TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH" BOMB
PLOT FOILED.
LATEST ON THE STING OPERATION
THAT STOPPED A POTENTIAL ATTACK
IN NEW YORK CITY.
PLUS A BATTLE OF GIANTS.
WHY HERCULES INDUSTRIES IS
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST BOMBA
'OBAMACARE' MANDATE.
THE PROBLEM OF CHILD BRIDES IN
INDIA.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." GOOD EVENING
EVERYONE I AM LEE WEB.
A 21-YEAR-OLD BANGLADESH MAN IS
IN JAIL AFTER PLOTTING TO BOMB A
BANK.
DALE HURD HAS TONIGHT'S TOP
STORY.
REPORTER: REPORTERS SAY
REZWANUL AHSAN NAFIS CAME TO NEW
YORK UNDER A STUDENT VISA.
HE CAME HERE UNDER THE
PRETEXT OF BEING A STUDENT.
THE VOWED PURPOSE OF COMMITTING
SOME SORT OF JIHAD HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
SEEMED LIKE A REGULAR NICE
GUY.
I NEVER PICTURED WHAT THEY
EXPLAIN TO BE A BOMB PLANTER,
OTHER THEN THAT, HE DIDN'T SEEM
LIKE THAT TYPE OF PERSON.
COURT RECORDS SHOW FIRST
NAFIS WANTED TO BLOW UP THE --
HE THOUGHT HE WAS PART OF A
AL-QAEDA OPERATION BEING PLAYED
BY AN FBI INFORMANT.
BOMB FAKE.
HAD IT BEEN REAL, NAFIS COULD
HAVE KILLED AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE A TERRORIST
WOULD LIVE ACROSS THE STREET
FROM WHERE I AM LIVING. AT
NAFIS HOME IN BANGLADESH, THEIR
FAMILY IS STUNNED.
HIS FATHER STRANGELY ENOUGH IS A
BANK PRESIDENT.
THEY WERE STRINGING HIM ALONE,
HOPING TO CATCH MORE AL-QAEDA
TERRORISTS. THEY DIDN'T
WANT THIS CASE TO BREAK OPEN.
THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION AS
TO POSSIBLE OTHER AL-QAEDA
OPERATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES.
NEW THIS WAS THE 15TH PLOT
TARGETED SINCE 9/11.
AUTHORITIES EXPECT MORE.
DALE HURD, CBN NEWS.
JOINING US FOR MORE IS
TERRORIST ANALYST ERICK
STAKELBECK.
ERICK, HE THOUGHT HE WAS WORKING
WITH AL-QAEDA.
BETWEEN THIS AND THE CONSULATE
ATTACK, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A
LOT ABOUT AL-QAEDA, IS THE
THREAT GROWING AGAIN?
YEAH, LEE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT
IS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA CAMPAIGNING FOND
OF SAYING AL-QAEDA IS ON ITS
HEELS.
NO. 1, THE CONSULATE ATTACK,
AL-QAEDA GROUPS STORMED
CONSULATE, BENGHAZI KILLED FOUR
AMERICANS.
THIS GUY WAS A BANGLADESHY
NATIONAL.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN LINKED TO
AL-QAEDA.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, NO. 1, WAS
HE LINKED TO AL-QAEDA?
HE CAME HERE IN JANUARY FROM
BANGLADESH ON A STUDENT VISA AND
SUPPOSED TO BE STUDYING IN
MISSOURI.
HOW DID HE EVADE CHORTS AND
OBTAIN A VISA?
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
RECEIVED A LOT OF PRAISE TO TAKE
OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN.
HOW ARE THEY WORKING TO STOP
AL-QAEDA?
THIS MOVEMENT IS SO MUCH
LARGER THAN ONE MAN.
AL-QAEDA NOW ACTUALLY COVERS
MORE GEOGRAPHICAL GROUND THAN
THEY DID IN 9/11.
BEYOND AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN,
THEY ARE NOW IN YEMEN, SINAI,
SOMALIA, NORTH AFRICA, LIBYA,
EUROPE, THEY ARE SPREADING THEIR
TENTACLES, LEE GLOBALLY.
WE NEED TO LOOK BEYOND
AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, THAT
TRADITIONAL AL-QAEDA BASE AND
REALIZE THERE ARE NEW THREATS
POPPING UP THAT ARE YES,
AL-QAEDA.
PARTICULARLY, LEE IN AFRICA, I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
AFRICAN CONTINENT WITH AL-QAEDA.
ERICK, YOU WROTE A BOOK "THE
TERRORIST NEXT DOOR."
SOMETIMES THEY ARE
SELF-STARTERS, JUST INSPIRED BY
AL-QAEDA.
GO TO AL-QAEDA WEBSITES AND GET
INSPIRED.
WHEN IT BECOMES DANGEROUS, LEE,
WHEN THE SELF-STARTERS HAVE
DIRECT LINKS TO AL-QAEDA
OVERSEAS AND DIRECTLY
COMMUNICATING OVERSEAS AND THEN
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
ERICK STAKELBECK, THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, LEE.
YOU CAN VISIT HIS BLOG,
STAKELBECK OR TERROR AT
CBNNEWS.COM.
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES ARE READY
TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
ALL ARE SET TO LEAVE BY 2014.
AFGHAN FORCES ARE WELL TRAINED
AND READY IF NATO WERE TO
EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
THIS COMES AFTER A RECENT SEARCH
OF SO-CALLED INSIDER ATTACKS
THAT HAVE KILLED AMERICAN
TROOPS.
CHUCK HOLTON IS ON THE GROUND IN
AFGHANISTAN HE SAYS AFGHAN
FORCES HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES
BUT NOT READY TO TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY.
GIVING FULL CONTROL TO THE
AFGHANS IS LIKE GIVING YOUR
12-YEAR-OLD SON THE KEYS TO YOUR
TRUCK.
ALSO THE MEDICAL CAPABILITY TO
TAKE CARE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS IS
NOT THERE AMONG THE AFGHANS.
THEY GET MED VAKED TO AN
AMERICAN HOSPITAL AND AMERICAN
BASE.
AFGHANS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN
PEOPLE.
IMPORTANT PIECES WHERE KARZAI IS
DEAD WRONG. THERE IS NO
DISCUSSION OF SPEEDING UP THE
2014 TIME LINE FOR WITHDRAWAL.
ANOTHER COURT RULED DEFENSIVE
MARRIAGE ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT UPHELD A LOWER COURT'S RULING
THAT IT VIOLATES EQUAL
PROTECTION RIGHTS.
EARLIER IN BOSTON THEY FOUND
DOMA UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT WILL BE DECIDED BY THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
THE 'OBAMACARE' PROVISION
PROVIDES BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE
COVERAGE FOR DRUGS THAT INDUCE
ABORTIONS.
THIS COMPANY SAYS IT VIOLATES
THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
PAUL STRAND HAS MORE.
FOR DECK KIDS THE HERCULES
INDUSTRIES HAVE PROVIDED WORK IF
MANY.
THEY ARE DRAWING THE LINE AT
SPECIFIC 'OBAMACARE' DEMANDS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE
ABORTION PILLS IN THIS PLAN.
MATT BOWMAN CONVINCED A
DENVER JUDGE INTO STOPPING THE
GOVERNMENT TO FORCING THE
MANDATE.
IT WAS A PRELIMINARY
JUNCTION.
BILL RUNS THIS HEATING AND
AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY.
ALL AMERICANS MUST BE FREE TO
LIVE AND DO BUSINESS ACCORDING
TO THEIR FAITH.
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
DISAGREES ARGUING BUSINESS
OWNERS MUST SEPARATE THEMSELVES
FROM THE BUSINESS ITSELF.
HERCULES GAVE UP THEIR
RIGHTS.
BOWMAN SAYS THAT IS WHAT THE
FIRST AMENDMENT IS HERE TO
PROTECT.
NONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
BUSINESS WHETHER YOU ARE
CHRISTIAN SERVING THE COMMUNITY
OR A CHRISTIAN TRYING TO FOLLOW
THE LORD IN YOUR MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY WORKDAY.
IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S
BUSINESS TO TELL YOU YOUR FAITH
NEEDS TO BE VIOLATED.
SO FAR THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS GRANTING FEW
EXEMPTS.
THIS MANDATE FROM 'OBAMACARE'
IS SO EXTREME, THEY HAVE DEFINED
AS NOT RELIGIOUS ENOUGH TO BE
ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR OWN
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN REGARD TO
THE 'OBAMACARE' MANDATE.
WE ARE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO
COMPLY WITH THE MANDATE OR GIVE
UP OUR BUSINESS. THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE
PENALTIES.
YOU COULD BE FINED PER DAY BY
THE GOVERNMENT AND BE SUED
UNLESS YOU VIOLATE YOUR FAITH.
IF THEY DROP THEIR COVERAGE,
THEY STILL PAY A HEFTY FINE.
THEIR NUMBERS ARE CRIPPLING.
IF IMPOSED, LEGALLY, COULD SHUT
DOWN OUR BUSINESS.
THAT IS WHAT IT HAS COME
DOWN.
IF THEY LOSE THEIR CASE, IT IS A
MATTER OF BETRAY FAITH, STOP
OFFERING HEALTH CARE TO
EMPLOYEES OR LOSE THEIR COMPANY.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS, DENVER,
COLORADO.
DISTRICT JUDGE STEVE THOMAS
SAYS RESTRICTING BIBLE BANNERS
AT FOOTBALL GAMES SAYS IT WILL
LIMIT FREE SPEECH.
THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT TOLD
THE CHEER LEADERS TO STOP USING
BANNERS AFTER THE WISCONSIN
BASED FREEDOM FROM RELIGION
FOUNDATION. PEACE IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
THE AGREEMENT THAT COULD END 40
YEARS OF WAR WITH REBEL GROUPS.
PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS AND NATION'S LARGEST
MUSLIM REBEL GROUP TOOK STEPS TO
END THEIR CONFLICT IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
IT COULD MEAN PEACE FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS, LUCILLE
TALUSAN REPORTS FROM MANILA.
[ FOREIGN SPEAKING ]
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH MON SEVERAL
GROUPS DURING THE CEREMONIES
WITH THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT.
AFTER 16 YEARS OF TALKS AND
FAILED AGREEMENTS, NEGOTIATORS
SAY THIS PEACE WILL END
INSURGENCY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
IT CREATES A NEW POLITICAL
ENTITY WITHIN THE REPUBLIC OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
TODAY AFTER 16 YEARS OF
NEGOTIATIONS, WE HAVE THE MOST
IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IN THE
CHAPTER OF OUR HISTORY.
IT RESTORES TO OUR PEOPLE THEIR
HOMELAND. THE ISLAMIC
LIBERATION FRONT PREDICTS THE
NEW PEACE FRAMERS WILL PROCEED.
I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A
SHARE IN HOW WILL THIS AGREEMENT
FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY HOPE THE AGREEMENT WILL
BRING LASTING PEACE TO THE
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.
CHILDREN WITH SUFFERING WILL
GET TO WITNESS A HARVEST.
FAMILIES ONCE COVERED IN FREEDOM
WILL EMERGE FROM THEIR WEBSITE.
THE 40-YEAR WAR BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT AND MILF HAS CLAIMED
MORE THAN 120,000 LIVES.
MORE THAN 2 MANY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN DISPLACED.
THESE WOMEN HAD TO LEAVE
HOMES IN MINDANAO.
THEY CAN'T FORGET THE HORRIBLE
EXPERIENCES THEY HAVE DURING
THAT TIME.
MY TWO BROTHERS,
SISTER-IN-LAW AND NEPHEW WERE
KILLED.
WE HAD TO RUN AND LIVE IN
EVACUATION CENTERS.
THERE MY BABY GOT SICK WITH
DINGY FEVER.
SHE DIED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET
MEDICAL HELP.
FOR ORDINARY MUSLIMS WHO
SUFFERED SO MUCH FROM THE ILL
EFFECTS OF WAR, THEY SAY THEY
ARE WILLING TO GIVE PEACE A
CHANCE.
THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE
PHILIPPINE COUNCIL OF
EVANGELICAL CHURCHES.
HE SAYS IT IS GOD'S ANSWER TO
MANY YEARS OF PRAYER.
HE CALLS ON THE CHURCH AND WHOLE
NATION TO GET INVOLVED TO HELP
IT SUCCEED.
WE NEED TO PRAY GOD WILL MOVE
EVERYONE.
LET'S HAVE THE HOPE THERE IS
CONTINUING PROGRESS.
JESUS SAID WE NEED TO LOVE OUR
NEIGHBOR.
MANY BELIEVE A SUCCESSFULLY
IMPLEMENTED PEACE MAY NOT SERVE
AS MODELS FOR OTHER MOVEMENTS
HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES, BUT
ALSO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
LUCILLE TALUSAN.
CBN NEWS, MANILA.
UP NEXT, INDIA'S CHILD
BRIDES, A CBN NEWS EXCLUSIVE
SHEDS LIGHT ON THE PROBLEM
FACING YOUNG GIRLS IN INDIA.
WELCOME BACK, SOUTH AFRICA'S
ARCH BISHSHOP WORKING TO END
YOUNG MARRIAGES.
37,000 GIRL UNDER AGE OF 18 ARE
MARRIED OFF EVERYDAY, SOME AS
YOUNG ADD FIVE.
THEY ARE CALLING FOR ALL NATIONS
TO SET A MANDATORY MARRIAGE AGE
OF 18.
INDIA IS THE CHILD MARRIAGE
CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF CHILD
MARRIAGES HAPPEN THERE EVEN
THOUGH THE PRACTICE IS ILLEGAL.
GEORGE THOMAS BRINGS THE
EXCLUSIVE RECORD FROM ROJSTON,
INDIAN.
THIS IS THE EPICENTER OF
INDIA'S CHILD MARRIAGE.
MORE THAN HALF BECOME CHILD
BRIDES BEFORE THE AGE OF 15.
LIFE OF A CHILD BRIDE IS SAD.
PRIM DUBY STUDYING IN IMPACT.
A WOMAN SHOULD GET MARRIED
FROM A MENTAL, EDUCATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE.
HER LIFE IS CHALLENGING.
MANY LIVE ON LESS THAN A
DOLLAR A DAY.
MARRYING OFF A DAUGHTER IS ONE
LESS MOUTH TO FEED.
DENET SOAR.
THE GIRL'S FAMILY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE
DOWRY.
APRIL AND MAY ARE POPULAR
MONTHS, VILLAGES HOLD THOUSANDS
OF CEREMONIES, MAJORITY BETWEEN
MINORS.
PARENTS HOLDING THEIR
CHILDREN SOMETIMES AS FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS OLD IN THEIR LAP AS
THEY GET MARRIED.
BACK IN 1929, THE LEGAL AGE
WAS 12.
IT WAS INCREASED TO AGE 18 IN
1978.
TO INVAT THE LAW.
THEY PERFORM MARRIAGES IN
SECRET.
9:00 IN THE EVENING, WHERE WE
ARE GOING IS INTO THE INTERIOR
VILLAGES IN THIS PART OF
ROJSTON.
OUTSIDERS RARELY ABLE TO
ATTEND THE CEREMONIES, LET ALONE
FILM THEM.
THIS IS AN EXCEPTION GIVING US
PERMISSION TO FILM THE SON, ONLY
THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS WED.
I AM BECOMING A MAN TOMORROW.
HIS FRIENDS TOLD US HE IS
ONLY 10.
YOUNG FACE COVERED IN
TRADITIONAL MAKE UP.
HE WEARING A SPECIAL SUIT WITH
FLASHING LIGHTS.
I WANT TO YOUNGSTERS IN THE
VILLAGE TO FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE.
WHOLE VILLAGE SPENDS THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
DRINKING AND DANCING.
UNDER THE RITUALS OF ALCOHOL
-- THEY TELL BRIDE, SET TO BE
NO MORE THAN EIGHT OR NINE YEARS
OLD.
PARENTS ALWAYS LIE ABOUT THE
CHILD'S AGE.
BECAUSE OF CULTURE AND ECONOMIC
REASONS, THE PARENTS WILL MARRY
THE CHILDREN OFF AT A YOUNG AGE.
CBN NEWS IS ALLOWED TO FILM
VINO SORE'S WEDDING.
IT TAKES PLACE DURING THE DAY.
WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR
THIS WEDDING NEARLY A YEAR.
SHE IS TRYING TO LOOK HER BEST.
I HAVE INVITED THE ENTIRE
VILLAGE TO COME.
SHE IS ANYTHING BUT HAPPY.
IN BETWEEN COMBING HAIR AND
PUTTING ON JEWELRY, SHE SOBS
UNCONTROLLABLY.
THE FAMILY TRYS TO CONSOLE HER.
WHY IS SHE SAD?
SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT IS TO
BE A WIFE AND TAKE CARE OF A
FAMILY.
I THINK SHE IS A LITTLE SCARED.
THEY INSIST THEIR DAUGHTER IS
18.
SHE LOOKS SEVEN OR EIGHT.
I ALSO GOT MARRIED YOUNG.
SHE WILL ADJUST.
EACH YEAR SOME 10 MILLION
GIRLS ARE MARRIED BEFORE 18.
PRACTICE IS MOST COMMON IN
MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA.
SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO
SCHOOL TO GET AN EDUCATION.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE
CHILDREN.
THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE
DEVASTATING.
BRIDES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE
DURING PREGNANCY, BE INFECTED
WITH HIV, HAVE THREE OR MORE
BIRTHS AND UNDERGO MULTIPLE
ABORTIONS.
BACK IN THE VILLAGE, SOON TO BE
HUSBAND ARRIVES IN THE BUS
WEARING A SPECIAL CROWN WITH
FLASHING LIGHTS MAKING THEIR WAY
TO THE BRIDE'S HOME.
HIS FACE IS COVERED BY A MASK
HE'LL WEAR UNTIL THE CELEBRATION
IS OVER.
HIS PARENTS INSISTS HE IS THE
LEGAL AGE. I AM READY TO BE
A HUSBAND.
SHE IS READY TO MAKE AN
APPEARANCE.
SHE HAS TO BE CARRIED IN BY HER
FATHER.
SHE IS OVERCOME WITH EMOTIONS.
SOBS THROUGH THE TWO-HOUR
CEREMONY.
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF
"NEWSWATCH."
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GOOD NIGHT.
