Bin Laden Tried to Get Anthrax, General Says

U.S. forces recently found evidence in Afghanistan that Osama bin Laden was trying to “get his hands on” anthrax or other biological weapons, the commander of the war effort said.

But U.S. troops have found nothing to show that Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network had succeeded in obtaining anthrax or making germ weapons, said Gen. Tommy Franks, head of the U.S. Central Command.

U.S. forces recently discovered a site near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that appeared to be an Al Qaeda biological weapons lab under construction. Franks discussed the find in an NBC interview taped Saturday and airing today on “Meet the Press.” The network provided an excerpt Saturday.