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October 24, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• Defense Dept. Says Taliban May Attempt to Poison Afghan Food Aid USIA24 Oct. 2001-- Taliban militia have been hiding in civilian buildings
• AFGHANISTAN-FOOD VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- The U-S Defense Department is warning that Afghanistan's ruling Taleban may try to poison food and blame the United States
• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- U-S air strikes resumed Wednesday against targets in and around the Afghan capital, Kabul, and against Taleban front-line positions north of the city

Video footage and aerials of pre- and post-strikes targets used during DoD news briefing
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Footage showing Oct. 23, 2001, airstrike on a motor transport facility outside Kabul. Visible are a large maintenance and repair facility with numerous warehouses, maintenance and administrative buildings. This is the third strike seen on this facility, with the three long warehouses ending up destroyed	Footage showing Oct. 23, 2001, airstrike on an armored vehicle from the Ist Taliban Corps near Kandahar. The dark starburst patterns on the ground are impact craters of prior strikes

Pre- and post-strikes aerials of early warning radar and air control facility near Herat Airfield, used during DoD Enemy Denial and Deception Background Briefing
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Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, October 24 24 Oct. 2001-- The CINC used about 90 strike aircraft. About 75 of those were carried based; about 10 long-range bombers; and the remainder were land-based tactical aircraft, which include AC-130s.
• Transcript: White House Briefing, October 24, 2001 24 Oct. 2001-- Fleicher: "The preventative measures announced today by the Postmaster General are: Adopting and deploying new technology to neutralize anthrax that might move through the mail. This new technology, which involves irradiation, is already being used successfully to fight bacteria in food."
• Transcript: Sept. 11 and Anthrax Both Terror Attacks on U.S., Bush Says 24 Oct. 2001-- bush: I am here to report that we're doing well on both fronts. Overseas, our diplomatic efforts are strong. Nations all across the globe have bound with the United States to send a clear message that we'll fight terrorism wherever it may exist.
• Text: Threat Level From Terror Attacks Still "Very High", FBI Director Says 24 Oct. 2001-- "More attempts and possible attacks are a distinct possibility," Mueller said, adding that "this possibility requires all of us to continue walking the fine line of staying alert on the one hand, without causing undue alarm on the other hand."
• Transcript: Powell Says U.S. Finding Strong Coalition Support 24 Oct. 2001-- Powell: Without this coalition, we wouldn't be able to wage this campaign. We wouldn't be able to conduct this war. If we're going after the financial systems of these organizations, you can't do it just by yourself. You need all the nations that have financial systems that are relevant to come in to this coalition so we can work together.
• Transcript: Grossman on War Against Terrorism 24 Oct. 2001-- Grossman: "I think that the work that the President and the Secretary have done since the beginning of this administration -- and very much, I would emphasize, sir, before the 11th of September -- shows that we have been on a track to try to reduce the violence in the Middle East, move on to the Mitchell Commission Report, implement the Mitchell Commission Report which, as you know probably better than I do, contains inside of it the beginnings, the re-beginnings, if you will, of negotiations for final status"
• Text: Bush Proposes Funding to Safeguard U.S. Food Supply 24 Oct. 2001-- "The President's proposed emergency funding for USDA will help advance the next phase of our emergency preparedness activities and will help meet our critical infrastructure needs," said Veneman. "We have taken the appropriate steps to date to ensure the critical needs for USDA are met, however, we must remain vigilant in protecting our nation's food and agriculture."
• Transcript: Powell, UK Foreign Secretary Straw Joint Press Availability 24 Oct. 2001-- Powell: "We are sensitive to Ramadan, but we can't let that be the sole determinant of whether or not we continue our military activities,"
• Excerpt: Powell Calls for Israeli Withdrawal From Area A, Oct 24 24 Oct. 2001-- "It would be appropriate for the Israeli government to immediately withdraw from the Area A villages that they have occupied,"
• Enemy Denial and Deception Background Briefing DoD 24 Oct. 2001-- A senior defense official provides a background briefing on enemy denial and deception techniques
• Enemy Denial and Deception Background Briefing Slides DoD 24 Oct. 2001-- Slides of a background briefing on enemy denial and deception techniques

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• WITH THE GROUND OFFENSIVE UNDERWAY, THE 'PROPAGANDA WAR' HEATS UP Foreign Media Reaction 24 Oct. 2001-- Observers around the globe held various interpretations as to how the U.S., the Taliban and Usama bin Laden were using or "controlling" the media to capture public opinion. And charges that U.S. "censorship" was "eroding" the very democratic values it was trying to defend, punctuated the commentary.
• TURKEY / AFGHANISTAN VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- Turkish officials have confirmed that Afghan opposition groups will meet in Turkey in the coming days to establish a framework for a new interim government that would replace the ruling Taleban forces in Afghanistan.
• ASIA ECON / BLEAK OUTLOOK VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- Four years ago, much of East and Southeast Asia was hit by a financial crisis -- bank failures, corporate collapses and mass layoffs. The affected countries were implementing reforms and making good strides at recovery, but then the high technology industry began its slowdown. And now, experts say, Asia is beginning to feel the economic impact of the September 11th terrorist attacks
• NATO / BOSNIA / TERRORISM VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia says it has disrupted a terrorist organization in the country, but that it has so far not established any links between the group and the al-Qaida network of suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden
• U-N / ISRAELI ATTACK VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed concern about what he calls an "dangerous escalation of violence" by Israel.
• PAK / AFGHAN ATTACK VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- U-S led air attacks on terrorist sites in Afghanistan have killed at least 20 members of a militant pro-Taleban Islamic group based in neighboring Pakistan
• BRITAIN / TERRORISM VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- British news reports say police in London have arrested an Egyptian man for questioning about the assassination of an Afghan opposition leader

Defense Industry

• Comanche Sensor System Meets First Hardware Delivery Milestone Lockheed Martin 24 Oct 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has completed its first contractual delivery of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) hardware for the Army's RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 24 Oct 2001
• PRESS BRIEFING ON EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT United Nations 24 Oct 2001

News Reports

• TERRORIST ATTACKS SURVEY VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- A new public opinion poll conducted after the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D-C suggests Americans had increased feelings of national pride and confidence in their government
• Anthrax and the Postal Service VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- Dateline show on Anthrax
• POST-TALEBAN AFGHANISTAN VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- Afghan opposition groups are meeting in Peshawar and Istanbul this week in an effort to reach agreement on a post-Taleban government in Afghanistan. So far agreement has eluded them, as the various ethnic and tribal groups pursue their own agendas.
• AFGHANISTAN / CULTURE SHOCK VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- As air strikes in Afghanistan continue, the world's media have converged in the north of the country the only section of Afghanistan not under Taleban control
• BUSH TALEBAN VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- President Bush says U-S bombing in Afghanistan is not meant to harm the Afghan people. He says it is meant to punish the country's leaders for refusing to turn-over suspected terrorists
• AFGHANISTAN-FOOD VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- The U-S Defense Department is warning that Afghanistan's ruling Taleban may try to poison food and blame the United States
• FBI / TERRORISM VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- The head of the U-S Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, says there is -- in his words -- "a distinct possibility" of further terrorist attacks in the United States. Speaking at a meeting of the nation's mayors, Mr. Mueller also said no link has been established between a series of anthrax exposures and last month's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
• AFGHANISTAN / WOMEN VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- The status of women living in Taleban-controlled Afghanistan is well known. But Irris Makler found that in parts of the north of the country controlled by the opposition to the Taleban - women also find their lives restricted by a strict interpretation of Islam
• ANTHRAX FEARS VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- U-S newspapers are publishing more editorials about the country's continuing anthrax scare.
• ON THE LINE: WHOSE ISLAM IS IT VOA 24 Oct. 2001-- On the Line -- a discussion of United States policy and contemporary issues. This week, "Whose Islam Is It?"