Two bin Laden lieutenants leading new plots, U.S. says

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

WASHINGTON -- U.S. counterterrorism officials have identified two key lieutenants of Osama bin Laden -- including an alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks -- as the most active plotters of several al-Qaida attacks during the past year.

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