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Terrorism / Railroads / A Discussion #993092

CNN Evening News for Thursday, May 05, 2011
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(Ground Zero: Anderson Cooper) Breaking news of a plot to derail American trains on the anniversary of 9/11 according to documents seized at Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden††'s compound in Pakistan introduced.

(Ground Zero: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.

(Washington: Jeanne Meserve) The Al Qaeda "aspirational" plan to derail trains in the US to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 and hitting specific cities on specific dates reviewed.

(Ground Zero: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN contributor Fran Townsend and CNN's Peter Bergen about the railroad plans and that the CIA was surveilling the compound in Pakistan. [TOWNSEND - says we will hear more of these kinds of ideas and plans from Al Qaeda; explains how the CIA was in Abbottabad.] [BERGEN - comments on the Al Qaeda interest in railroads and how they want to attack iconic city targets; states there is not evidence Pakistan knew bin Laden was there.]

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson;
Meserve, Jeanne
Duration:
00:07:20

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