a german counterterrorist official says that u.s. bank, stock exchanges and other economic institutions were the targets. at the same time developments on the battlefield in afghanistan and pakistan that are apparently linked to the plot. here are key points. authorities say a german citizen of afghan deedee scent and spelled out the terror plan and said it would be like the mumbai incident two years ago. osama bin laden apparently approved the plan. so far no word if the threats were also against the united states. now to the war zone in afghanistan and pakistan. nato says an air strike killed a top al qaeda commander in northern afghanistan along the border with pakistan. the u.s. recently increased the don attacks in pakistan. drone targets in pakistan include taliban and al qaeda forces and militants linked to al qaeda. and the taliban have been denying claims made by top u.s.