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• NATO / BOSNIA VOA 01 Mar. 2002-- NATO-led peacekeepers in Bosnia have again failed to find top war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic after conducting a second straight day of searches for him in a remote part of the country near the border with Montenegro
• RUSSIA / U-S / GEORGIA VOA 01 Mar. 2002-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the presence of U-S military advisers in neighboring Georgia is no cause for alarm. His remarks today (Friday) were more low key than the alarm expressed by other senior Russian officials that followed the reports that American troops will be training anti-terrorism force in Georgia
• Philippine public opinion is mixed on presence of U.S. troops Stars & Stripes 01 Mar. 2002-- The U.S. troops are deployed hundreds of miles to the south, but to Gloria Estrada they might as well be encamped in the middle of Rizal Park.

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Defense Policy / Programs

• DoD News Briefing - ASD PA Clarke and Brig. Gen. Rosa 01 Mar. 2002-- Clarke: Well, the continuity of government always -- the plan has been in place, has worked, has been very effective. September 11th was a great example of that. Since September 11th, across the spectrum, everyone looks at every practice, at every policy, and says, "Okay, do we have everything buttoned up absolutely the way it should be? Are we accurately reflecting the changes, those sorts of things?" So absolutely, but we're looking -- every aspect of government and particularly when you talk about the national security apparatus, we're looking at things in new and different ways in the wake of September 11th.
• Franks: U.S. military looking at long-term options in Central Asia Stars & Stripes 01 Mar. 2002-- U.S. forces could be setting up more of a permanent shop in Central Asia as countries there are talking with U.S. leaders about taking on terrorist groups, Army Gen. Tommy R. Franks, chief of the U.S. Central Command, told a congressional committee Wednesday.

News Reports

• Terror Pockets Remain U.S. Concern; Yemen, U.S. Talk Cooperation AFPS 01 Mar. 2002-- The primary mission in Afghanistan remains to eliminate the pockets of Al Qaeda and Taliban that are trying to regroup, Pentagon officials said Mar. 1.
• SHAPE NEWS SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 01 Mar. 2002-- Report: Gen. Ralston recommends sharp reduction in U.S. troops in Bosnia
• BRITAIN / IRAQ VOA 01 Mar. 2002-- Britain says it will support U-S military action against Iraq if the right conditions were met
• EDITORIAL: AFGHAN PEACEKEEPERS VOA 01 Mar. 2002-- The Afghan people have suffered through more than two decades of conflict. Afghanistan faced the bloody consequences of a Communist coup and reign of terror, was invaded by the Soviet Union, descended into civil war and anarchy, and was then oppressed by the Taleban regime.
• GENOCIDE AND INTERVENTION VOA 01 Mar. 2002-- It has been nearly eight years since genocide in Rwanda left an estimated 800-thousand ethnic Tutsi civilians dead. United Nations officials continue their tribunal to bring those responsible to justice, and a debate continues over whether the massacre could have been prevented. Several human right scholars and international aid officials recently met at a small college in the Midwestern United States to discuss the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and whether international intervention would have made a difference
• DOES COLOMBIAN CRISIS RATE U.S. 'INTERVENTION' OR 'INDIFFERENCE'? 01 Mar. 2002-- Latin American and European editorials approve of Colombian President Pastrana's decision to break off peace talks with the FARC and revoke the DMZ, but criticize it as long overdue.