against u.s. troops inlo afghanistan, his name is hajee malee kahn. he s said to have been behind the attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul next month. troops guarding the embassy battles these insurgent attackers for almost 20 hours straight. let me bring inok ourq nick pey loss. or me int( w3kabul. can you start with who this guy is and why he is a big deal. e1 this is the operational leader forq a group in afghanistan, we re told. that s a very sophisticated part of the insurgency in the east of the country and based inlp pakistan. this man is uncle to that network s leader. so a key player arrested on t5 cdaqxm we re told, it may hae taken this long to confirm his identity. but nato saying this is welcome t.j.÷dg here, and just how relevant is the3 hakani network? that s not a word our cnn crewers are used to seeing. the relevance op of this network in some ways, haqqani hasok become some of the most sophisticated agencies. they re well organized, certainly behind th
says anwar al awlaki, that killing could spark attacks in the united states by home grown violent extremists. that s the same kind of bulletin that was issued after osama bin laden was killed. awlaki was killed by a cia drone in yemen. his fluency in english and technology skills made him a top recruiter for al qaeda. there are reports that the missile strike that killed awlaki killed samir k khan. he grew up in new york city and north carolina and an editor of inspire al qaeda s online english language magazine. we re hearing reports the drone attack in yemen may have also killed a third alleged terror leader. ibrahim al asiri is a saudi bombmaker implicated in a number of terror plots against the united states. athena live from washington. what more are you hearing? this is an incredible notch in the belt of intelligence, u.s. intelligence. reporter: certainly as defense secretary leon panetta said yesterday, this has been a bad year for terrorists. what we re learnin
anthony home. hello to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with new information and a new warning with about the killing of a leading al qaeda figure. the cia use add drone to kill an nwar al awlaki in yemen. they had been tracking him with drones for two weeks, much like they did with osama bin laden. al awlaki is blamed for inspiring the underwear bomber in 2009. the fbi and the department of homeland security warning about possible retaliation in the u.s. they say his death could provide motivation for so-called lone wolf attackers. another part of the story this morning, the question whether it s l it s legal to target a u.s. citizen. he was born in new mexico. that s a question erin burnett asked cia director leon panetta. this individual was clearly a terrorist, and, yes, he was a citizen. but if you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. and that means that we have the ability to go after those who would threaten to attack the un
you never expect it to happen to yourself, your family farm, to be involved in something like this. reporter: right now, 22 americans in seven states from colorado to west virginia have been stricken. and the cdc investigators expect the number to rise since the jensen farm cantaloupe has been sold in 17 states. i went over started patting his face, chuck what is wrong? he couldn t talk or anything. so that s when i called 911. reporter: tammy palmer s husband, now paralyzed, is in a colorado hospital after eating a cantaloupe nearly a month ago. it s horrible. it s scary. reporter: each year, approximately 48 million food borne illnesses are reported in the united states. how does this happen especially for a fruit like cantaloupe? the chain of vulnerability begins in the field with contaminated soil or water and it could also come from workers or tools during harvest or packaging equipment, refrigerators used during storage. germs on the rind spread to the flesh of fruit
because it can grow in the refrigerator. up to 25% of all cases are fatal. now to the debate raging this morning over the safety of apple juice. it all started wednesday when dr. mehmet oz claimed that some of the best known apple juice brands contained dangerously high levels of arsenic. the fda has done its own testing and found much lower levels than dr. oz claimed. all of this, of course, has frightened parents and enraged some doctors including our very own dr. richard besser. mehmet, i m very upset about this. i think this was extremely irresponsible. it reminds me of yelling fire in a movie theater. i am not fear mongering. we did our home work on this. we spent a lot of time making sure we got our numbers right. other doctors say parents should be more worried about the sugar in apple juice than any toxin including arsenic in question. very tough. they came back on world news, we saw them sort of make nice.