CBS Evening News - 1999-12-15
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[0:02] >> Sharon Stone and the Mystery Baby on ET.
[0:07] >> Mayhem and murder at the turn of the
[0:10] century. Authorities foil a rash of
[0:13] year-end terror plots, but America's
[0:15] deadliest enemy is still at large. A
[0:18] deadly ambush for Russian troops
[0:21] attempting to capture the Chchin
[0:23] capital. President Clinton breaks the
[0:25] ice between Israel and its bitterest
[0:27] foe. and the red-hot battle over
[0:30] slapping a sales tax on the internet.
[0:35] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[0:39] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:42] headquarters in New York.
[0:45] >> Good evening. Fugitive terrorist leader
[0:47] Osama bin Laden was apparently planning
[0:49] a holiday season massacre of Americans
[0:52] in the Middle East and may still be. The
[0:54] prime minister of Jordan today confirmed
[0:56] the arrest of more than a dozen alleged
[0:58] terrorists suspected of plotting deadly
[1:01] year-end attacks against American
[1:03] tourists in Jordan. CBS's David Martin,
[1:06] who first reported parts of this story
[1:08] several days ago, has the latest.
[1:11] >> The arrests of terrorists allegedly
[1:12] trained in Afghanistan, uncovered what
[1:14] US officials say is the most serious
[1:17] threat of a terrorist attack against
[1:18] Americans since last year's bombing of
[1:21] two US embassies in Africa. And like
[1:24] those embassy bombings, the man behind
[1:25] this latest plot is believed to be Usama
[1:28] bin Laden, the exiled Saudi millionaire
[1:31] operating from bases in Afghanistan.
[1:34] The Jordanians arrested 13 suspects who
[1:37] allegedly had been trained in weapons
[1:39] and explosives and were planning attacks
[1:41] against Westerners celebrating the
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