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Reported al Qaeda Member Arrested in Pakistan

Aired June 10, 2002 - 13:54   ET

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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Just as we went to break, we uncovered some more information about this developing story about the arrested of a man reported to be a member of al Qaeda, and who has been -- who had been working on a plan to bring in a so-called dirty bomb -- a bomb laced with some sort of radioactive material -- into the United States to explode it.

We understand now -- and we have reported -- have sources that are reporting to us that an associate of his has been arrested in Pakistan. And this man Abdullah Al Muhajir, was arrested on his return to the United States from Pakistan.

And Attorney General John Ashcroft, in making the announcement of this arrest, had mentioned that he had an associate, or had been working with someone else. And we're now hearing that another person has been arrested in Pakistan.

So we'll continue to follow that story as it develops.

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