01 October 2001 Military News

Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Government Statements and Transcripts
US Domestic Responses
International Responses
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Operations

PAK / AFGHAN VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Pakistan's president says he believes the ruling Taleban will not remain in power in Afghanistan for long, and that there will be a military strike against alleged terrorist targets inside Afghanistan
PENTAGON/FORCES VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Another U-S aircraft carrier has set sail in the growing military buildup triggered by last month's terrorist attacks
PENTAGON/STRATEGY VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- In a major shift in strategy, the Pentagon now says the highest priority of the U-S military is homeland defense - not fighting overseas
JAPAN / MILITARY ASSISTANCE VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- The Japanese Parliament is debating whether to enact Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's plan to provide rear-guard military support to any U-S military action against terrorism.

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

Transcript: Bush Reports "Progress on Many Fronts" in War Against Terrorism 01 Oct. 2001-- We've deployed 29,000 military personnel and two carrier battle groups, as well as an amphibious-ready group and several hundred military aircraft. We've called about 17,000 members of the Reserve to active duty, as well as several thousand National Guard operating under state authority.
Fact Sheet: White House Lists Results of Anti-Terrorism Campaign, Sept. 14-30 01 Oct. 2001-- Breakdown by department of all evrything that the US and other countries have done in the weeks following Sept 11
Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, October 1, 2001 01 Oct. 2001-- Mondays briefing at the State Department
Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, October 1, 2001 01 Oct. 2001-- Mondays briefing
Transcript: U.S. Defense Planners Examine Critical Challenges 01 Oct. 2001-- Even before the September 11th events, the QDR concluded that terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, cyber attacks, missile threats, and the like, would transform the landscape in which we live.
Text: Annan Says Broad Coalition Needed to Defeat Terrorism 01 Oct. 2001-- "In this struggle, there is simply no alternative to international cooperation. Terrorism will be defeated if the international community summons the will to unite in a broad coalition, or it will not be defeated at all," Annan told the U.N. General Assembly as it opened its debate on terrorism.
Excerpt: State's Boucher Says U.S. Working Hard to Help Afghan People 01 Oct. 2001-- Boucher said so far about 30,000 Afghan refugees have turned up on the border with Pakistan.

US Domestic Responses

U.S. to Assist Those Who Seek a Peaceful, Economically Developed Afghanistan USIA01 Oct. 2001-- Bush committed to providing humanitarian aid to people of Afghanistan
U-N/NEGROPONTE VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- The U-S ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, says that, while his nation has the right to defend itself against terrorism, it is not proceeding alone
BUSH-AFGHANISTAN VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- The White House says it will assist those who seek a democratic Afghanistan that does not harbor terrorists

International Responses

AFGHAN KING VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- In Rome, Afghanistan's aged, exiled king has just met with other opponents of the Taleban and some members of the U-S Congress. Their aim is to put together a coalition that could govern Afghanistan once the Taleban are gone.
MEXICO/COUNTERTERRORISM VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Law enforcement officials in Mexico are taking special steps to prevent terrorist groups from entering or operating in their territory
RED CROSS / AFGHANISTAN VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- The International Committee of the Red Cross announced today (Monday) it hopes to start sending regular convoys of medical supplies to Afghanistan. Over the weekend, a convoy of supplies got through to the Afghan capital, Kabul, and that has encouraged the agency to attempt to send more
CHINA TERROR REACT S & L VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- China's president is praising what he calls Pakistan's tough stand against terrorism, and is offering emergency financial aid to Pakistan.
U-N / TERROR DEBATE OPENS VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan says a truly united United Nations is the only effective way to defeat terrorism.
BRITAIN / TERRORISM VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Britain says it has frozen 88-million dollars in assets linked to the Taleban regime in Afghanistan.

Defense Industry

ATK Rocket Motor Boosts Athena I Vehicle in First Launch From Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex ATK 01 Oct 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a solid rocket motor developed and produced by ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company, Promontory, Utah, helped launch an Athena I space launch vehicle on its first mission from the new Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska on Sept. 29.
ATK Nozzle for Delta IV Engine Passes Flight Certification Testing ATK 01 Oct 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said a rocket nozzle for the Boeing RS-68 engine developed by ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company, Promontory, Utah, successfully passed a series of four flight certification tests, clearing the way for production of the nozzle and its use on the maiden flight of the new Boeing Delta IV launch vehicle in early 2002.
ORBITAL SIGNS CONTRACT TO BUILD AND LAUNCH JAPAN'S BSAT-2c DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE Orbital Sciences Corp. 01 Oct 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has signed a contract to construct and launch a geostationary (GEO) communications satellite for Japan's Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT).
General Dynamics Extends Tender Offer for all Outstanding Shares of Newport News Shipbuilding General Dynamics 01 Oct 2001 -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today extended its pending tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock (including associated rights) of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (NYSE: NNS) to midnight EDT on October 5, 2001.

Other Conflicts

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 01 Oct 2001

News Reports

AFGHAN / FOOD AID VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- The north of Afghanistan is receiving its first distribution of food aid in three months. Two hundred tons of wheat are being supplied to camps sheltering refugees from the war with the Taleban
Defense Department Sends Strategy Review to Congress USIA 01 Oct. 2001-- Quadrennial Report examines future U.S. defense policies
U.N. Called to Action Against Terrorism USIA 01 Oct. 2001-- Need to unite now as never before, Giuliani says
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND TERRORISM VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Dateline report on civil liberties
U-N / TERROR DEBATE VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- A week-long debate is underway in the United Nations General Assembly on international terrorism and what to do about it.
BUSH / TERRORISM VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- President Bush says there has been progress in the campaign against terrorism. But at the same time, he is urging Americans to be patient and look to the long term
TERRORISM / TOWN MEETING VOA 01 Oct. 2001-- Despite plunging consumer confidence in the United States during the three weeks since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, government and private economists say there is room for optimism.
U.S. Will Disintegrate Al Qaeda, Rumsfeld Says AFPS 01 Oct. 2001-- "Unconventional approaches are much more likely and more appropriate than the typical conventional approach of armies and navies and air forces," he said.
U.N. Security Council Enacts New Measures Against Terrorism USIA 01 Oct. 2001-- Denies financing, support, safe haven to terrorists
Mexico Committed to Helping U.S. Fight Terrorism, Says Fox 01 Oct. 2001-- Mexico will prevent its territory from being used by terrorists
Ashcroft Sees Likelihood of More Terrorist Activity in U.S. USIA 01 Oct. 2001-- Urges quick action on anti-terrorism package in Congress
Rumsfeld Skeptical of Taliban Statements USIA 01 Oct. 2001-- Defense Secretary interviewed September 30 on "Meet the Press

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