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Inside the Life of an Al Qaeda Operative [12min]

Last summer, an explosion blew out the windows of an apartment in the Turkish coastal city of Antalya. Within a couple of days, Turkish authorities unraveled a plot to bomb an Israeli cruise ship and arrested two Al Qaeda operatives. After lengthy interrogation, one of them not only admitted his role in the plot, but described a long career in terrorism. Guest: Karl Vick, foreign correspondent for </I>The Washington Post.</i>
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