But he says pressure for broad reform on the next Cuban leader, from inside Cuba and outside, will grow.

He said the terrorists are sustained by a complex set of networks and infrastructure that cannot be defeated by military operations inside Afghanistan alone.

"We continue to still see training going on inside of Iran, " he said.

Several people interviewed inside Burma say they were more concerned with repairing their homes and finding food and water after the storm, and some said they had no plans to vote.

But this has angered the French government because now the Tunisians are exercising what they see as their right to travel inside Europe, which for the vast majority means coming to France.