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December 3, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- U-S aircraft are again hammering the few remaining Taleban and al-Qaida targets around Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, and Jalalabad, in the east of the country
  

  Video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  The two videos above show November 30, 2001 airstrikes on barracks facilities near Kandahar. According to DoD, Taliban forces had taken up positions in and around these facilities. Visble in the videos are impact craters and hits from previous airstrikes on that facility
  The two videos above show December 1, 2001 airstrikes on Taliban vehicles south of Kandahar that were in positions facing opposition groups. The vehicles were destroyed

  
  

  Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Enduring Freedom Operational Update - Rear Adm. Stufflebeem 03 Dec. 2001 -- "Operations continued over the weekend, focusing on four main areas: strikes on emerging targets, in support of opposition operation groups operating in the vicinity of Kandahar; increasing attacks on Taliban and terrorist command and control elements, particularly in cave and tunnel complex areas; establishing airfield operations at locations in northern Afghanistan, as these will enhance our humanitarian assistance efforts. And we continue to plan future operations for our Marines. Yesterday we conducted airstrikes in 10 planned target areas, generally around the Jalalabad and Kandahar areas. We used about 110 strike aircraft, including about 90 tactical aircraft launched from sea-based platforms, 12 to 14 land-based tactical aircraft, and between eight and 10 long-range bombers"
• Transcript: Homeland Security Director on Potential Terrorist Attacks 03 Dec. 2001-- Ridge: Over the last several days our intelligence in law enforcement agencies have seen an increased volume in level of activity involving threats of terrorist attacks. The information we have does not point to any specific target either in America or abroad. And it does not outline any specific type of attack.
• Text: State Department Charts Progress of Humanitarian Demining Program 03 Dec. 2001-- The number of landmines implanted in the ground is now estimated at 45-50 million, another dramatic drop from previous estimates of 60-70 million.

  News Reports

• AMERICAN TALEBAN VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- U-S legal authorities are trying to decide what to do with a man believed to be an American citizen who fought with the Taleban in Afghanistan and who is now being detained by U-S forces
• AFGHAN / MINES VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- One of the first international agencies to return to Kabul since the collapse of the Taleban government there is the U-N Mine Action Program. One of the group's first and most urgent tasks is to locate and defuse the bombs which fell and did not explode during U-S air strikes
• U-S & UZBEKISTAN VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- Cabinet ministers from Uzbekistan have been in Washington to discuss expanded relations with the United States. Uzbekistan has played a key role in the war against terrorism by providing an air base and access for more than one-thousand U-S troops
• Debate on Military Tribunals Intensifies USIA 03 Dec. 2001-- Poll reveals most Americans support government initiatives
• AFGHANISTAN / OPIUM PRODUCTION VOA 03 Dec. 2001--The head of the United Nations drug control program in Afghanistan warns the country is danger of establishing a drug economy, unless Afghan political leaders form a government that can effectively control opium production

  US Domestic Responses

• BUSH TERROR ALERT VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- The White House is issuing a new terrorist warning to Americans. Officials say they have evidence indicating terrorists could be planning further attacks

  International Responses

• U-N / AFGHANISTAN VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- The United Nations refugee agency says it has appealed to Pakistan to open its border to thousands of Afghans fleeing fighting in southern Kandahar province
• AFGHAN / CONFERENCE VOA 03 Dec. 2001-- The U-N-sponsored talks among four Afghan factions to set up a post-Taleban government have stalled over the fine print in a draft plan for a new interim administration