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Current Operations

• BRITAIN / KARZAI VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- The interim leader of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has held talks in London with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Afghanistan's security needs
• AFGHANISTAN / FIGHTING VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- Heavy fighting is reported in the eastern Afghan town of Gardez as two rival factions battle for control. Many residents are said to have fled the town and some reports indicate dozens of people have been killed.
• PHILIPPINES / U-S VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- Philippine and U-S forces have formally launched joint military exercises to wipe out Muslim extremists linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network

Other Conflicts

• U-S / BRITAIN / ZIMBABWE VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- The approval by Zimbabwe's parliament of a law limiting press freedoms drew quick condemnation Thursday from Secretary of State Colin Powell and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who held talks on Zimbabwe and other issues in Washington. Both the European Union and the United States are weighing targeted sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and other senior officials in Harare if the March elections there are deemed unfair
• ZIMBABWE / OPPOSITION VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- Zimbabwe's main opposition candidate for president, Morgan Tsvangirai, says (Thursday) current political conditions in the country prevent any prospect of a free and fair presidential election, as both Mr. Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe officially registered today to run in the March election
• CHECHNYA - U-S VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- The top diplomat for Chechen separatists is in Washington for talks with U-S officials about the situation in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya. Ilyas Akhmadov is concerned that Russia's cooperation in the U-S fight against terrorism is making Washington blind to alleged human rights abuses by the Russian military in Chechnya. Mr. Akhmadov's U-S visit has angered Moscow

Defense Policy / Programs

• Secretary Rumsfeld Delivers Major Speech on Transformation 31 Jan. 2002-- Preparing for the future will require us to think differently and develop the kinds of forces and capabilities that can adapt quickly to new challenges and to unexpected circumstances. An ability to adapt will be critical in a world where surprise and uncertainty are the defining characteristics of our new security environment.
• Flexibility, Adaptability at Heart of Military Transformation AFPS 31 Jan. 2002-- A culture of change, flexibility and adaptability is more important to transforming the military than simply having new hardware, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told students Jan. 31 at the National Defense University here.
• RUMSFELD/DEFENSE VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States must prepare now for potential surprise attacks "vastly more deadly" than the bloody terrorist strikes of September 11th
• Transcript: Adm. Blair Discusses Military Cooperation in SE Asia 31 Jan. 2002-- The commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific (CINCPAC) said that the United States and Indonesia are engaged in "modest" joint efforts to combat terrorism, but added that he hoped more would be possible once the Indonesian military is successfully reformed.
• Rumsfeld Sees Urgent Need to Transform the U.S. Military USIA 31 Jan. 2002-- Events of September 11 provide powerful case for action

News Reports

• CHINA BUSH AXIS VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- China criticized President Bush for calling three nations accused of terrorism "an axis of evil".
• Transcript: Rice Warns of Dangerous Powers Pursuing Dangerous Weapons 31 Jan. 2002-- Rice: As the President said, we must not and we will not wait on events while dangers gather, and we will use every tool at our disposal to meet this grave global threat. We will work to strengthen nonproliferation regimes and export controls. We will use our new and budding relationship with Russia to redouble our efforts to prevent the leakage of dangerous materials and technologies. And we will move ahead with a missile defense system that can do the job, unconstrained by the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
• STATE DEPARTMENT / AXIS VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- A U-S official says the door remains open to dialogue with North Korea and Iran, two of the nations cited by President Bush in his State of the Union address as countries that "pose a grave and growing danger." The official says, however, the door will not remain open indefinitely
• U-S / IRAN / IRAQ VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- In his state of the union speech on Tuesday, President George Bush warned Iraq, Iran and North Korea that the United States will not tolerate any efforts to acquire or export weapons of mass destruction. The warning underscored Mr. Bush's pledge to expand the fight against terrorism beyond Al - Qaida to other groups and regimes that sponsor terror
• BUSH / TERRORISM VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- President Bush has repeated his warning against countries developing weapons of mass destruction
• U-S / N. KOREA VOA 31 Jan. 2002-- President Bush's mention of North Korea as one of three countries attempting to acquire weapons of mass destruction came as a surprise to many observers.