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(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) Reports that Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda aide Mohammed Ateh was killed in a bombing raid in Afghanistan several days ago noted. [Pentagon spokesman R/Admiral John STUFFLEBEEM - says bin Laden no longer has the assistant he has been counting on.]
(Kabul: Christiane Amanpour) The events in Afghanistan reviewed; details given of possible deals for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar to leave Kandahar, the battle between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance in Konduz and the search of Kabul; scenes shown from a deserted Taliban house where letters (several quoted) mentioning terrorism, bombs and training manuals and chemicals were found.
(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The role of United States ground troops in Afghanistan featured; photos shown of Americans on horseback. [In Chicago, Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - says the United States and Northern Alliance soldiers are telling the opposition to surrender or be killed.] American dispatches on the military campaign quoted. [STUFFLEBEEM - says intelligence is being developed through reconnaissance.] A Pentagon theory that Ateh was killed in a Tuesday air strike discussed.
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(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) Live discussion held with former Senator Larry Pressler, former CIA director James Woolsey and former Congressman Charlie Wilson about the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden and for the nuclear weapons in Pakistan. [WOOLSEY - hopes the Taliban soldiers can be gotten out of Kandahar and into the hills; indicates Pakistan could use United States help in controlling nuclear materials.] [WILSON - says bin Laden's height will make it difficult for him to get out of Afghanistan, but the border with Pakistan is porous; comments on the security of nuclear warheads in Pakistan.] [PRESSLER - worries about Pakistan's role; says it would be difficult in controlling the Pakistan border and controlling the nuclear arsenal.]
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(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Eileen O'Connor) Breaking news story of the FBI discovery of an anthrax letter sent to Senator Patrick Leahy presented; details given of the similarity of the letter to that sent to Senate majority leader Tom Daschle.
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(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) Live discussion continued with former Senator Larry Pressler, former CIA director James Woolsey and former Congressman Charlie Wilson about the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden and Pakistan's role. [WOOLSEY - says the United States would urge Pakistan to apprehend bin Laden rather than rampaging through the country; indicates Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is in control there.] [WILSON - talks about the Taliban in Kandahar.] [PRESSLER - says he fears the fundamentalists in Pakistan.]
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(Studio: Wolf Blitzer) The latest developments reviewed; details given of the FBI discovery of an anthrax letter sent to Senator Patrick Leahy that was found in quarantined mail; Congressional passage of a compromise airport security bill and the closing of the Atlanta airport after a man ran past security.
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