CBS Evening News (A block) - 2006-11-10

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[0:00] I'm Katie Kurrick. Tonight is al-Qaeda

[0:03] planning mass attacks in Europe. A CBS

[0:05] News exclusive reports that hundreds of

[0:07] their best trained fighters are on the

[0:10] move out of Pakistan and Afghanistan

[0:12] right now. These Marine recruits could

[0:15] be headed to Afghanistan or Iraq.

[0:17] Tonight, a look at their training. Is it

[0:19] the right kind? It killed Ed Bradley and

[0:22] thousands of other Americans this year.

[0:24] We'll look tonight at the fight against

[0:26] leukemia. And how do you make sure

[0:28] juvenile delinquents mind their P's and

[0:30] Q's? Send them to finishing school.

[0:33] Please.

[0:38] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie

[0:41] Kurrick.

[0:45] Hi everyone. We're beginning tonight

[0:46] with a CBS News exclusive. Hundreds of

[0:49] al-Qaeda fighters are on the move,

[0:51] moving out of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[0:54] And the question tonight is where are

[0:56] they headed and what are they planning?

[0:58] This comes as British intelligence is

[1:00] warning that it's tracking nearly 30

[1:02] terror plots involving hundreds of

[1:04] people. Sheila McVicker in London has

[1:07] been investigating this story for weeks

[1:09] now. Here's her report.

[1:12] CBS News has learned that intelligence

[1:14] agencies have been warned al-Qaeda may

[1:16] be planning to attack air and rail

[1:19] travel in Europe during the busy holiday

[1:21] travel season. The warnings come from

[1:24] interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects who

[1:26] were recently ordered to leave

[1:28] Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[1:30] Arab and other intelligence sources tell

[1:32] CBS News that in the last 6 months from

[1:35] the mountains and battlefields of

[1:37] Afghanistan, al-Qaeda has withdrawn

[1:40] well-trained Arab fighters. Rohan

[1:43] Ganaratna is the head of terrorism

[1:45] research at Singapore's Institute for

[1:48] Defense and Strategic Studies. Perhaps

[1:50] uh 5 to 600 al-Qaeda members who were

[1:54] located on the Afghan Pakistan border

[1:57] have now left using routes through

[2:00] former Soviet republics, Pakistan,

[2:02] Dubai, and reviving a route through

[2:04] Iran. Hundreds of fighters have returned

[2:06] to their home countries throughout the

[2:08] Arab world. The Arabs are much more

[2:11] useful for Bin Laden if they are

[2:13] deployed in their home countries,

[2:15] particularly in the Middle East to

[2:18] target Western assets.

[2:20] >> A senior Arab diplomat speaking to CBS

[2:22] News on condition that neither he nor

[2:24] his country be identified said that a

[2:26] group of young men detained several

[2:28] weeks ago when they tried to reenter

[2:30] their home country acknowledged

[2:32] membership in al-Qaeda. They told

[2:34] interrogators that they were ordered to

[2:36] quote not waste time in departing

[2:38] Afghanistan. According to the diplomat,

[2:41] they also said they did not know why

[2:43] they were being told to go. Michael

[2:46] Shyer says al-Qaeda may now be planning

[2:48] to increase the pace of violence.

[2:50] >> If they're moving that number of troops

[2:52] around, it's probably for multiple

[2:54] purposes, none none of which will be

[2:56] very u uh conducive to the interests of

[2:59] the United States. Where the US may

[3:01] first feel this intensified threat most

[3:03] directly is in Iraq. Today, the leader

[3:05] of al-Qaeda in Iraq boasted their ranks

[3:07] had swollen to 12,000 soldiers and said

[3:10] they would not rest until they blew up

[3:12] the White House. Beyond Iraq's borders,

[3:15] there is no hard information on what

[3:17] al-Qaeda is planning other than

[3:19] suggestions that targeting Europe has

[3:21] become a priority. Sheila McVicker, CBS

[3:24] News, London. John Brennan is a former

[3:28] head of the National Counterterrorism

[3:30] Center and he's in Dayton, Ohio. Mr.

[3:32] Brennan, Sheila McVicker mentioned that

[3:34] al-Qaeda has moved some terrorists from

[3:37] Pakistan and Afghanistan to different

[3:39] parts of the world. What does that

[3:42] indicate in your view?

[3:43] >> Well, I think this is something that

[3:44] intelligence and security officials are

[3:45] very concerned about. the movement of

[3:48] people both into Pakistan and

[3:49] Afghanistan for training and then back

[3:51] out, particularly those who have

[3:52] citizenship of the uh United Kingdom or

[3:55] the United States.

[3:56] >> I think some people might be confused,

[3:58] Mr. Brennan, because the Bush

[4:00] administration claims that real damage

[4:02] was done to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and

[4:06] and yet it seems to me that there are

[4:08] other reports that al-Qaeda and other

[4:11] similar organizations have been

[4:13] empowered and are stronger than ever.

[4:15] So, what's the truth?

[4:17] I think al-Qaeda central the core which

[4:19] is in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Osama bin

[4:21] Laden and Zawahihiri that core group

[4:23] really has been bloodied badly. But I

[4:25] think the whole purpose of of Bin Laden

[4:27] was al-Qaeda means the foundation. He

[4:29] wanted it to give birth to other groups

[4:31] to other individuals to carry out

[4:33] attacks. And what we're seeing right now

[4:35] is the proliferation of those

[4:37] individuals. They start being activists

[4:39] and they become extremists and then

[4:40] they're brought into that terrorism

[4:42] environment. the ongoing situation in

[4:43] Iraq is continuing to fuel those

[4:46] sentiments of Muslims who feel as though

[4:48] they are being persecuted uh by the West

[4:51] and specifically United States.

[4:53] >> So I guess both sides could be true. It

[4:56] just depends on your perspective, right?

[4:58] >> Yes. For example, there was an al-Qaeda

[5:00] tape that was released today about the

[5:02] situation in Iraq. You know, they're

[5:03] claiming a lot of credit for things that

[5:05] are being done in the name of Islam.

[5:06] That doesn't mean that al-Qaeda is

[5:08] behind any of those or, you know, um

[5:11] some of them even. John Brennan, thank

[5:12] you so much.

[5:14] >> Thank you, Katie.

[5:15] >> And now to Iraq, where the US death toll

[5:17] continues to climb. The US military

[5:19] announced five more deaths today. Three

[5:21] soldiers and two Marines. So far, 10

[5:24] days into this month, 26 Americans have

[5:27] been killed. The war was very much on

[5:29] the minds of the new Senate leaders when

[5:31] they called on President Bush today.

[5:33] Here's chief White House correspondent

[5:35] Jim Axelrod.

[5:37] >> The elections are over. The problems

[5:39] haven't gone away. Thank you all.

[5:41] >> Day three of the president's outreach to

[5:43] Democrats featured Harry Reid, leader of

[5:46] the new Democratic majority in the

[5:48] Senate. Swept to power by disapproval of

[5:51] the president's current course in Iraq,

[5:53] Reed proposed a one-day bipartisan

[5:56] summit on the war.

[5:57] >> American people needs to know that

[5:59] there's something going on back here

[6:00] with leaders of this country that we're

[6:02] talking about rather than just talking

[6:04] past each other,

[6:06] >> perhaps. But Reed's visit underscores

[6:08] the gap that needs bridging between the

[6:10] White House and the new Democratic

[6:12] leadership. Reed wants to commit to

[6:14] moving at least some troops out of Iraq

[6:16] starting next year. The White House says

[6:18] no. No timetable until Iraqis can take

[6:22] care of their own security. Another set

[6:24] of fresh eyes on the war will come to

[6:26] the White House Monday. That bipartisan

[6:28] panel co-chared by Jim Baker and Lee

[6:30] Hamilton will meet with the president

[6:32] for an hour. Although final

[6:34] recommendations won't be made until next

[6:37] month, the panel is considering a call

[6:40] for direct talks with Iran and Syria

[6:42] about Iraq and for a structured troop

[6:45] draw down. Today, the top military

[6:48] commander signaled a new openness to

[6:50] change. I think we have to maintain our

[6:52] focus on what objectives we want for the

[6:55] United States and then we need to give

[6:57] ourselves a good honest scrub about what

[6:59] is working and what is not working.

[7:02] The Baker panel has a new member.

[7:04] Lawrence Eagleberger as Secretary of

[7:06] State under the first President Bush

[7:08] replaces Robert Gates the new nominee

[7:10] for Secretary of Defense. Eagleberger is

[7:13] the latest member of the Bush 41

[7:15] administration to take a prominent role

[7:18] shaping a new course in Iraq. Katie

[7:20] >> Jim Axelrod at the White House tonight.

[7:22] Thank you. The FBI is taking a close

[7:25] look at some video that shows a Los

[7:27] Angeles police officer punching a

[7:29] suspect. The pictures were captured on a

[7:31] cell phone camera and the FBI got

[7:33] involved when it was posted on YouTube.

[7:36] A lawyer for suspect William Cardinius

[7:38] calls it police brutality. But the two

[7:40] officers seen in the video say Cardanius

[7:43] had his hand on one of their gun

[7:45] holsters. And a court commissioner says

[7:47] the punches were justified because the

[7:49] suspect was resisting. Meanwhile, sad

[7:52] news today from Hollywood. Actor Jack

[7:54] Palance has died. Remember when he stole

[7:56] the show in City Slickers? That

[7:58] performance won him an Oscar and a

[8:00] chance to do one-armed push-ups on stage

[8:04] as he accepted it. Jack Palance died at

[8:06] home of natural causes. He was 87. And

[8:10] finally tonight, some disturbing news

[8:11] for veterans of the first Gulf War. a

[8:14] possible link between their military

[8:16] service and ALS or Luger's disease.

[8:19] Three new studies show that Gulf War

[8:21] vets are much more likely to get the

[8:23] disease than civilians. But two other

[8:25] studies disagree, and the Institute of

[8:28] Medicine says more research is needed.

[8:32] There's much more CBS News straight

[8:34] ahead. And coming up next, the disease

[8:36] that took Ed Bradley's life. What do we

[8:39] know about leukemia and what's being

[8:41] done to stop it?