1:26:01
"their possessions
wherever he finds them".
1:26:08
- Go on, please.
1:26:13
To kill Americans...
1:26:15
and their allies,
1:26:17
both civil
and military,
1:26:22
is duty of every Muslim...
1:26:26
"who is able".
1:26:29
To kill Americans is a duty.
1:26:33
- Is that what it says?
- Yes.
1:26:41
Do you recognize
the speaker's voice?
1:26:44
No.
1:26:47
Dr Ahmar, in your opinion,
is this propaganda...
1:26:50
representative
of that demonstration?
1:26:53
No. I'm not a member
of Islamic Jihad!
1:26:59
The crowd
was singing songs.
1:27:03
I heard them from my clinic.
1:27:06
What was your reaction when you
learned that Colonel Childers...
1:27:08
had been selected
to lead this mission?
1:27:10
I was very pleased. The colonel
had a distinguished record.
1:27:12
- He's a nationally renowned war...
- How did you define his mission?
1:27:16
We wanted to increase security,
but frankly,
1:27:18
if things got threatening,
we wanted an evacuation.
1:27:22
So you weren't looking
for confrontation?
1:27:24
No, that's what we wished
to avoid at all costs.
1:27:27
What was your reaction
to what happened?
1:27:29
I was stunned,
1:27:32
appalled.
1:27:34
Wasn't the severity of the problem
at the embassy understated?
1:27:36
Absolutely not.
1:27:39
We operated on the information
we had at the time.
1:27:42
I have here a State Department
report from Yemen.
1:27:46
It's exhibit "M".
1:27:48
Will you read the underlined
sections for the court, please?
1:27:51
Certainly.
1:27:53
'January25.
Grenade thrown at police car.
1:27:58
January 27. Sixteen Western tourists
abducted by fundamentalist group".