the kids the tenths great english class that they deserved as ironic as it sounds that i was teaching it. listen, it gave me a tremendous amount of respect for what teachers go through and have to do. i m actually going to try to write a book about it to fill in the blanks. i wish everything was on camera. the name of the book is i would like to apologize to every teacher i ve ever had: my year at northeast high. we will watch it. it s very timely and important message. as much as we on this show every day try to get to the bottom of some of the problems of public education, it s always important to remember we have to respect our teachers. good to see you. thank you for having me. you keep up the good work. tony danza. if you want to check in on what he s doing we ll post links to my blog. let me check in on top stories right now. europe is said to be a prime target of al qaeda-linked terrorists according to a german citizen captured in afghanistan. german authorities say he
men, ten men in the mumbai attack using automatic weapons and small explosives, hand gra natds and the like. and this plot not only coordinated around a couple of hotels in one city but planned for britain for france and planned for germany. officials say that they ve interrupted this as such a stage that it had not got beyond pakistan. it was still being planned and none of these potential attackers had come back to europe. all information that this german afghan provided. ahmed sidiqi arrested in kabul in july of this year, ali. thanks. paul crook schank, in london. when we hear about this, these two things have a connection. when we hear about the top al qaeda commanders or even lieutenants who are captured or killed, mostly killed these days what does this do to the structure of al qaeda? i mean, there are obviously great resources an strategy that
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.
afghan government officials about possible peace talks. there s a lot going on, and we ve got the story covered on all fronts. ivan watson in kabul, afghanistan. fred plankton in islamabad, pakistan kninic robertson and i tell us what you know about this first. reporter: well, an air strike that took place on saturday according to u.s. and nato spokesmen. usually we re hearing about raids that tart taliban commanders, taliban operatives. this time identifying two arab al qaeda operatives. one by the name of abdullah omar karashi a saudi bringing foreign fighters into afghanistan, ard coulding to a spokesman and abu atta al kuwaiti, a kuwaiti explosives expert. this took place in kunar province near the border with pakistan, in a bloody corner
commander in afghanistan general david petraeus that the taliban was in contact with the government about possible peace talks. it sounds complicated and it is. we ve got it covered on several fronts. ivan watson is in kabul, afghanistan. fred pleitgan. and let s start in kabul with ivan watson. ivan, bring us up to speed on what we know. reporter: let s see. i just lost audio connection, ali. if i understood you correctly, what took place here was an air strike. an air strike according to nato and isaf spokesmen that took place saturday in a turbulent corner of eastern afghanistan in kunar province. u.s. military spokesmen have said a senior al qaeda operative was killed by the name of