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Top Al Qaeda Leaders Still at Large

Aired May 03, 2003 - 08:33   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: With the war in Iraq, at least the major combat phase over, President Bush has made it clear the war on terror continues. Officials say al Qaeda remains the FBI's first concern.
Justice correspondent Kelli Arena explains why.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLY ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Recent intelligence is prompting warnings al Qaeda is targeting U.S. interests in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Twenty months into the war on terror and al Qaeda still poses a serious threat.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And we're still on the hunt. We will flush them out of their caves, we'll get them on the run and we will bring them to justice.

ARENA: Half of al Qaeda's senior operatives are now dead or in U.S. custody. But public enemy number one, Osama bin Laden, his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri and his al Qaeda's security chief, Saif Al-Adil, have all eluded U.S. forces, and the terror network is actively moving to replenish its ranks.

For the first time director Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI is actively tracking down recruiters right here in the United States.

ROBERT MUELLER, FBI DIRECTOR: On those individuals, we have open investigations and we are pursuing them hard.

ARENA: With U.S. forces still in Afghanistan, intelligence suggests al Qaeda is building up its ranks in southeast Asia and east Africa. In recent months, both have seen al Qaeda related attacks against so-called soft targets like hotels and nightclubs.

KEN KATZMAN, TERRORISM EXPERT: The government's capabilities, perhaps, to find them is less so they're under less pressure. They can continue to be active there.

ARENA (on camera): Katzman and other experts say while al Qaeda does pose a threat, it's probably not capable of large-scale attacks like we saw on September 11. But the FBI disagrees and says al Qaeda is just as dangerous now as it was then.

Kelli Arena, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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ROBIN MEADE, ANCHOR: It is an incredible story. A hiker pinned by an 800-pound boulder realizes that he cannot wait to be rescued so he amputates his own arm with a pocket knife and then rappels down a canyon wall and walks several miles before help finally arrives.

Brent Hunsaker with our affiliate KTVX has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRENT HUNSAKER, KTVX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Highway patrol pilot Terry Mercer flew the search helicopter. They started well south of the trail head, down around Blue John Canyon, and slowly, methodically worked their way back.

TERRY MERCER, DPS PILOT: We had been looking for this gentleman for about two hours.

SGT. MITCH VETERE, EMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: He saved himself. We just happened to be there to get him from point A to point B.

HUNSAKER: Emory County sheriff sergeant Mitch Vetere was a spotter in that helicopter.

VETERE: We didn't take a lot of time and whirled him into the back of the chopper. And between the two of us, and away we went.

HUNSAKER (on camera): It was around 3 p.m. when they found Ralston. His arm was in a makeshift sling and it was still bleeding. Now remember, it's been several miles and several hours since he had to sever it.

MERCER: As he brought him over to the helicopter I could see that he was coated in blood. I mean, he had shorts on but even his shoes were coated in blood.

VETERE: The chopper seat was covered in blood. HUNSAKER (voice-over): From Moab, Ralston was transferred to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. He was in surgery there for most of the day. Doctors say he will live, they're just trying to save what's left of his arm.

STEVE SWANKE, DISTRICT RANGER: His prognosis is good and a successful recovery is expected.

HUNSAKER: Ralston's Toyota pickup now sits at if Emory County sheriff's office in Green River, in the back, the mountain bike that he took for part of his journey last Saturday. He intended to take only a day, but it became a six-day fight for survival.

VETERE: I have never seen nothing like this in my career. Yes, he's -- he's obviously got a will to live.

MERCER: He had more the -- more desire to live and more desire to help us out than anybody that I've seen.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MEADE: Where did the guy get the great, you know? That was Brent Hunsaker, by the way, with KTVX in Salt Lake City.

ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: Just an unbelievable story.

Coming up at our 9 a.m. hour, we're going to talk with Steve Swanke. He's the supervising park ranger at Canyon Lands. He'll have a lot more details on Aron Ralston's story.

We should also point out that Aron is not the first person faced with the unbelievable grisly prospect of cutting off a him to save their own life. In 1993, this man, Bill Juracki (ph), had his leg trapped under a bolder while fishing in western Colorado. With the weather turning bad, Juracki (ph) amputated his own leg below the knee, using a three-inch pocket knife.

MEADE: Incredible.

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ROBIN MEADE, ANCHOR: It is a sad day for the North Carolina family of Tristen "Buddy" Myers. The FBI says that DNA from a Chicago boy named Eli Quick did not match and that the boy's only link is a physical resemblance.

But our Jeff Flock says that the story for Eli Quick does not end here.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It looked so promising, the little boy from North Carolina we'd seen in a pool, missing for two years, looked just like this bedraggled boy who turned up outside Chicago. They had similar speech impediments, scars in the same places, but the would-be miracle turns out instead to be coincidence.

TOM KNEIR, CHICAGO FBI: The two children are not identical.

FLOCK: Chicago FBI agent Tom Kneir says a DNA test proves it.

RAVEN MYERS, BUDDY MYERS' MOTHER: Then I got all worked up and my hopes up for nothing.

FLOCK: The test proves Raven Myers, the topless dancer from North Carolina, is not the mother of the boy in Chicago, Eli Quick. Her own little Buddy Myers, who would be six now, is still missing.

MYERS: I don't want anybody to call me up until they have results or DNA or they know for sure because I don't want to keep going through this.

FLOCK: Raven Myers' bad news is Ricky Quick's good.

RICKY QUICK, ELI QUICK'S FATHER: I want my son and I'm looking forward to getting him back.

FLOCK: Quick, who believes he's Eli's father, brought him to this Evanston, Illinois, hospital in February and essentially abandoned him, dirty and poorly cared for, say social workers. He'll have to answer for that, they say, before he gets Eli back. He hasn't yet.

QUICK: No more comment, that's it. Get out of my way.

FLOCK: And he'll have to prove that Eli is his, the product of an affair with a Chicago prostitute, as he claims.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are piecing together the pieces of this puzzle. It's been like a detective novel for us.

FLOCK: A novel, the story of one little missing boy with a possible miracle ending turns out instead to be two sad stories, neither of which yet has an end, happy or otherwise.

I'm Jeff Flock, CNN, in Chicago.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MEADE: That is a story that has taken so many twists and still, you know, obviously very sad for that family looking for the little Buddy Myers.

ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: Anyway you look at it for both families, for both kids, it is just...

MEADE: Tough situations for both families, certainly.

COOPER: A nightmare.

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ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: All right. So I said it many times on this program and others, I'm a dog person, don't get the whole cat thing, sorry, Robin. Never have, never will.

Sure, they can clean themselves but does a cat greet you like a dog, with their tails wagging, do they lick you, do they love you? No.

And in addition, do they ever, do cats actually provide valuable services? You don't hear about seeing eye cats or drug-sniffing cats, do you? No.

Well, this summer there's an international tribute to working dogs. It is called Paws to Recognize. Now it's going to take place in Washington in August. It's sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society as well as Pedigree Food for Dogs and Wal-mart.

Dogs from all -- working dogs from all around the world are going to be represented and you at home can actually vote for what dog in the United States is going to represent America in this competition. You do that, you go to www.pedigree.com, you can to vote.

We want you to meet one of the dogs who may win the competition, who may -- sponsor, may represent the United States. Oh, there's the dog. Officer Cindy Grob of the Bureau of Customs. And her dog, Crazy Joe, a detective dog who helps find narcotics.

Cindy, thanks very much for being with us.

CINDY GROB, BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION: Thanks for having me.

COOPER: Tell us a little bit about Crazy Joe. Crazy Joe is actually from the pound originally.

GROB: Yes. He was originally procured from a small animal shelter in Augusta, Georgia, where more than likely if customs didn't come along and pick him up, he more than likely would have been put to sleep.

COOPER: Now, he's just a great-looking dog. But he's more than just great looking, more than just a pet. He works pretty hard. So what does he do?

GROB: He searches for narcotics at JFK Airport. He searches luggage, aircraft, cargo, mail, and an occasional vehicle every now and then.

COOPER: Has he actually found narcotics?

GROB: Yes, he's found -- He's had many finds, taken a lot of narcotics off our streets.

COOPER: Why do you think he should win this competition?

GROB: You know, he's such a great dog. He's taken so many -- millions and millions and millions of dollars worth of narcotics off our streets.

COOPER: He's clearly not impressed with being on TV.

GROB: No, he's looking at himself right now. But he's -- I mean, he's a hero not only to me but he's a hero to all of the school children when he goes out to do demos. The kids, you know, look up to him as a hero and a role model.

And you know, there's times when I'm, like, I come into work and there's times when, you know, you don't really want to come into work. Oh, just another day at the office. When I hook him up on a leash, his energy and his motivation, he gets me going and we become a very effective team out there, seize a lot of narcotics.

COOPER: What is the training like for a dog like Crazy Joe?

GROB: We train initially for 13 weeks in Front Royal, Virginia, the Canine Enforcement Training Center. And then after that he gets training aides every day in order to keep him proficient.

COOPER: So the training is ongoing. And what sort of training do you do every day?

GROB: He gets training aides every day. I try to duplicate what the smugglers do, basically. Because that's the only way you're going to get seizures. I watch the stats and look at the other numbers and duplicate that stuff for him.

COOPER: Now does he know what he's looking for? I mean, he doesn't really obviously understand the whole concept of narcotics. But I mean, what does he think he's doing? GROB: Actually, he thinks he's looking for his reward, which is a terry cloth rolled up towel and he has no idea he's looking for narcotics. You know, what we do is we start out, you know, with a terry cloth towel and throw it in a field and we hoot and holler and play tug of war and that's all part of the game.

And you know, then he start, you know, we throw it in the taller grass and stuff. So he associates that towel with the odor of the narcotics and the big game.

COOPER: How great are dogs that, you know, it's all about just get a terry cloth towel, you know? I love that about dogs.

GROB: You know what it is, it's all about the game. We hoot and holler, we jump around, we really look like, you know, we look like a bunch of idiots jumping out there, but the dogs love it. That's what they go for.

COOPER: Now Crazy Joe is not the first canine that you've worked with.

GROB: No, my dog Minischka (ph), she was the first dog. I worked with her for four and a half years.

COOPER: And then I understand she got cancer but you still have her at home?

GROB: Yes, I've had her home two years now. She's cancer-free. She lost one limb but she's doing great. That's my buddy.

COOPER: All right. Well, Cindy, I really appreciate you taking the time out of your schedule to meet with us and to introduce Crazy Joe. And Crazy Joe, thanks very much for being with us.

Should just point out again, if you want to vote for the six dogs who are in competition to represent the United States in this event, which going to take place in August in Washington, as I said, sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society as well as Pedigree Food for Dogs and Wal-mart, you can go to the www.pedigree.com web site and put in your vote.

They have descriptions of all of the six dogs and of course, we will have the winner back on this program as soon as we can.

Thanks very much.

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Aired May 3, 2003 - 08:33   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: With the war in Iraq, at least the major combat phase over, President Bush has made it clear the war on terror continues. Officials say al Qaeda remains the FBI's first concern.
Justice correspondent Kelli Arena explains why.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLY ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Recent intelligence is prompting warnings al Qaeda is targeting U.S. interests in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Twenty months into the war on terror and al Qaeda still poses a serious threat.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And we're still on the hunt. We will flush them out of their caves, we'll get them on the run and we will bring them to justice.

ARENA: Half of al Qaeda's senior operatives are now dead or in U.S. custody. But public enemy number one, Osama bin Laden, his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri and his al Qaeda's security chief, Saif Al-Adil, have all eluded U.S. forces, and the terror network is actively moving to replenish its ranks.

For the first time director Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI is actively tracking down recruiters right here in the United States.

ROBERT MUELLER, FBI DIRECTOR: On those individuals, we have open investigations and we are pursuing them hard.

ARENA: With U.S. forces still in Afghanistan, intelligence suggests al Qaeda is building up its ranks in southeast Asia and east Africa. In recent months, both have seen al Qaeda related attacks against so-called soft targets like hotels and nightclubs.

KEN KATZMAN, TERRORISM EXPERT: The government's capabilities, perhaps, to find them is less so they're under less pressure. They can continue to be active there.

ARENA (on camera): Katzman and other experts say while al Qaeda does pose a threat, it's probably not capable of large-scale attacks like we saw on September 11. But the FBI disagrees and says al Qaeda is just as dangerous now as it was then.

Kelli Arena, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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ROBIN MEADE, ANCHOR: It is an incredible story. A hiker pinned by an 800-pound boulder realizes that he cannot wait to be rescued so he amputates his own arm with a pocket knife and then rappels down a canyon wall and walks several miles before help finally arrives.

Brent Hunsaker with our affiliate KTVX has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRENT HUNSAKER, KTVX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Highway patrol pilot Terry Mercer flew the search helicopter. They started well south of the trail head, down around Blue John Canyon, and slowly, methodically worked their way back.

TERRY MERCER, DPS PILOT: We had been looking for this gentleman for about two hours.

SGT. MITCH VETERE, EMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: He saved himself. We just happened to be there to get him from point A to point B.

HUNSAKER: Emory County sheriff sergeant Mitch Vetere was a spotter in that helicopter.

VETERE: We didn't take a lot of time and whirled him into the back of the chopper. And between the two of us, and away we went.

HUNSAKER (on camera): It was around 3 p.m. when they found Ralston. His arm was in a makeshift sling and it was still bleeding. Now remember, it's been several miles and several hours since he had to sever it.

MERCER: As he brought him over to the helicopter I could see that he was coated in blood. I mean, he had shorts on but even his shoes were coated in blood.

VETERE: The chopper seat was covered in blood. HUNSAKER (voice-over): From Moab, Ralston was transferred to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. He was in surgery there for most of the day. Doctors say he will live, they're just trying to save what's left of his arm.

STEVE SWANKE, DISTRICT RANGER: His prognosis is good and a successful recovery is expected.

HUNSAKER: Ralston's Toyota pickup now sits at if Emory County sheriff's office in Green River, in the back, the mountain bike that he took for part of his journey last Saturday. He intended to take only a day, but it became a six-day fight for survival.

VETERE: I have never seen nothing like this in my career. Yes, he's -- he's obviously got a will to live.

MERCER: He had more the -- more desire to live and more desire to help us out than anybody that I've seen.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MEADE: Where did the guy get the great, you know? That was Brent Hunsaker, by the way, with KTVX in Salt Lake City.

ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: Just an unbelievable story.

Coming up at our 9 a.m. hour, we're going to talk with Steve Swanke. He's the supervising park ranger at Canyon Lands. He'll have a lot more details on Aron Ralston's story.

We should also point out that Aron is not the first person faced with the unbelievable grisly prospect of cutting off a him to save their own life. In 1993, this man, Bill Juracki (ph), had his leg trapped under a bolder while fishing in western Colorado. With the weather turning bad, Juracki (ph) amputated his own leg below the knee, using a three-inch pocket knife.

MEADE: Incredible.

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ROBIN MEADE, ANCHOR: It is a sad day for the North Carolina family of Tristen "Buddy" Myers. The FBI says that DNA from a Chicago boy named Eli Quick did not match and that the boy's only link is a physical resemblance.

But our Jeff Flock says that the story for Eli Quick does not end here.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It looked so promising, the little boy from North Carolina we'd seen in a pool, missing for two years, looked just like this bedraggled boy who turned up outside Chicago. They had similar speech impediments, scars in the same places, but the would-be miracle turns out instead to be coincidence.

TOM KNEIR, CHICAGO FBI: The two children are not identical.

FLOCK: Chicago FBI agent Tom Kneir says a DNA test proves it.

RAVEN MYERS, BUDDY MYERS' MOTHER: Then I got all worked up and my hopes up for nothing.

FLOCK: The test proves Raven Myers, the topless dancer from North Carolina, is not the mother of the boy in Chicago, Eli Quick. Her own little Buddy Myers, who would be six now, is still missing.

MYERS: I don't want anybody to call me up until they have results or DNA or they know for sure because I don't want to keep going through this.

FLOCK: Raven Myers' bad news is Ricky Quick's good.

RICKY QUICK, ELI QUICK'S FATHER: I want my son and I'm looking forward to getting him back.

FLOCK: Quick, who believes he's Eli's father, brought him to this Evanston, Illinois, hospital in February and essentially abandoned him, dirty and poorly cared for, say social workers. He'll have to answer for that, they say, before he gets Eli back. He hasn't yet.

QUICK: No more comment, that's it. Get out of my way.

FLOCK: And he'll have to prove that Eli is his, the product of an affair with a Chicago prostitute, as he claims.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are piecing together the pieces of this puzzle. It's been like a detective novel for us.

FLOCK: A novel, the story of one little missing boy with a possible miracle ending turns out instead to be two sad stories, neither of which yet has an end, happy or otherwise.

I'm Jeff Flock, CNN, in Chicago.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MEADE: That is a story that has taken so many twists and still, you know, obviously very sad for that family looking for the little Buddy Myers.

ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: Anyway you look at it for both families, for both kids, it is just...

MEADE: Tough situations for both families, certainly.

COOPER: A nightmare.

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ANDERSON COOPER, ANCHOR: All right. So I said it many times on this program and others, I'm a dog person, don't get the whole cat thing, sorry, Robin. Never have, never will.

Sure, they can clean themselves but does a cat greet you like a dog, with their tails wagging, do they lick you, do they love you? No.

And in addition, do they ever, do cats actually provide valuable services? You don't hear about seeing eye cats or drug-sniffing cats, do you? No.

Well, this summer there's an international tribute to working dogs. It is called Paws to Recognize. Now it's going to take place in Washington in August. It's sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society as well as Pedigree Food for Dogs and Wal-mart.

Dogs from all -- working dogs from all around the world are going to be represented and you at home can actually vote for what dog in the United States is going to represent America in this competition. You do that, you go to www.pedigree.com, you can to vote.

We want you to meet one of the dogs who may win the competition, who may -- sponsor, may represent the United States. Oh, there's the dog. Officer Cindy Grob of the Bureau of Customs. And her dog, Crazy Joe, a detective dog who helps find narcotics.

Cindy, thanks very much for being with us.

CINDY GROB, BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION: Thanks for having me.

COOPER: Tell us a little bit about Crazy Joe. Crazy Joe is actually from the pound originally.

GROB: Yes. He was originally procured from a small animal shelter in Augusta, Georgia, where more than likely if customs didn't come along and pick him up, he more than likely would have been put to sleep.

COOPER: Now, he's just a great-looking dog. But he's more than just great looking, more than just a pet. He works pretty hard. So what does he do?

GROB: He searches for narcotics at JFK Airport. He searches luggage, aircraft, cargo, mail, and an occasional vehicle every now and then.

COOPER: Has he actually found narcotics?

GROB: Yes, he's found -- He's had many finds, taken a lot of narcotics off our streets.

COOPER: Why do you think he should win this competition?

GROB: You know, he's such a great dog. He's taken so many -- millions and millions and millions of dollars worth of narcotics off our streets.

COOPER: He's clearly not impressed with being on TV.

GROB: No, he's looking at himself right now. But he's -- I mean, he's a hero not only to me but he's a hero to all of the school children when he goes out to do demos. The kids, you know, look up to him as a hero and a role model.

And you know, there's times when I'm, like, I come into work and there's times when, you know, you don't really want to come into work. Oh, just another day at the office. When I hook him up on a leash, his energy and his motivation, he gets me going and we become a very effective team out there, seize a lot of narcotics.

COOPER: What is the training like for a dog like Crazy Joe?

GROB: We train initially for 13 weeks in Front Royal, Virginia, the Canine Enforcement Training Center. And then after that he gets training aides every day in order to keep him proficient.

COOPER: So the training is ongoing. And what sort of training do you do every day?

GROB: He gets training aides every day. I try to duplicate what the smugglers do, basically. Because that's the only way you're going to get seizures. I watch the stats and look at the other numbers and duplicate that stuff for him.

COOPER: Now does he know what he's looking for? I mean, he doesn't really obviously understand the whole concept of narcotics. But I mean, what does he think he's doing? GROB: Actually, he thinks he's looking for his reward, which is a terry cloth rolled up towel and he has no idea he's looking for narcotics. You know, what we do is we start out, you know, with a terry cloth towel and throw it in a field and we hoot and holler and play tug of war and that's all part of the game.

And you know, then he start, you know, we throw it in the taller grass and stuff. So he associates that towel with the odor of the narcotics and the big game.

COOPER: How great are dogs that, you know, it's all about just get a terry cloth towel, you know? I love that about dogs.

GROB: You know what it is, it's all about the game. We hoot and holler, we jump around, we really look like, you know, we look like a bunch of idiots jumping out there, but the dogs love it. That's what they go for.

COOPER: Now Crazy Joe is not the first canine that you've worked with.

GROB: No, my dog Minischka (ph), she was the first dog. I worked with her for four and a half years.

COOPER: And then I understand she got cancer but you still have her at home?

GROB: Yes, I've had her home two years now. She's cancer-free. She lost one limb but she's doing great. That's my buddy.

COOPER: All right. Well, Cindy, I really appreciate you taking the time out of your schedule to meet with us and to introduce Crazy Joe. And Crazy Joe, thanks very much for being with us.

Should just point out again, if you want to vote for the six dogs who are in competition to represent the United States in this event, which going to take place in August in Washington, as I said, sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society as well as Pedigree Food for Dogs and Wal-mart, you can go to the www.pedigree.com web site and put in your vote.

They have descriptions of all of the six dogs and of course, we will have the winner back on this program as soon as we can.

Thanks very much.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com