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October 14, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- U-S warplanes are pounding Afghanistan in the second week of relentless campaign to flush out suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and members of his Al-Qaida group hiding in the country

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Defense Department Background Briefing on Afghanistan 14 Oct. 2001--"The secretary was right on the mark when he said referring this to as a real alliance is probably a bit of an exaggeration. There's a lot of competition between the groups. There's a lot of competition within the groups. The groups are basically aligned along ethnic and religious lines."

US Domestic Responses

• BUSH BIN LADEN VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- President Bush swiftly and personally rejected the latest offer from Afghanistan's Taleban regime to turn over Osama bin Laden, if certain conditions are met.

International Responses

• ATTACKS/HUNGARY VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, David Russell-Johnston, says member states will refuse to extradite terrorism suspects to the United States, if it means they face the death penalty
• MEXICO/COUNTERTERRORISM VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- The U-S war against terrorism has quickly reshaped relations with both Canada and Mexico
• AFGHAN / NORTHERN ALLIANCE FIGHTERS VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- Some military commanders of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan say their units are preparing for an all out assault against Taliban forces, as a result of the U-S bombing of targets in key Taliban-held cities
• PAK - PROTESTS VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- One demonstrator was killed and at least 10-others injured when Pakistani troops broke up an anti-American protest in the southern city of Jacobabad
• U-N/AFGHAN AID VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- United Nations aid agencies are speeding up the delivery of food and other relief supplies to Afghanistan

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

• PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to hold talks Monday in Islamabad with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf about the military campaign against terrorist targets in neighboring Afghanistan
• TERRORISM INVESTIGATION VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- Attorney General John Ashcroft says some of the people responsible for last month's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon may still be in the United States
• ANTHRAX-ASHCROFT VOA 14 Oct. 2001-- Top U-S officials say sending anthrax bacteria through the mail constitutes terrorism, and they can not rule out the possibility that suspected terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden is behind the current anthrax cases in the United States