08 January 2002 Military News

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

Operations

American Forces Detain 364 in Afghanistan AFIS 09 Jan. 2002-- U.S. forces currently are detaining 364 prisoners who were caught in Afghanistan.

Video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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The video footage above shows a January 7, 2001, F-14 strike on the Zhawar Kili complex. The footage is from one of two airstrikes conducted the previous day after additional buildings in caves or bunkers had been found in that area. In response, between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. EST that night, two airstrikes occurred. In the first, an F-14 dropped two precision-guided bombs on a building as shown in the video. And about two hours later an F-18 dropped two additional guided bombs on a bunker. Visble in the footage are vehicles near the compound, as well as an individual outside the targeted building. According to DoD, these were not friendly forces, and there was evidence that the compound was active with al Qaeda.

Government Statements and Transcripts

Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with C-SPAN 09 Jan. 2002-- Rumsfeld: It's difficult to know how long it will take to finish the job in Afghanistan, but we're certainly working hard on it, and the men and women in the armed services that are serving there are just doing a fabulous job. We're very fortunate to have them there. It's a dangerous place. There's no question about it. There's a great deal of crime, there's a great many weapons. There's a good deal of ordinance that's been stashed in various places around the country.

HOMELAND SECURITY VOA 09 Jan. 2002-- A new report urges the Bush administration to make sweeping changes in homeland security or risk a repeat of the September 11th terrorist attacks

Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, January 8, 2002 09 Jan. 2002-- Myers: Let me first say that operations continue. Yesterday our forces in Afghanistan continued efforts to locate remaining pockets of al Qaeda and Taliban fighters and their leadership, and they continued to search for camps and cave complexes which hide these pockets or their equipment.

News Reports

Rumsfeld Discusses Afghanistan, Budget, Base Closure AFIS 08 Jan. 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed Afghanistan, base closures and the DoD budget Jan. 8 in a C-SPAN television call-in show.
U.S. Involved With Efforts to Improve Afghan Health Crisis USIA 09 Jan. 2002-- Public health situation described as "desperate"
US Domestic Responses

International Responses
U-N AID / AFGHANISTAN VOA 08 Jan. 2002-- U-N officials in Geneva say the organization's relief effort in Afghanistan is making progress, but they acknowledge some parts of the country are still off-limits because of concerns about security