On the Radar
As the hostage situation in Algeria unfolds, Secretary of Defense of
Defense Leon Panetta says there's no question that the North
Africa-based terrorist group is affiliated Al Qaeda and says the U.S.
needs to work with the international community to combat the group known
as AQIM.
"The best way to address that is with the international community
working with African nations to determine exactly, you know, where is
AQIM located, where are the targets of opportunity and how can we
address those targets together," Panetta told On the Radar.
While Panetta says AQIM's terrorism is "unacceptable" and that Al
Qaeda should have "no place to hide," he said he does not see the U.S.
sending troops to Mali to combat the group, as the French have done.
On the topic of Syria, Panetta says he has not seen evidence that the
Syrian government has used chemical weapons on its people, as a recent
media report, citing a State Department cable, suggested.
"I don't believe
that they have been used against their citizens, you know, as we would
imagine chemical weapons being used in that kind of battle," Panetta
said. But he continued on to say that if the Syrian government did use
chemical weapons against their own people, that would be a "red line"
for the U.S.
To hear more of this exclusive interview with the
the defense secretary and find out what Panetta thinks about how he was
portrayed in Zero Dark Thirty, check out this week's On the Radar.
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