World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-11-01
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[0:02] Five minute makeup tips. Plus, win our
[0:04] gorgea tomorrow at 9:00.
[0:09] On World News Tonight, the Pentagon's
[0:11] strategy to get Osama bin Laden if he is
[0:14] still in Afghanistan.
[0:16] Inside Afghanistan, the village leveled
[0:18] by the US. The Pentagon says for good
[0:22] reason. The governor of California warns
[0:24] that terrorists may be targeting major
[0:26] California bridges within the next week.
[0:29] We'll meet the men assigned to protect
[0:31] the bridges. And what are people buying
[0:35] these days to make themselves feel
[0:37] better? More Bibles, for one thing, and
[0:41] puppies.
[0:42] [Music]
[0:46] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:48] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:52] Peter Jennings. Good evening everyone.
[0:53] We're going to begin tonight by focusing
[0:55] on Osama bin Laden and not in a general
[0:57] way. The Middle East television network
[0:59] Al Jazzer published a letter today which
[1:02] it said was from Bin Laden and in it
[1:04] they say he calls on Muslims in Pakistan
[1:07] to make Islam victorious in the face of
[1:10] the Christian crusade. At the Pentagon
[1:13] today the defense secretary said he
[1:15] wants to triple or perhaps quadruple the
[1:16] number of US special forces inside
[1:18] Afghanistan. Some of them will help
[1:20] groups that oppose the Taliban and some
[1:23] special forces may already be assigned
[1:25] to the specific mission of getting Bin
[1:28] Laden. ABC's John McCathy is at the
[1:31] Pentagon tonight with the details of
[1:33] your reporting. John. Peter.
[1:35] Intelligence sources are telling ABC
[1:37] News that the hunt for Osama bin Laden,
[1:40] often obscured by the highly visible war
[1:42] against the Taliban, has now been
[1:45] reduced t