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Anticipating Al Qaeda's Next Bomb Plot
Intelligence agencies are revealing more about the plot to send package bombs to Chicago. We hear about a possible dry run in September, about al Qaeda in Yemen and about the threat to worldwide shipments of air cargo. Also, the ugly campaigns and angry voters of 2010 midterm elections. On Reporter's Notebook, Iran, nuclear talks and international sanctions.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenIntelligence agencies are revealing more about the plot to send package bombs to Chicago. We hear about a possible dry run in September, about al Qaeda in Yemen and about the threat to worldwide shipments of air cargo. Also, the ugly campaigns and angry voters of 2010 midterm elections. On Reporter's Notebook, stalled talks on Iran's nuclear program were on again last Friday. On Sunday, President Ahmadinejad said they're off again. We get an update on the talks and the growing impact of international sanctions.
Banner image: A Yemeni man leaves a branch of the US package delivery firm UPS in Sanaa on October 30, 2010. Photo: Mohammad Huwais/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesThe Ugly Campaigns, Angry Voters of Midterm Elections 2010
The late House Speaker Sam Rayburn liked to say that in Washington, "if you want to get along, go along." Now there's a new rule: "if you want to get along, make damn sure you don't go along." That's according to Carl Cannon, executive editor of PoliticsDaily.com .
Read the story8 minWhat's the Next Surprise from al Qaeda?
Intelligence agencies say that last September they may have discovered a dry run for the package bombs found Friday in the UK and Dubai. All the intercepted packages contained were books, papers, CD's and household items, and they were allowed to continue to their destinations.
Read the story32 minIran Agrees to Talk, but Not about Its Nuclear Program
President Ahmadinejad says international sanctions are making Iran stronger, but there's evidence they're squeezing the economy and making life increasingly difficult for individual citizens. Meantime stalled talks on Iran's nuclear program were on again, but now they're off again.
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