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Morning Buzz: on War
Aired January 25, 2002 - 08:22 ET
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Time to buzz, Jack.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Time to buzz again. Gee, it hardly seems like an hour has gone by, does it?
(CROSSTALK)
ZAHN: Oh come on, we're getting into this Friday attitude thing.
CAFFERTY: Some of the -- some of the other stories we're keeping an eye on, there's a great story, "Newsweek" has an exclusive on their Web site. Afghan security sources apparently have uncovered a plot that they think was aimed at possibly assassinated Secretary of State Colin Powell during his visit to Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago. They found this bus that's loaded with what they think may be chemical weapons. They've identified the bus as belonging to an al Qaeda operative, and one of the Afghan officials said -- quote -- "they prepared this for Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit" -- unquote -- scary.
ZAHN: Wasn't there something else in there ...
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Yes ...
ZAHN: ... a report about a remote controlled missile site.
COOPER: Right, this is just one of many alleged plots that they think they uncovered for that week. There was supposed to be, perhaps a remote-controlled barrage of rockets aimed at the Afghan radio and TV offices. To me ...
ZAHN: Scary stuff.
COOPER: Yes, I mean to me ...
CAFFERTY: It really is.
COOPER: ... when you couple this story that's on "Newsweek" online with the news that we got this morning that the firefight yesterday outside Kandahar was actually larger than previously thought, I mean I think contrary to what a lot of people think, you know this war is not over by a long shot, and you know ...
ZAHN: And this is the most difficult part of the war, I think, in many ways when you have these pockets of resistance that are all over the place.
COOPER: Yes.
CAFFERTY: And the only way you find them is on the ground. You've got to go and seek them out and search them out and then engage them, and that's tough stuff.
Now, under the heading of very good news I think. Some of the 101st Airborne left Washington, D.C. in route to Afghanistan. They diverted the plane, and they allowed it to fly over ground zero here in New York City.
ZAHN: Really.
CAFFERTY: It was the first commercial airliner allowed to fly in that air space since September the 11, and we've got some footage inside the airplane during the flight, and the soldiers on their way overseas got a chance to take a look from the air. Master Sgt. Kelly Tyler (ph) said -- quote -- "it reminds you of why you serve, and it makes you remember why it's all so important. Pretty neat stuff.
COOPER: Yes.
CAFFERTY: Yes.
ZAHN: I'm glad they did that.
COOPER: I also saw an article on the Web this morning from "The Times of London", and it was really the only place I saw it, that you know there's been a lot of criticism especially overseas and the media about the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo. The U.S. has sent an iman from the U.S. Navy, he's a lieutenant, to lead prisoners in prayer, and the headline was "Navy Iman Calls Prisoners to Prayer". Five times a day now this Navy lieutenant, who is an Iman, is going to be calling the prayers, and he's also going to be counseling both the commander of the site for religious advice, how to treat the prisoners, but also counseling the prisoners, if they want.
ZAHN: Wonder -- one wonders, though, how much that will quiet any of the criticism directed towards the treatment of the detainees there.
CAFFERTY: We seem to be going out of my way now to make nice so that the human rights' folks don't get all up in a tizzy about this.
ZAHN: Is this upsetting you?
CAFFERTY: Yes, it does -- it does, you know.
ZAHN: I know you have some strong feelings about this, and people will just have to wait for another hour to hear them.
CAFFERTY: Well no they don't. These people were tied into folks who murdered 3,000 Americans. That's all that has to be said. Murdered 3,000 American citizens -- come on.
ZAHN: Simply said.
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