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Another show isis' ambition to strike western targets. two men in sydney have been arrested for trying to bring down a passenger plane with an ied. >> this is one of the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on australian soil. >> reporter: australian officials say the plan was to place a bomb in checked luggage. the plotters, after getting to the airport, aborted the plan. authorities aren't sure why. police only got wind of the plan 11 days later. what's new and frightening about this plot is that according to australia officials, this was a do-it-yourself bomb. they say a se...

There is the opportunity for weapons-grade explosives. >> and the assumption was it was isis in sinai or some affiliate group? is that the working assumption? >> well, i think that isis in the sinai has taken the credit for them, and i don't want to second guess the credit that they're taking. the reality is that isis is probably found in 14 or 15 countries in a significant, threatening way today, and their reach is far outside of just those 14 countries. >> the mass murderer or mass murderers in this particular case, are still at large. the egyptians, egyptian security sources say they've int...