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November 4, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• AFGHAN ATTACKS O'NITER VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wraps up his five-country tour of front-line states supporting the U-S led military campaign in Afghanistan by visiting New Delhi
• U-S AFGHANISTAN VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- America's top military officer says more U-S troops have moved into Afghanistan
• Harrier Jets Conduct Airstrikes In Afghanistan by Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly (November 4, 2001) -- Harrier pilots with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) flew bombing missions on Taliban and al-Qaida command and control targets in Southern Afghanistan for the first time in support of Operation Enduring Freedom November 3, 2001.

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• UZBEKISTAN/RUMSFELD VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the military operation in Afghanistan is showing "measurable progress." He made his comments after meeting with leaders in Uzbekistan to discuss the situation in neighboring Afghanistan
• AGHANISTAN/AIRSTRIKES VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- Air strikes continued over northern Afghanistan, pounding Taleban positions for the fifth time in eight-days
• Transcript: Rumsfeld Says Taliban Functioning As Military Force Only 04 Nov. 2001-- Rumsfeld: Taliban is not really functioning as a government as such. There really is not a government to speak of in Afghanistan today. As a military force they have concentrations of power that exist. They have capabilities that remain. They have tanks and anti-aircraft. They undoubtedly have some Stinger surface-to-air missiles and portable. They have weapons and they are using their power in enclaves throughout the country to impose their will on the Afghan people. They are not making major military moves if that is the import of your question. They are pretty much in static positions.
• Transcript: Afghanistan Campaign Proceeding As Planned, Myers Says 04 Nov. 2001-- GEN. MYERS: My reaction is that every time we hear a claim from the Taliban, we ought to really think about it as psychological warfare. They have made lots of claims in the last four weeks as we've been prosecuting this war. Most of them, we think and believe, are absolutely false. They did not shoot down a helicopter, a U.S. helicopter yesterday. In fact, they have not shot down any U.S. aircraft.
• Transcript: Rumsfeld, Tajik Foreign Minister Brief Press November 3 04 Nov. 2001-- Rumsfeld: The United States would have no plans to leave troops in Afghanistan. Those kinds of decisions are being discussed through the United Nations, through the countries that border Afghanistan, through countries all across the globe that are interested, concerned and anxious to see a broadly based post-Taliban government.
• Transcript: Rumsfeld, Ivanov Press Briefing after Meeting with Putin 04 Nov. 2001-- Rumsfeld said the availability of weapons of mass destruction "argues for a great deal of urgency in dealing with the problem of terrorists, and this is something that both of our nations recognize and share."
• Text: Facts Contradict Claims of Osama bin Laden 04 Nov. 2001-- Osama bin Laden has made many claims and charges. His most recent statement asserts that the Coalition is waging a campaign against Muslims, Afghans and Islam. You can draw your own conclusions: the facts contradict bin Laden's claim.

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• ARAB/BIN LADEN VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- There has been sharp reaction from high- level Arab officials to Osama bin Laden's call for a Muslim "holy war" against the West

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

• BUSH DIPLOMACY OVERNIGHTER VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- President Bush meets today (Monday) at the White House with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
• BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM VOA 04 Nov. 2001-- It has been one month since the first anthrax case was confirmed in the United States. And public health authorities are no closer to learning the source of what President Bush called "a second wave of terrorist attacks." Now, federal health investigators are preparing for the possibility of another type of biological threat smallpox