Military


03 January 2002 Military News

Operations
Government Statements and Transcripts
News Reports
US Domestic Responses
International Responses

Operations

  • AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 03 Jan. 2002-- U-S aircraft have attacked an al-Qaida camp near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan after detecting activity by terrorists regrouping there
  • PENTAGON/TERRORISTS VOA 03 Jan. 2002-- Mr. Rumsfeld will not say if Somalia is emerging as the likely next target of American attacks.

    Government Statements and Transcripts
  • Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, January 3, 2002 03 Jan. 2002-- Rumsfeld: We do want to capture Osama bin Laden and Omar and the al Qaeda and Taliban leadership, that we're working on it, but even if we were to capture them tomorrow, our job would still be far from over. The network is well organized. It's global. We continue to get additional intelligence information, which reinforces our conviction as to the breadth and depth of that terrorist network. So we do have a good distance to go.
  • Transcript: USAID Chief Says Famine Averted in Afghanistan 03 Jan. 2002-- MR. NATSIOS: Thank you very much. It appears from the data we've collected and the reporting we're getting from the field that we have averted widespread famine in Afghanistan, and this is a major, I think, accomplishment. The congratulations go to the international organizations such as the World Food Program that did the primary distribution into the country, and then to the NGOs that did the distribution from the interior warehouses to the remote villages and to the cities.

    News Reports

    • AFGHAN CONDITIONS VOA 03 Jan. 2002-- The war in Afghanistan went faster than expected. The clean-up and rebuilding will take much longer
    • U-S-Afghan Aid VOA 03 Jan. 2002-- Senior U-S aid officials say a big surge in food deliveries to Afghanistan in December has eliminated the danger of large-scale famine in the country this winter.

      US Domestic Responses

      International Responses
    • AFGHANISTAN / WRAP VOA 03 Jan. 2002-- Special U-N envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdahr Brahimi, is expected to meet with the new interim government leader and American diplomats in Kabul to discuss unconfirmed reports of civilian casualties during last week's bombing raid in Paktia province
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