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Citizens, but declined to identify their national ality or how long they have been in canada and few details of the plot have been released. though canadian authorities say it was in the planning stages and not imminent. passenger trains terrorist targets before. in 2004, more than 190 people killed in madrid. dozens of people died a year later in the london bombings and documents seized in the raid that killed osama bin laden s w showed that bin laden wanted to attack trains in the u.s. canadian investigators in this case, the suspects received support from al qaeda elements in iran. >> the i...

Iran. now i can tell you that there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state sponsored. >>steve: what's that all about? joining us from d.c. is the former head of the bin laden unit at the c.i.a. michael, good morning to you. >> good morning, sir. how are you? >>steve: doing okay, but i'm a little troubled by what happened up in canada where apparently these guys were receiving support from al qaeda element in iran? >> there's been a lot of al qaeda people in iran since the invasion of afghanistan. a lot of them evacuated there and then the iranians put them under house arre...

Bin laden wanted to atrack trains in the u.s. the suspects received support from al qaeda elements in iran. >> the individuals were receiving support from al qaeda elements located in iran. i can tell you there is no information to indicate these attacks were state sponsored. >> reporter: they issued a statement to the u.n. saying in part al qaeda has no part of doing any activity inside iran. we reject strongly and categorically any connection to this story. authorities here maintain these two were getting support from al qaeda out of iran. >> al qaeda elements in iran as the canadians have b...

I'm going to take a look at the morning papers and we'll talk about it later. all right, 30 past the hour, the "new york times," the french embassy in tripoli was struck by what officials believe was a car bomb early this morning. two guards were injured, but no one was killed. it's the first attack of its kind in libya's capital since the ousting of moammar gadhafi's regime. willie? from our parade of papers, the buffalo news, two men linked to al qaeda accused of plotting to derail passenger trains in canada. officials say men had received direction from al qaeda in iran. there's no eviden...

Arraigned in toronto. canadian authorities say the two men planned to blow up a bridge in toronto while a passenger train traveling from new york passed by. police say the men had direction from al-qaeda. >> the individuals were receiving support from al-qaeda elements located in iraq. now, i can tell that you there is no information to indicate that these attacks were state sponsored. >> gretchen: now iran is denying any links. canadian and u.s. officials insist there was no imminent threat to the public. another embassy in libya was attacked. the france's embassy in libya was attacked. two...