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Iraq / Zarqawi Letter #747997

CBS Evening News for Monday, Feb 09, 2004
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The day’s casualties in Iraq reviewed.

(Baghdad: Elizabeth Palmer) Evidence of an Al Qaeda plot to incite civil war in Iraq featured; details given about a letter, written by fugitive Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi & discovered on a computer disk carried by captive Hasan Ghul††, that outlines a strategy to trap the US; excerpts from the letter quoted. [Coalition Provisional Authority Dan SENOR†- comments on the plot to target the Shiia in the hope it will result in reprisals against other ethnic groups.] [Deputy chief of operations Brig. Gen. Mark KIMMITT†- notes the letter is a business proposal to Al Qaeda to help out in Iraq.]

Reporter(s):
Rather, Dan;
Palmer, Elizabeth
Duration:
00:02:10

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