mission last week, today there were two more attacks in the baghdad area alone. in one, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the iraqi army convoy. and in another, militants detonated a car bomb and then followed up with a roadside bomb when people gathered at the scene. we re told the attacks killed at least three people and injured more than two dozen others. in afghanistan, the taliban s leader claims afghan fighters are winning the war and the united states is wasting money and lives. mulla muhammad omar making those comments in an internet message to mark the end of ramadan, he also says american forces will be out of afghanistan soon and tells his followers to help avoid hurting civilians in the meantime. u.s. commanders point out that taliban fighters don t always follow that advice. three more suspects face charges for the failed times square bombing. they ve been in custody in pakistan since the botched attempt in may and now the cops
come in, absolutely. and we re alert and ready to get it up. meanwhile, a sand cleaning operation is in full swing here on grand isle today and every day under a scorching hot sun. they re scraping the oil sand off the surface of the beach. they re piling it up and bringing it into this operation here where they re scrubbing it and separating it. from the oil. and then piling up the clean stand sand. they ll redistribute it on the beach as soon as they re convinced no more oil is washing on shore, julie. julie: rick leventhal, thank you so much. great report. back-to-back days of deadly attacks in iraq. the death toll climbing after an attack in iraq s second big s city, at least 43 people died after explosions ripped through a market yesterday. and today, a suicide car bomber targeting a police patrol west of baghdad killed eight people. the latest spike in violence coming as all, but 50,000 u.s. troops prepare to withdraw from iraq by the end of the
classes and turned over the tape to the fbi. the fbi says that professor s actions proved crucial to their investigation some six years later. on a hunch, la blanc asked agents to show ha video of him to sa save. from that video he was able to make on identification. reporter: on 9/11, his mother, who doesn t want to be named, says he called home for the last time. he called me and said did you hear what happened, so on, so on. they said they put it on the muslims. i said yes. i tell him do not come. and do not come. because the all against the muslim people. he was arguing with me. he say no, i didn t do nothing. i will come. don t worry about it. reporter: his mother adamantly denies her son is directing al qaeda attacks. but when i asked about the admitted times square car bomber, she said this.
and he was arguing with me. he said, no, i didn t do nothing. his mother adamantly denies her son is directing al qaeda attacks, but when i asked about the admitted times square car bomber, she said this. sometimes you have to do something very alarming for the people to wake up. it s not because you hate them or you want to destroy them or you want to hurt them. that was our susan candiotti. general james clapper is the new director of national intelligence. he is the fourth dni since the job was created five years ago. general clapper will oversee 16 intelligence agencies. other big stories, the jobs report for july is out today. the economy overall cut 131,000 positions last month. much of that could be tied to the loss of temporary census positions. the private sector gained 71,000 jobs, enough to keep the jobless
looking at all the muslim people. he started arguing with me. no, i didn t do nothing. i will come. don t worry. after this. after that i don t hear about him. reporter: his mother adamantly denies her son is directing al qaeda attacks. but when i asked about the admitted times skwar car bomber she said this some time you have to do something very alarming for the people to wake up. it is not because you hate them or you want to destroy them or you want to hurt them. is there anything that you would tell your son about what he should do or not do? no. i don t have nothing to tell him. he have his own guide and his own heart. reporter: for the fbi, it is all about staying one step ahead. where will al qaeda and he strike next. he s definitely focused on attack being the united states an other western countries. looking for people? recruiting people, deciding on targets. absolutely.