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

Operations

• PENTAGON/STRATEGY VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- Defense officials say the military portion of the U-S-led anti-terrorism campaign now under way in Afghanistan is proceeding according to plan and making progress
• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- U-S B-52 bombers carried out another round of heavy strikes against Taleban front-line positions north of Kabul today (Friday).
• RAMADAN / BOMBING VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- In about two weeks, the Muslim world will begin observing Ramadan, a month-long period of prayer and fasting. The question has been raised, in the United States and other Western countries -- as well as in Muslim countries -- about whether the U-S-led military campaign in Afghanistan should be halted because of Ramadan

  
  

  Video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  The three videos above are from a November 1, 2001, FA/18 airstrike of Taliban military facility near Kandahar. The first video shows a direct hit on one of five armored vehicles in a loose formation. The second clip, shows a close up view of a subsequent hit on another vehicle in the same area. According to DoD, it was probably an armored platoon size-unit. The third clip is of a direct hit on a command and control building at the same Taliban facility near the armored vehicle

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Enduring Freedom Operational Update - Rear Adm. Stufflebeem 02 Nov. 2001 -- "Yesterday's operations involved strikes in nine planned target areas, as well as against targets in several engagement zones. We used about 65 strike aircraft, which included about 50 carrier-based tactical jets, about eight to 10 long-range bombers, and the remainder land-based tactical jets. We continued our Commando Solo broadcast missions as well. Our humanitarian daily ration airdrops yesterday included two C-17 missions that delivered more than 34,000 HDRs and has brought our total to about 1,000,100."
• Transcript: Ridge, Mueller Brief on Terrorism Investigations 02 Nov. 2001-- The combined anthrax and hijacking investigation, Mueller said, "are being worked by in excess of 7,000 FBI agents and support personnel around the country and, indeed, around the world."
• Excerpt: Pakistan trying to stop cross-border traffic with Afghanistan 02 Nov. 2001-- Boucher: I would say that we are confident -- I said that yesterday -- we are confident that President Musharraf's government is fully committed to the global coalition against terrorism. We are confident that they are making every effort to ensure that there is no help going to the Taliban
• Defense Department Report, November 2: Afghanistan Operations USIA 02 Nov. 2001-- Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem told journalists at a Pentagon briefing that the reconnaissance aircraft are known as JSTARS and Global Hawk. "JSTARS brings a capability to track vehicles in all weather. That will be helpful when you're looking for trucks or SUVs [sport utility vehicles]" or other types of vehicles that are moving around, he said.
• Text: UNHCR Briefing on Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation, Nov. 2 02 Nov. 2001-- U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers has "agreed to disagree" with leaders of Central Asian nations who are unwilling to open their borders to Afghans attempting to flee violence, hunger or forced conscription into the Taliban
• Text: U.S. Applies Financial Restrictions to More Terrorist Groups 02 Nov. 2001-- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has applied stricter financial sanctions to 22 foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), expanding action taken by President Bush after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher says.
• Fact Sheet: Taliban Actions Imperil Afghan Civilians 02 Nov. 2001-- The Taliban are deliberately putting Afghan civilians in great danger. Recent actions by the Taliban in Afghanistan have disrupted delivery of humanitarian food supplies, and have transformed civilian neighborhoods into military targets, by hiding military personnel and equipment in civilian areas, including in mosques
• Text: Central Asian Governments Support Afghan Relief Effort 02 Nov. 2001-- Relief organizations estimate that years of war and drought have created such desperate conditions in Afghanistan that up to 7 million people could face hardship and hunger in the winter ahead. The United States is the leading donor nation in the broad international effort to avert disaster in Afghanistan.

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• AFGHAN CONFLICT REACT VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- Newspapers around the world continue to focus on the U-S-led military campaign against terrorist forces in Afghanistan
• AUSTRALIA / JIHAD VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- Muslim leaders in Australia have united in rejecting the Taleban's call for a jihad or holy war, against Australia. The Taleban's ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, has said Australia is a target because of its involvement in the U-S-led military action in Afghanistan

Defense Industry

• Lockheed Martin Information Systems Opens Test Facility In Orlando Lockheed Martin 02 Nov 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems (NYSE: LMT) today opened its new Test Program Set test integration facility to provide the U.S. Navy with 545 avionics test kits.
• Department of Justice Clears Northrop Grumman Offer to Acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Northrop Grumman 02 Nov 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) stated that it was informed today that the Department of Justice had closed its investigation of the company's previously announced proposal to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (NYSE:NNS), thereby allowing the company to proceed with the acquisition of Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Va.
• ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company Successfully Conducts Full-Scale Space Shuttle Motor Test ATK 02 Nov 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said ATK Thiokol Propulsion Company, Brigham City, Utah, successfully conducted a static test firing of a full-scale Space Shuttle reusable solid rocket motor (RSRM) yesterday.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 02 Nov 2001

News Reports

• SOUTH ASIA: DOES THE U.S. PLAN TO TAKE OUT PAKISTAN'S 'ISLAMIC' BOMB? FMR 02 Nov. 2001-- South Asian editorialists were seized with several nuclear-related issues in the final days of October
• AFGHANISTAN / RELIEF VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- The people of Afghanistan already beset by the conflict in their country, face bitter prospects in the coming winter months
• TERROR / NUCLEAR VOA 02 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency is urging countries to tighten controls on radioactive materials in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States