point about the pressler amendment. that was a period in our history where we made a determination that we had such stark differences with pakis