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On CBN Newswatch, April 23: Boston bomber tells authorities 'We acted alone,' Three murder charges dropped against Pa. abortionist, and more. Read Transcript


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,

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