NPR 2011-05-08

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jamie Mclntyre.

The Pentagon today released five unremarkable videos of Osama bin¹ Laden². Unremarkable except for the fact that they were bin Laden home videos, captured by US Navy SEALs, who raided his compound and shot him dead, but while the videos are a curiosity, NPR's Rachel Martin says the rest of the whole brought back by special operations commandos is turning out to be an intelligence bonanza³.

A senior intelligence official said that they gleaned⁴ what amounted to the most significant, largest collection of terrorism material ever. That included digital files, audio files, computers, computer equipment, recording⁵ devices, even handwritten documents that they say couldn't have belonged to anyone else except Osama bin Laden. They say that we take away from all of this intelligence is that Osama bin Laden was far from a figurehead. He's someone they believe to be operationally significant to al-Qaeda, someone who is still involved in tactical planning and inspiring al-Qaeda and its affiliates⁶ to carry out plots specifically against the United States.

NPR's Rachel Martin.

The Taliban is vowing⁷ to retake its former stronghold in southern Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman says more than 100 militants⁸ flooded Kandahar, including men they say escaped in a bold prison break last month.

At least three women reportedly have been shot dead by Syrian forces outside the seaside city of Baniyas. NPR's Kelly McEvers reports Baniyas is a hotbed of anti-government protests and the latest to be surrounded by regime forces.

Human rights activists¹⁰ told news agencies the victims had joined an all-women protest on a road near Baniyas. Residents say tanks and soldiers stormed into the city at dawn and have cut electricity and phones. The same has reportedly happened in at least two other cities. A similar government takeover in the southern city of Daraa lasted 10 days and claimed dozens of lives. The Syrian government claims it's rooting out terrorists. The decentralized group that's been leading the protest, for the first time, has issued specific demands. On a Facebook page, the group calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop shooting at demonstrators, permit peaceful demonstrations¹¹, release all political prisoners and allow free elections in six months' time. Kelly McEvers, NPR News, Beirut.

Residents in western Tennessee and southwest Kentucky are on edge as the Mississippi River flood crest¹² moves downstream. Charlie Tipton, who owns a 3,000-acre farm just north of Memphis, Tennessee, is braced¹³ for the worst.

"We are actually in the flood plain, so we're used to high waters. We're used to flood, but never went this high."

The river near Memphis is expected to crest on Wednesday at 48 feet, just below the all-time record set in 1937.

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Post time is just two hours away, and NPR's Mike Pesca has this preview of the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Uncle Mo is a no-go as that promising¹⁴ colt, winner of our four of its five races, has not been able to beat a puzzling internal ailment¹⁵ that has slowed him down. Uncle Mo is listed as the second favorite. The favorite remains¹⁶ Dialed In, trained by the estimable Nick Zito. Calvin Borel, the jockey who rode three of the last four Derby winners, almost didn't have a mount in this race, but he will be riding Twice the Appeal at 20: 1 shot. Overall, the field of horses has been kindly¹⁷ described as undistinguished, but less notable collections have gone on to produce horses that would be seen as great. No horse has run all three Triple Crown races since Affirmed in 1978. Mike Pesca, NPR News.

The FBI says it was a sting. Lawyers for a Somali-American teenager accused of trying to detonate a bomb at an Oregon holiday tree lighting¹⁸ argue that it was entrapment¹⁹. Mohamed Mohamud's attorneys say e-mails from an FBI agent show that he was coerced²⁰ to violence. They say that's enough proof to show Mohamud's innocence²¹.

The US military has sent a new satellite into space. The satellite launched today from Cape⁹ Canaveral Air Force Station will provide missile warning, missile defense²², battlefield reconnaissance and technical intelligence.

Nine days after President Barack Obama released his birth certificate to show he was born in the United States, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has done the same. Jindal's birth certificate shows he was born in Baton²³ Rouge²⁴ to immigrant parents from India, who had green cards for permanent residency. That means the Republican is eligible²⁵ to run for president if he should choose.