02 January 2003 Military News |
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- RFE/RL Afghanistan Report, Vol 2, Number 1 02 Jan 2003 -- SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN IN PERSPECTIVE / U.S. BOMBS SCHOOL ON AFGHAN-PAKISTANI BORDER... / ...WHICH PAKISTAN SAYS WAS INSIDE ITS TERRITORY... / ...AND NWFP ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS U.S. BOMBING / U.S. SOLDIERS COME UNDER ATTACK IN PAKTIKA AND KUNAR... / ...AS ANOTHER U.S. SOLDIER IS WOUNDED IN KANDAHAR / AL-QAEDA BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON U.S. SOLDIERS IN KABUL... / ...AS IS HIZB-E ISLAMI... / ...WHILE ITS LEADER RENEWS HIS DECLARATION OF JIHAD TO LIBERATE AFGHANISTAN FROM FOREIGN TROOPS... / ...AND AFGHAN JUDICIARY HOLDS EMERGENCY SESSION TO REBUFF HIS CALL FOR JIHAD / AFGHAN MINISTER SAYS WARLORDS POSE SECURITY THREAT / NORTHERN AFGHAN OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON KARZAI'S ATTEMPT TO CURB WARLORDS' POWER / SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKS ISAF BASE NEAR KABUL... / ...AND SEVEN ISAF SOLDIERS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH / AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS SIGN NONINTERFERENCE PACT... / ...WHICH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MISSES... / ...BUT IRAN BACKS PACT... / ...AS EDITORIAL TOUTS PAKISTAN'S COMMITMENT TO NONINTERFERENCE / UNION OF JOURNALISTS FORMED IN KABUL... / ...WHILE AN AFGHAN EDITOR IS SENTENCED FOR PUBLISHING CARTOON OF KARZAI / THIS WEEK IN AFGHANISTAN'S HISTORY
- V Corps Soldiers Receive Deployment Orders 2 January 2003 -- Approximately 800 soldiers from the U.S. Army's V Corps received orders this week to deploy to the Central Command area of responsibility.
- NAVY'S MOST POTENT ATTACK SUB REJOINS FLEET Royal Navy News 02 Jan 2003-- The Royal Navy's most potent attack submarine, the nuclear-powered HMS Torbay, has rejoined the active fleet following a £240 million update and reactor refuelling.
- Fact Sheet Recaps U.N. Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina Washington File 02 Jan 2003-- On December 21, 1995, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1035, setting up the UN International Police Task Force and a UN Civil Affairs Office. These were brought together as the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The UN Mission (UNMIBH) was created to help implement the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as the as the Dayton-Paris Agreement). It was "under the authority of the Secretary-General and subject to coordination and guidance as appropriate" of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed to oversee the Agreement's implementation.
- Completion of U.N. Mission in Bosnia Draws U.S. Praise Washington File 02 Jan 2003-- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher issued a statement marking the final day of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina and congratulating the United Nations, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative Jacques Klein, and the people of Bosnia "for their extraordinary work during this time."
Other Conflicts
- IVORY COAST VOA 02 Jan 2003-- Rebels in Ivory Coast say they may launch a full-scale assault after the government broke a cease-fire by attacking a rebel-held village. Meanwhile, the government accuses Liberian fighters allied to the rebels of going on a looting rampage in the west
- U-S-CHECHNYA-O-S-C-E VOA 02 Jan 2003-- The United States is expressing disappointment over Russia's closure of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's mission in Chechnya. U-S diplomats are trying to find a way to extend the O-S-C-E mission there
- TURKEY / CYPRUS VOA 02 Jan 2003-- Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan has spoken out against Turkey's long-time policy toward Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that is divided between Turkish and Greek populations and has long been an obstacle to improving relations between Turkey and Greece
- U.S. Disappointed at Russia Decision to End OSCE Chechnya Presence Washington File 02 Jan 2003-- The United States is disappointed with the Russian Government's decision to end the mandate of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Assistance Group in Chechnya, State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said in response to a journalist's question during the January 2 State Department Daily Briefing.
Defense Policy / Programs
- Daily Press Briefing State Department 02 Jan 2003 -- Allegations Involving DynCorp
