02 October 2000 Military News

U.S. Army, Boeing Agree to Second Multi-Year Apache Longbow Contract Boeing 02 Oct 2000 -- The U.S. Army and The Boeing Company signed an option contract Sept. 29 for the remanufacture of 269 additional U.S. Army AH-64A Apaches into next-generation AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters.
Republic of Korea Air Force's F-15 Flight Evaluation Begins Boeing 02 Oct 2000 -- The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) and The Boeing Company have begun flight evaluations of the F-15E Strike Eagle, a version of which Boeing is proposing for South Korea's FX fighter aircraft competition.
Boeing Marks 25th Anniversary of Apache First Flight Sept. 30 Boeing 02 Oct 2000 -- With more than 1 million combined flight hours under its wing and a quarter century of technological advances behind it, the AH-64 Apache continues to be the world's most versatile multi-role combat helicopter.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 Oct 2000
PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING United Nations 02 Oct 2000

LANKA / BLAST, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- At least 19 people have been killed and more than 45 wounded in a bombing at an election rally in eastern Sri Lanka.

U.S.-MIDEAST VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- President Clinton is continuing telephone diplomacy in an effort to end the worst outburst of Israeli-Palestinian violence in four years.
ISRAEL / RAMALLAH HOTEL, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Israeli troops have transformed a hotel in the West Bank into a military base, as clashes continue with Palestinians.
ANNAN / MIDEAST, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan says the United Nations is working hard to try end the latest crisis between Israelis and Palestinians.
ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Violence between Israelis and Palestinians continues to rage for the fifth day in rioting and bloodshed that has killed at least 35 people.
ALBRIGHT / FRANCE / MIDEAST, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who is in Paris, has joined French President Jacques Chirac in criticizing Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon for going to a Jerusalem holy site, sacred to both Muslims and Jews.
U.S.-MIDEAST VIOLENCE, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- The Clinton Administration says it has arranged a meeting of Israel and Palestinian security officials in the region to try to stem the outburst of violence that has set back U-S hopes for a peace accord before President Clinton leaves office.
ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Violence is continuing for the fifth day between Israelis and Palestinians.

State Department's Swigert on Yugoslav Elections, Washington Window, Worldnet Television, 02 October 2000 - Report on Yugoslav opposition to Slobodan Milosevic and an interview with James Swigert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.
YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Protestors have blocked main intersections in the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade, and brought economic activity to a halt in other towns at the start of an opposition-called general strike aimed at forcing President Slobodan Milosevic to yield power.
Daily Press Briefing - Yugoslav Elections, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 02 October 2000 -- Q: You have said that the United States is prepared to follow the lead of the opposition on what course of action is best. Mr. Kostunica now is saying that the United States should go easy on the war crimes issue because this is, in fact, helping Milosevic. What do you have to say to his criticism on this?
Secretary of State Albright on Yugoslav Elections, USIS Washington File, 02 October 2000 -- Op-ed column from Newsweek Magazine Oct. 9, 2000
Press Briefing By Jake Siewert - Yugoslav Elections, The White House, Office of the Secretary, 02 October 2000 -- Q: Mr. Milosevic said today in a televised address that he fully intended to take part in a second round, and making clear that he had no intention of conceding defeat in the first round. What's your reaction?

PHILIPPINES - REBEL ECONOMY, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- A report on the Philippine rebels, and the ransoms paid to them, have been affecting the lives of people living under the shadow of the Abu Sayyaf.
PHILIPPINES HOSTAGES FREED, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Officials in the Philippines say troops have rescued 13 of 17 hostages held for months by Muslim rebels.

East Timor: two UN peacekeepers die in road accident, UN News, 02 October 2000 -- Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed on Sunday in East Timor in a traffic accident outside of the capital, Dili, according to the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
UGANDA REBELS, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Ugandan rebels are believed to be behind a grenade attack that killed an Italian Roman Catholic missionary.
Ethiopia/Eritrea: Annan nominates chief for UN's newest peacekeeping mission, UN News, 02 October 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has nominated Botswana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, as his Special Representative to lead the Organization's newest peacekeeping mission.
GUINEA FIGHTING, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Reports from Guinea say fighting near the country's borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone killed about 70 people over the weekend

ZIMBABWE / POLITICS, Voice of America, 02 October 2000 -- Police in Zimbabwe say they might arrest opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for threatening President Robert Mugabe.

Space Station 'Doorway to Space' Passes Critical Pre-Launch Test Boeing 02 Oct 2000 -- The Boeing-built Joint Airlock Module has successfully completed a series of leak checks in a vacuum chamber that is used to test the pressurized elements of the International Space Station.

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