06 September 2000 Military News

ATK Awarded Contracts Valued at $17 Million for Production of Medium-Caliber Ammunition ATK 06 Sep 2000 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said it has been awarded two contracts with a combined value of $17 million from the U.S. Army Operations Support Command, Rock Island, Ill., for production of medium-caliber target practice ammunition. The contracts are:
NASSCO Awarded Contract for USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) Extended Drydocking and Repair General Dynamics 06 Sep 2000 -- ational Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, (NYSE: GD), announced that it has received a contract valued at up to $23 million for the eight-month extended drydocking and repair availability of USS Mobile Bay (CG-53).
CACI Awarded $16.9 Million Prime Contract to Support Command and Intelligence Systems CACI 06 Sep 2000 -- CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year, $16.9 million, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity prime contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) San Diego, California, to support a variety of Navy, Joint Services, and national Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) systems.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 06 Sep 2000

AFGHANISTAN/FIGHTING, Voice of America, 06 September 2000 -- In Afghanistan, the ruling Taleban movement has captured a key opposition town after weeks of fighting in the north of the country.

TIMOR ATTACK, Voice of America, 06 September 2000 -- In the Indonesian province of West Timor, at least three foreign U-N aid workers have been killed during an attack by a mob of pro-Jakarta militia members on the office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
OGATA-TIMOR ATTACK, Voice of America, 06 September 2000 -- The U-N High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata is calling for the Indonesian government to crack down on militia groups in West Timor.
PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, UN Press Briefing, 06 September 2000 -- Three International staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) were killed in a brutal mob attack in Atambua, West Timor, in "the worst security incident ever to face UNHCR", the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, informed correspondents at a press conference this morning.
Militia attack on international staff in West Timor draws strong condemnation, UN News, 06 September 2000 -- Today's fatal militia attack on three United Nations staff members in West Timor has drawn immediate and strong condemnation from world leaders and top UN officials.
Three aid workers killed in militia attack on UN refugee agency in West Timor, UN News, 06 September 2000 -- Militia opposed to independence of East Timor attacked today the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in West Timor, killing at least three relief workers.

LEBANON POLITICS, Voice of America, 06 September 2000 -- Lebanon's elections have produced a major victory for former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY FORMER FRENCH PRIME MINISTER United Nations 06 Sep 2000
PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA United Nations 06 Sep 2000
PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES United Nations 06 Sep 2000
PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF FINLAND United Nations 06 Sep 2000
PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF CHILE United Nations 06 Sep 2000

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