CBS Evening News - 1995-02-24

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[0:00] The Oregon Lottery's Megabucks game?

[0:02] Yeah, when there's a big jackpot.

[0:03] Big?

[0:04] You know, 5 10 million.

[0:06] So, this

[0:07] million-dollar jackpot just isn't enough

[0:08] to excite you, Mr. Sanders.

[0:10] Wow, that is one incredible briefcase.

[0:14] This is a natural scar where the cow

[0:15] rubbed against barbed wire. Brass hinges

[0:17] and

[0:18] Oh, I got to see the lining.

[0:22] Play Megabucks because a million bucks

[0:24] is a million bucks.

[0:26] Nice briefcase.

[0:27] Yeah, right.

[0:29] You're watching KOIN TV, Channel 6.

[0:34] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:38] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.

[0:42] Good evening. CBS News has obtained a

[0:45] videotape, a bombshell piece of evidence

[0:47] in the trial of Islamic militants

[0:49] charged with plotting to bomb the UN and

[0:51] other targets in New York. The tape

[0:53] shows some of the defendants stirring

[0:55] what prosecutors say is a cauldron of

[0:57] high explosives. Correspondent Diana

[1:00] Olick has the story and the pictures.

[1:03] Prosecutors say these men are walking

[1:06] into a bomb factory, a warehouse in

[1:08] Queens, New York, where they allegedly

[1:09] made the bomb that was supposed to blow

[1:11] up the Lincoln Tunnel. You're watching

[1:13] FBI videotape from hidden surveillance

[1:15] cameras. The men you see are accused of

[1:17] a terrorist conspiracy in New York that

[1:20] included the World Trade Center bombing.

[1:24] The man in the center giving orders is

[1:26] Emad Salem. He is the FBI's chief

[1:28] informant who infiltrated the group with

[1:30] Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman allegedly

[1:32] headed. The Sheikh is not on the tape,

[1:35] but one man clearly visible in the X-Cap

[1:37] is Siddig Ali. Just weeks ago, he

[1:39] pleaded guilty and is now ass

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