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October 11, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• PENTAGON / ATTACKS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says ongoing U-S airstrikes continue to target leaders of the Al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan
• AFGHAN ATTACKS / L-UPDATE VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Taleban authorities say more than 70-civilians have been killed in air and missile strikes against targets in Afghanistan
• ATTACKS/SOUTHEAST ASIA REACT VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Officials in the Philippines say U-S military advisors are soon to visit the southern part of the country to help the army's fight against Islamist separatists, who are holding more than one dozen hostages
• AFGHAN / ATTACKS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Taleban officials say U-S jets carried out more daylight air strikes against targets in the southern Afghan city, Kandahar

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Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: British Defence Secretary and Chief of the Defence Staff: Press Conference 11 October 2001 -- We are there for a long haul - the completion of the objectives which are essential to counteract terrorism is not yet in sight - and nothing about the history of campaigns in this country, in Afghanistan, suggests that a quick fix is likely.
• Transcript: Bush, in Press Conference, Decries Terrorist "Evildoers" 11 Oct. 2001-- We're mounting a sustained campaign to drive the terrorists out of their hidden caves and to bring them to justice. All missions are being executed according to plan on the military front.
• Transcript: Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing, October 11, 2001 11 Oct. 2001-- DOD briefing with General Osman, shows battle damage and discusses assets used.
• Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, October 11, 2001 11 Oct. 2001-- Boucher: "We are very satisfied with Saudi cooperation. They have been with us in many areas of this coalition and many of the steps that need to be taken. You know, they have helped to isolate the Taliban diplomatically"
• Transcript: Bush Says Substantial Progress Made in the War on Terrorism 11 Oct. 2001-- I had a good visit with our Secretary of Treasury, who informed me that we've now frozen $40 million worth of assets -- Taliban and al Qaeda assets all around the world, and we've just begun.
• Text: Treasury Says $24 Million in Terrorist Assets Frozen Worldwide 11 Oct. 2001-- We've seen unprecedented cooperation from around the world. 102 countries have committed to joining the effort to disrupt terrorist assets and 62 countries already have put blocking orders in force. Nations around the world have frozen more than $24 million is assets since September 11.
• FBI Press Release on Threat of Terrorism 11 Oct. 2001-- The FBI believes that there is a significant risk of a terrorist attack within the next several days
• Text: OSCE Unanimously Supports U.S.-led Actions Against Terrorism 11 Oct. 2001-- The 55 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) today adopted unanimously a statement in support of the actions of the United States to counter terrorism.
• Transcript: U.S. Statement to OSCE Permanent Council on Afghanistan 11 Oct. 2001-- The United States thanked the member countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for their support for the anti-terrorism campaign, including the military strikes against terrorist training camps and military installations in Afghanistan
• Text: EPA Sets Up Water Protection Task Force 11 Oct. 2001-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established a water protection task force to help federal, state and local officials safeguard the nation's drinking water supply from terrorist attack
• Text: USAID Chief Natsios Details U.S. Humanitarian Response to Afghanistan 11 Oct. 2001-- Our primary goal, of course, is to prevent as many people from dying as possible. Winter is fast approaching, so time is clearly of the essence. We must get as much food as possible into the country as soon as possible, particularly to the mountain areas of the Hindu Kush
• Text: State Dept. Official on Western Hemisphere Response to Terrorism 11 Oct. 2001-- In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the nations of the Western Hemisphere have strongly supported U.S. efforts to construct a global coalition against terrorism, says Curt Struble, deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.
• Text: WFP Announces Increased Food Deliveries to Afghanistan 11 Oct. 2001-- The World Food Program (WFP) says almost 3300 metric tons of food is being delivered to Afghanistan -- arriving in truck convoys from Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. WFP reports in an October 10 press release that the supplies are adequate to feed 700,000 citizens for one week.

US Domestic Responses

• TERROR/AMENDMENT VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have prompted Congress to consider what was once the unimaginable.
• CONGRESS - AFGHAN AID VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- U-S and relief officials briefed U-S lawmakers on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. Their testimony at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday came three days after U-S - led air strikes began against suspected terrorist camps and Taleban military installations

International Responses

• FRANCE/SPAIN/TERRORISM VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- At a meeting in the southern French city of Perpignan, French and Spanish leaders agreed today (Wednesday) to push for the creation of Europe-wide arrest warrants as a key step in fighting terrorism
• PAKISTAN/REACT/STRIKES VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Pakistani government has increased security ahead of Friday's general strike called by religious parties to protest U-S military strikes in Afghanistan
• EGYPT/ BLAIR / MUBARAK VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have discussed the war on terrorism and the conflict in the Middle East during talks in Cairo
• PALESTINIANS / ISRAEL / ATTACKS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's security forces this week used deadly force against Palestinians protesting the U-S attacks on terrorist and military targets in Afghanistan
• GERMANY / ATTACKS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told parliament that Germany must re-examine its role in the world following last month's terrorist attacks in the United States
• INDONESIA/PROTESTS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Demonstrations against the American-led anti-terrorist action in Afghanistan have continued for the fourth straight day in Indonesia. As Patricia Nunan files from Jakarta
• ASIA/ECONOMY VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Governments across Asia are making moves to soften the economic impact of September's terrorist attacks and of the American-led anti-terrorism campaign

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 11 Oct 2001

News Reports

• BUSH TERRORISM VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- President Bush says U-S led military strikes have terrorists on the run in Afghanistan. But he admits the fight against global terrorism may take a long time
• CONGRESS - AVIATION SECURITY VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- The Democratic-led U-S Senate has unanimously approved a bill to improve aviation security to prevent the kind of hijackings that led to the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon exactly one month ago
• Bush Reports Progress in War Against Terrorism USIA 11 Oct. 2001-- President discusses anti-terror campaign in White House press conference
• The UN Helped Galvanize Action Against the Terrorists, Powell Says USIA 11 Oct. 2001-- Secretary of State, UN Secretary General talk to Americans
• WALL ST. WRAP VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- U-S stocks rallied Thursday for the second straight day this week. On the one-month anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the market has erased most of its loss since September 11th
• TERRORISM NETWORKS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- The hunt for the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon focuses on the fugitive Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden and his group, al-Qaida. The investigation has led to the detention of hundreds of suspects in the United States, Germany, Italy and Belgium, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and the Philippines
• FLORIDA ANTHRAX VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- U-S law enforcement officials continue to investigate an outbreak of anthrax exposure in Florida, one-day after a third person tested positive for the potentially deadly bacterium
• CENTRAL ASIA & U-S VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Two nations of Central Asia Uzbekistan and Tajikistan - are about to play key roles in the war in Afghanistan. Both are making facilities available to allied forces to combat terrorists. But analysts say these two nations also want to use the occasion to suppress domestic opposition, which may not be in the U-S interest
• BRITAIN / AFGHANISTAN VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Military experts in Britain say ground combat in Afghanistan appears imminent in the next phase of the U-S-led campaign against terrorism.
• CHINA TERRORISTS VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- Officials in Beijing are vowing to keep terrorist groups from disrupting next week's APEC Summit meeting in Shanghai. It is the highest-profile gathering of world leaders since September's deadly attacks in the United States and could be a tempting target for terror groups
• ANTHRAX REAX VOA 11 Oct. 2001-- A third person in Boca Raton, Florida, has tested positive for exposure to anthrax a potentially lethal bacterium that killed a newspaper worker last week. State and federal officials say they are now investigating a crime.