On CBN Newswatch, April 23: Boston bomber tells authorities 'We acted alone,' Three murder charges dropped against Pa. abortionist, and more.
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Mark: TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH," ISLAMIC
TERRORISM, WHY AUTHORITIES
NOW SAY al-QAEDA MAY HAVE
FUELED THE BOSTON BOMBERS.
Wendy: PLUS, THE DOGS
OF WAR, SEE HOW THESE
AMAZING ANIMALS UNCOVER
EXPLOSIVES AND SAVE AMERICAN
LIVES.
Mark: AND A MUSLIM MOB
WITH MACHETES, YOU WON'T
BELIEVE WHY THEY KILLED THIS
PASTOR AND HOW HIS WIDOW IS
NOW RESPONDING.
ALL THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH."
THE BOSTON MARATHON
BOMBINGS' SUSPECT IS TALKING
AND SAYS HIS OLDER BROTHER
IS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE
ATTACK.
I'M MAR MARK MARTIN.
WE KNOW THE OLDER OF THE
TWO WAS AN ARDENT READER OF
JIHADIST WEBSITES AND HE WAS
ANGRY WITH AMERICA AND
CHRISTIANITY.
HEATHER CELLS HAS THE
LATEST.
Reporter: FROM HIS
HOSPITAL BED, DZHOKHAR
TSARNAEV HAD STARTED TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS, TELLING
AUTHORITIES THAT HE BUILT
THE PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS
ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM
DIRECTIONS ON THE INTERNET
WITH NO HELP FROM TERRORISTS
OVERSEAS.
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT
AS REALLY
SELF-RADICALIZATION.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO
MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS
OVERSEAS, BUT THE PRIMARY
RADICALIZATION IS IN PLACES
LIKE THE UNITED STATES.
Reporter: STILL,
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
AL-QAEDA AND THE PREACHING
OF RADICAL JIHA JIHADIST
al-AWLAKI MAY HAVE INSPIRED
THE TWO.
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV SAYS HIS
BROTHER WAS THE BRAINS
BEHIND THE ATTACK.
OF PARTICULAR INTEREST,
TAMERLAN'S SIX MONTH TRIP TO
RUSSIA AND CHECHNYA LAST
YEAR.
CHECHNYA HAS BEEN A VOLATILE
REGION, A PLACE OF NUMEROUS
CLASHES BETWEEN MUSLIM
MILITANTS AND RUSSIAN
FORCES.
AND IT HAS SERVED AS
TRAINING GROUND FOR MUSLIMS
DEDICATED TO JIHAD.
WHEN TAMERLAN RETURNED FROM
HIS TRIP, HIS VIEWS WERE
MORE EXTREME, AND HE
EXPRESSED ANGER ABOUT
AMERICA AND CHRISTIANITY.
HE SAYS THAT THE BIBLE IS
A CHEAP COPY OF THE QURAN,
AND SAYS MOST AMERICAN WARS
ARE AN EXCUSE OF THE BIBLE.
Reporter: AND THEY
REPORT OUTBURSTS FROM
TAMERLAN IN SERVICES IN
NOVEMBER AND JANUARY, WHERE
HE ARGUED AGAINST
CELEBRATING AMERICAN
HOLIDAYS, AND CRITICIZED
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND F.B.I. COURT PAPERS
INDICATE THAT ONE OF THEM
TOLD A CARJACKING VICTIM,
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE
BOSTON EXPLOSION?
I DID THAT.
IN THE MIDST OF THE
INVESTIGATION, BOSTON IS
MOVING ON.
HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR
MEMORIAL SERVICES MONDAY FOR
23-YEAR-OLD LINDSAY LU, ONE
OF THREE KILLED IN THE
BLASTS.
OF THE MORE THAN 200
VICTIMS, 48 ARE STILL IN THE
HOSPITAL, BUT DOCTORS SAY
ALL ARE EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE.
AS FOR THE ACCUSED BOMBER,
HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH
FEDERAL CRIMES THAT COULD
BRING THE DEATH PENALTY.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Mark: TWO MEN ACCUSED
OF PLOTTING A TERRORIST
ATTACK AGAINST A PASSENGER
TRAIN THAT RUNS FROM CANADA
TO NEW YORK APPEARED BRIEFLY
IN COURT TODAY.
CANADIAN POLICE TOOK THE MEN
INTO CUSTODY ON MONDAY.
THEY FACE CHARGES OF
CONSPIRING TO CARRY OUT AN
ATTACK AND MURDER PEOPLE IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A TERROR
GROUP.
ONE IS BELIEVED TO BE
TUNISIAN, AND THE OTHER IS
FROM THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES.
THE OFFICIALS SAY THE MEN
PLANNED TO DERAIL A
PASSENGER PLANE TRAVELLING
FROM NEW YORK TO TORONTO,
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE
AL-QAEDA MEMBERS IN IRAN.
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT
DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT.
MORE THAN FOUR MILLION
PEOPLE USE THAT ROUTE EVERY
YEAR.
IT IS A TRAIN GOING FROM
CANADA INTO THE U.S.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU WOULD FIND A
NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO WERE
ON THAT.
Mark: OFFICIALS SAY
THAT THE PLOT HAD NO
CONNECTION TO LAST WEEK'S
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS.
HACKERS BROKE INTO THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS TWITTER
ACCOUNT, SENDING OUT A BOGUS
TWEET THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
INJURED BY TWO EXPLOSIONS AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT BRIEFLY SENT THE DOW
JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
PLUMMETTING.
THEY CONFIRMED THEY HAD
SUSPENDED THE ACCOUNT AND
WERE WORKING ON CORRECTING
THE PROBLEM.
Mark: CHUCK HAGEL SAYS
THE U.S. AND ISRAEL MUST
MAINTAIN CLOSE TIES WITH
MIDEAST SECURITY ON THE
RISE.
IT CAME AFTER A MEETING WITH
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TODAY.
THIS IS A DIFFICULT AND
DANGEROUS TIME.
THIS IS A TIME WHEN FRIENDS
AND ALLIES MUST REMAIN
CLOSE, CLOSER THAN EVER.
I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN THIS
RELATIONSHIP.
IT REFLECTS A VERY DEEP
ALLIANCE BETWEEN OUR TWO
COUNTRIES IN THE DEFENSE OF
OUR COMMON INTERESTS AND OUR
COMMON VALUES.
NOWHERE ARE THESE VALUES AND
INTERESTS CHALLENGED MORE
THAN BY THE ARMING OF THE
TERRORIST GROUPS BY IRAN
WITH SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS,
AND EQUALLY IRAN'S ATTEMPT
TO ARM ITSELF WITH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
Mark: HAGEL HAS NOW
HEADED TO JORDAN.
THE PENTAGON HAS ANNOUNCED
IT IS SENDING 200 SOLDIERS
TO JORDAN.
THEY COULD BE DEPLOYED TO
SECURE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN
NEIGHBORING SYRIA, IF
NECESSARY.
FLIGHT DELAYS ARE PILING
UP AROUND THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS ARE BEING FORCED
TO TAKE DAYS OFF DUE TO
BUDGET CUTS.
THOSE AUTOMATIC CUTS CAME AS
A RESULT OF THE SO-CALLED
SEQUESTER, WHEN CONGRESS
COULD NOT REACH A DEAL TO
TRIM DEFICIT SPENDING.
ALL F.A.A. EMPLOYEES ARE
LOSING ONE DAY OF WORK EVERY
OTHER WEEK AS A RESULT.
SOME CRITICS SAY THE WHITE
HOUSE IS IS USING AIR TRAVEL
AS A PAWN TO MAKE THE
SEQUESTER BUDGET CUTS LOOK
WORSE THAN THEY ARE.
THEY ARGUE THAT THE F.A.A.
COULD REDUCE ITS BUDGET IN
WAYS THAT WOULDN'T DELAY
TRAVELLERS.
Mark: JOINING US NOW BY
SKYPE IS BILL FRESA, A
FELLOW AT THE COMPETITIVE
ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND A
BOSTON-BASED VENTURE CAPTAIN
CAPITALIST.
DO YOU THINK IT IS PART OF A
DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN?
WE KNOW PRESIDENT OBAMA
IS A GREAT CAMPAIGNER.
AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT
THERE IS AN ATTEMPT BEING
MADE THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WOULD ALL BE BETTER
OFF IF WE PAY MORE TAXES.
IT IS PART OF A STRATEGY
THAT WILL BE PLAYING OUT
OVER THE MONTHS AHEAD.
DID YOU THINK IT IS GOING
TO WORK?
WILL AMERICANS DEMAND A TAX
HIKE TO END THE SEQUESTER?
I DOUBT IT.
I HAVE A HARD TIME IMAGINING
PEOPLE MARCHING IN THE
STREETS TO DEEMED INCREASED
TAXES.
THESE BUREAUCRACIES ARE VAST
AND SPRAWLING AFFAIRS.
THERE ARE SO MANY NOOKS AND
CRANNIES THAT SAVINGS CAN BE
TAKEN FROM.
THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS
IDENTIFIED $2.5 BILLION IN
CUTS THAT DO NOT AFFECT
PERSONNEL.
Mark: WHY IS THE
GOVERNMENT REFUSING TO CUT
IN OTHER LESS VISIBLE
AREAS?
THE CLAIM IS BEING MADE
THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A CLAIM
BEING MADE BY A PRESIDENT
WHO LOVES EXECUTIVE ORDERS,
WHO HAS TOLD THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IF CONGRESS REFUSES
TO ACT, HE WILL ACT.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN HE
IS SITTING BACK AN SAYING,
OH, MY GOSH, THERE IS
NOTHING I CAN DO.
WE HAVE GOT TO GO AT THE
DETAILED ACCOUNT LEVEL, AND
WE'VE GOT TO CUT EVERYBODY
BACK, SO ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR
AIR TRAGIC CONTROLLERS HAVE
TO BE FURLOUGHED.
HOW ABOUT THE $500 MILLION
THEY'RE SPENDING ON
CONSULTANTS, AND THE $
$325 MILLION ON AIR
SUPPLIES.
AND WHY DO THEY HAVE TO RUN
446 AIRCRAFTS ON THEIR
OWN.
WHY CAN'T THAT FLY
COMMERCIAL.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IS NOW GIVING
OUT A $474 MILLION GRANT TO
IMPROVE THE LIVEABILITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY OF
COMMUNITIES.
CAN'T WE PUT THE BIKE PATHS
ON HOLD?
Mark: WOULD A PRIVATE
COMPANY HANDLE A 5% BUDGET
CUT THIS WAY BY ANGERING ITS
CUSTOMER BASE?
BEING ON THE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF SOME COMPANIES AND
HAVE EXECUTIVES VOLUNTEER TO
TAKE HALF PAY TO KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON, I CAN TELL YOU
THAT THE LAST THING YOU WANT
TO DO IS MAKE YOUR COSTUMERS
ANGRY.
BUT THAT ASSUMES THE
GOVERNMENT THINGS WIRE
COSTUMERS, AND NOT
SUBJECTS.
Mark: BILL FRESA, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.
BILL, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
A NEW BILL WORKING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE SENATE COULD
MEAN NEW TAXES ON YOUR
INTERNET SHOPPING.
THE BILL WOULD GIVE STATES
THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE
ONLINE RETAILERS TO COLLECT
STATE AND LOCAL SALES
TAXES.
THAT TAX WOULD BE SENT TO
THE STATE WHERE THE SHOPPER
LIVES.
UNDER CURRENT LAW, STATES
CAN ONLY REQUIRE STORES TO
COLLECT SALES TAXES IF THE
STORE HAS A PHYSICAL
LOCATION IN THE STATE.
SO MANY ONLINE SALES ARE
ESSENTIALLY TAX-FREE.
THE SENATE COULD PASS THE
BILL THIS WEEK.
THE WHITE HOUSE SUPPORTS IT,
BUT IT COULD FACE TROUBLE IN
THE HOUSE.
OPPONENTS SAY IT WOULD
IMPOSE COMPLICATED
REGULATIONS.
Mark: CONSERVATIVE
BILLIONAIRE BOTHERS CHARLES
AND DAVID COKE COULD BE THE
FUTURE OWNERS OF EIGHT LARGE
NEWSPAPERS OWNED BY THE
MEDIA GIANT TRIB TRIBUNE
COMPANY.
AMONG THE PAPERS FOR SALE
COULD BE THE L.A. TIMES AND
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
THE BROTHERS MAY BE LOOKING
TO BUY THE NEWSPAPERS AS AN
EDITORIAL PLATFORM FOR THEIR
CONSERVATIVE, LIBERTARIAN
BELIEFS.
THE PAPERS ARE VALUED AT
ROUGHLY OVER $600 MILLION.
THE JUDGE IN THE TRIAL OF
A PHILADELPHIA ABORTION
DOCTOR HAS THROWN OUT THREE
OF THE SEVEN CHARGES HE
FACES.
THEY TOLD JURORS THE BABIES
WERE KILLED BY GOSNELL AND
HIS STAFF BY CUTTING THEIR
SPINES.
GOSNELL'S ATTORNEY HAS
ARGUED THERE WAS NO
SCIENTIFIC OR OBJECTIVE
EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE BORN
ALIVE.
TODAY THE JUDGE DISMISSED
THREE OF THE BABIES' MURDER
CHARGES WITHOUT EXPLAINING
WHY.
FORMER EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN
CONVICTED, AND TESTIFIED
AGAINST GOSNELL,
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT PATIENTS
RECEIVED ANESTHESIA AND
LABOR-INDUCING DRUGS FROM
UNTRAINED STAFF IN SQUALID
CONDITIONS.
Mark: FRANCE VOTED TO
LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE.
OPPONENTS OF THE LAW SAS
FRANCE IS NOT READY TO
LEGALIZE ADOPTION FOR
SAME-SEX COUPLES, AND THE
POLLS SHOW THE COUNTRY IS
SHARPLY DIVIDED ON THE
ISSUE.
FRANCE BECOMES THE 14 THINK
COUNTRY TO PASS A LAW
ALLOWING GAY MARRIAGE.
AUTHORITIES ARE BRACING FOR
POSSIBLE VIOLENCE IN THE
WAKE OF THE DECISION.
COMING UP, A SOLDIER'S
BEST FRIEND.
MILITARY DOGS WHO RISK THEIR
LIVES TO KEEP AMERICAN
TROOPS SAFE.
SEE HOW THESE CANINE HEROS
TRAIN FOR COMBAT.
MAKERS THE
THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING
A 45-YEAR PRISON TERM FOR
THE MAN ATTACKED THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL.
HE PLEADED GUILTY WITH
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
GUILT.
HE CONFESSED HE PLANNED TO
KILL AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE AT THE CONSERVATIVE
CHRISTIAN LOBBYING GROUP.
HE WOUNDED A SECURITY GUARD
WHO WAS STILL ABLE TO SUBDUE
HIM IN THE LOBBY.
HE WAS MADE BECAUSE OF THE
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL'S
OPPOSITION TO DAY MARRIAGE.
Mark: THE U.S. ARMY
ARMY -- THE PASSAGE WERE
INSCRIBED BY TRIGICON.
THEY TOLD FOX NEWS THEY WERE
ORDERED TO SUBMIT THEIR
SCOPES SO THAT THE BIBLE
VERSES COULD BE SCRAPED OFF
AND PAINTED OVER WITH BLACK
PAINT.
DISTURBING.
AN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAYS
TRIGICON HAS AGREED TO
REMOVE SCRIPTURE FROM FUTURE
ORDERS.
OHIO'S FOUR LARGEST
CITIES WILL HOLD MARATHONS
IN THE NEXT MONTH, AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME EVER NATIONAL
GUARD BOMB-SNIFFING DOGS
WILL BE ON HAND.
Mark: THE U.S. MILITARY
HAS SOME 3,000 DOGS THAT
PROVIDE SECURITY FOR EVENTS
LIKE THIS, AND ALSO SERVE
WITH VALOR ALONGSIDE OUR MEN
AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
Reporter: WHEN SEAL
TEAM 6 TOOK OUT OSAMA BIN
LADEN, THEY HAD THE HELP OF
CAIRO, A SPECIALLY TRAINED
BELGIAN MALAWA, KNOWN AS
GIZMO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, GIZMO TAKES
HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY.
HE IS ONE OF DOZENS OF DOGS
TRAINED IN SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA.
OTHER BREEDS INCLUDE GERM
GERMAN SHEPHERD, AND DUTCH
SHEPHERDS.
THEY GO THROUGH RIGOROUS
TRAINING TO PROTECT OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR TROOPS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT
24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK BECAUSE BAD GUYS ONLY
HAVE TO GET LUCKY ONCE.
Reporter: PAUL ROSHA
MAKES SURE THE DOGS ARE AT
THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.
HANDLERS TRAIN THE DOGS
DETECTING NARCOTICS ON AND
OFF LEASH.
AND THE DOGS ARE TRAINED IN
CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.
RENZO HERE IS AN 85-POUND
DUTCH SHEPHERD.
HE IS NOW APPLYING 600 TO
800 POUNDS OF PRESSURE ON MY
ARM.
IT HAS TO BE A VERY, VERY
SOUND DOG ALL THE WAY
AROUND.
BECAUSE THE TASK HE IS
PERFORMING IS CRITICAL TO
SAVING LIVES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
HE IS SAFE GARDENING
AMERICAN ASSETS.
Reporter: HE SAYS
MEDIOCRITY IS NOT AN
OPTION.
HE TAKES TIME TO PRAY OVER
THE DOGS.
I'M ASKING FOR THE LORD'S
GUIDANCE, THAT THE DOGS GET
IT AND THEY PORM.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
KEY AREAS OF PERFORMANCE IS
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION.
HANDLERS ALLOWED CBN NEWS TO
WATCH AN OFF-LEASH TRAINING
SESSION.
IN THIS SCENARIO, WHICH REM
BELLS WHA RESEMBLES WHAT
HAPPENS IN AFGHANISTAN, COCO
MUST SNIFF OUT AN EXPLOSIVE
ALONG THE ROAD BEFORE
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR
EQUIPMENT TRAVEL DOWN IT.
THE HANDLERS LOOKS FOR A
CHANGE IN THE DOG.
IN THIS CASE, ONCE COCO
SMELLS AN EXPLOSIVE, SHE
LIES DOWN.
THEY ASKED DO HAVE YOU
ANY ADVICE FOR US?
AND I SAID, YES, TRUST YOUR
DOG.
Reporter: THE DOGS HAVE
A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF
SMELL.
THEY CAN COVER A LOT OF
GROUND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME TO MAKE A HIT ON A
SERIOUS SUBSTANCE.
TO DATE, NO MACHINE ON
THE MARKET CAN MATCH THEIR
ORAL CAPABILITY.
THEY ACT AS A BUFFER AND
EARLY WARNING MECHANISM.
THERE IS NO MACHINERY THAT
CAN DO THAT.
Reporter: THE TRAINERS
SAY THE BOND BETWEEN
HANDLERS AND THEIR DOGS IS
VERY STRONG.
ERIC VETTA SERVED AS A
CANINE HANDLER IN
AFGHANISTAN.
HIS DOG ALSO MADE IT BACK
ALIVE.
THERE IS NO DEFINITE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT
THE END OF THE NIGHT, BUT
KNOWING YOU HAVE YOUR
PARTNER STANDING NEXT TO
YOU, KIND OF GIVES YOU A
BETTER FEELING YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT HOME.
Reporter: DOGS HAVE
BEEN SERVING WITH U.S.
TROOPS FOR CENTURIES.
IN THE YEAR 2000, ADOPTING
WAR DOGS BECAME LEGAL.
MORE THAN 300 RETIRED WAR
DOGS ARE NOW PUT UP FOR
ADOPTION EVERY YEAR.
A FITTING REWARD FOR DOGS
WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE MAN'S BEST
FRIEND.
EACH DAY WE CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DEFENSE OF THIS GREAT
NATION.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE
GIVE ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO
GOD.
UP NEXT, MILITANT MUSLIMS
HAVE THREATENED TO KILL A
MAN BECAUSE OF HIS EXCLUSIVE
VIDEOTAPE AND PICTURES HE
SHOT.
FIND OUT MORE NEXT.
Mark: WELCOME BACK.
AN IRAQI PASTOR IMPRISONED
FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS IS FREE
DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF THE
U.S. MINISTRY.
HE SPENT 21 MONTHS IT IN
PRISON.
HE I WORKED WITH U.S.-BASED
WORLD COMPASSION TO STRIBT
DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO
REFUGEES.
CARRYING A LETTER FROM
OKLAHOMA SENATOR JAMES
INHOFF, REQUESTING HIS
RELEASE.
VERBAL THE THE PRESIDENT OF
THE KURDISH REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT GRANTED JAMAL
AMNESTY.
JAMAL IS NOW IN A SAFE
PLACE, RECEIVING TRAUMA
COUNSELLING AND MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
ONCE AGAIN, A WAVE OF
DEADLY ISLAMIC PERSECUTION
HAS BEEN RELEASED AGAINST
CHRISTIANS, THIS TIME IN THE
AFRICAN NATION OF TANZANIA.
AND SOME PASTORS HAVE
ALREADY PAID FOR IT WITH
THEIR LIVES.
GARY LANE BRINGS US THIS
CHILLING STO STORY FROM
ZANZABAR.
Reporter: CHRISTIANS
HAVE PAID A PAINFUL PRICE.
I BURST INTO TEARS AND
SHOUTED, MY JESUS, MY JESUS,
WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME.
Reporter: THAT WAS
JENROSA'S REACTION WHEN HER
NEIGHBOR STORMED IN WITH
NIGHTMARISH NEWS.
IN FEBRUARY, A MUSLIM MOB
MURDERED JENROSA'S HUSBAND.
THE BRUTAL ATTACK OCCURRED
AS THE PASTOR WALKED TO THE
HOME OF A FRIEND.
THE MOTIVE: ANGER GREW AFTER
CHRISTIANS BEGAN BUTCHERING
AND SELLING MEAT.
THE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS
TRADITIONALLY BELONGED TO
MUSLIMS, WHO PREPARE IT IN
HALAL.
IN HIS LAST FEW BREATHS, THE
PASTOR IDENTIFIED HIS
KILLER.
EZEKIEL SAYS THE PASTOR TOLD
HIM IT WAS A NEIGHBOR NAMED
ABELLA.
I WAS NOT SURPRISED
BECAUSE JUST BEFORE THE
ATTACK, I SAW ABELLA LEAVING
THE MALL, CARRYING A
MACHETE.
HE OFTEN WORE PANTS AND A
VEST THAT RESEMBLE THOSE
WORN BY TALIBAN FIGHTERS.
Reporter: THEY BELIEVE
HE FLED TO NEIGHBORING
MAROONDI.
AND MILITANT MUSLIMS
THREATENED TO KILL HIM
BECAUSE HE CAPTURED THEIR
ACTIONS ON CAMERA.
AND HE SHOT EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS
AND VIDEO OF THE DECEASED
PASTOR'S WOUNDS.
THEY ARE TOO GRAPHIC TO SHOW
WITHOUT BLURRING THE
IMAGES.
I WAS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY
SEEING THE PASTOR KILLED IN
THAT WAY, BECAUSE HE WAS A
FELLOW CHRISTIAN.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER
TO RESCUE HIS LIFE, BUT ONLY
TO WATCH EVENTS UP FOLD.
UNFOLD.
I HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG
TIME.
I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO
LEARN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
OUR COUNTRY SO NOTHING LIKE
THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
Reporter: AND IT IS NOT
JUST PROTESTANT PASTORS
FACING THESE THREATS.
CATHOLICS ARE ALSO BEING
TARGETED.
LAST WEEK, A FATHER WAS
COMING TO CELEBRATE MASS AND
HE WAS GUNNED DOWN.
THE SISTER SAYS FATHER MOSHI
WAS A KIND AND LOVING MAN,
WHO POSSESSED A GOOD SENSE
OF HUMOR.
HE LOVED HIS WORK.
Reporter: SOME
TANZANIAN CHRISTIANS SAY THE
MURDER PROVES THE GOAL OF
THE ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS TO
TARGET CHURCH LEADERS.
THIS IS A LONG-TERM PLAN
OF ISLAM.
ISLAMIC LEADERS HAVE URGED
MUSLIMS TO COME TOGETHER TO
ATTACK, FIGHT, AND KILL
BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND
PASTORS.
Reporter: ANGLICAN
BISHOP MICHAEL WAS AMONG
THOSE TARGETED.
HE SAYS MANY ZANZABARIAN
CHRISTIANS ARE AFRAID.
WE ARE SOMETIMES
CONSUMED, BUT WE ARE HUMAN
BEINGS, AND WE FEAR.
I DON'T KNOW TOMORROW WHAT
IS GOING TO HELP TO ME OR
ANOTHER ONE.
I TELL MY CONGREGATION DON'T
BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
Reporter: AND WIDOW
JENROSA BELIEVES GOD IS WITH
HER AND HER 12 CHILDREN.
SHE TRUSTS HE WILL PROVIDE
FOR THEM.
SHE SAYS GOD HAS A GREATER
PURPOSE THAN MATHEO'S
DEATH.
I BELIEVE GOD NEW
MATHEO'S DESTINY, AND NO
MATTER HOW HE LIVED, IT WAS
NECESSARY HE GO THROUGH THIS
SO THAT IT WOULD BE A LESSON
TO THE REMAINING PEOPLE, BUT
ALSO SO THE LORD CAN HARVEST
HIM INTO HIS KINGDOM.
Reporter: AND WHILE THE
RECENT DEATHS OF THESE
FAITHFUL PASTORS NOW LEAD
EVEN FEWER LABORERS,
TANZANIAN CHRISTIANS SAY
THEY ARE READY TO REAP THE
BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
IF YOU'RE A YANKEES OR
RAYS FAN, YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED A TRUE HERO ON THE
MOUND LAST NIGHT.
MARINE SERGEANT AMPUTEE
MIKE NICKELSON THREW OUT THE
FIRST PITCH.
HE LOST HIS ARMS AND BOTH
LEGS IN AN I.E.D. ATTACK.
AND HE SAYS THE HONOR WAS A
FITTING TRIBUTE.
I SAW THE VIDEOS, AND IT
WAS JUST LIKE AFGHANISTAN.
YOU JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO
DO IT AND MOVE ON WITH
LIFE.
IF YOU SIT THERE AND SULK
ABOUT IT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING
TO GET THROUGH IT.
IF YOU CAN WALK INTO A
BATTLE, I THINK YOU CAN
THROW A PITCH.
Mark: THE GROUP IS
TEAMING UP TO BUILD
NICKELSON A GREAT HOME LATER
THIS YEAR.
THAT MAN HAS GREAT FAITH.
WHAT AN INSPIRATION TO
ALL OF US.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN
TOMORROW.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT,