Operations
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Government Statements and Transcripts
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Operations

• AFGHANISTAN/WINTER VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- The Pentagon says it has no independent information to confirm reports that thousands of volunteers are crossing into Afghanistan to aid the Taleban
• AFGHANISTAN/PENTAGON VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- The Pentagon says opposition forces in Afghanistan, backed by U-S air strikes, are gaining ground in fighting against the Taleban. That assessment comes as a senior defense official predicts an especially cold winter for the Taleban as their supplies dwindle.

  Video footage, and pre- and post-strike aerials of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  Footage showing two vehicles pulling up next to each other, with an individual walking between them just before a guided munition destroys both vehicles	Footage showing airstrike on a Taliban trench and bunker complex outside of Mazar-e Sharif, and thus in support of the Northern Alliance opposition
  Footage showing airstrike on a Taliban personnel bunker south of Sherberghan	Footage showing a direct hit on a tank near the city of Herat

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, November 7 07 Nov. 2001-- Clarke: "The current military operations are focused on achieving several outcomes: to make clear to the Taliban leaders and their supporters that harboring terrorists is unacceptable and carries a price. Two, to acquire intelligence to facilitate future operations against al Qaeda and the Taliban regime that harbors the terrorists; to develop relationships with groups in Afghanistan that oppose the Taliban regime and the foreign terrorists that they support. We want to make it increasingly difficult for the terrorists to use Afghanistan freely as a base of operations, and to alter the military balance over time by denying to the Taliban the offensive systems that hamper the progress of the various opposition forces. And finally, to provide humanitarian relief to Afghans suffering truly oppressive living conditions under the Taliban regime."
• Transcript: Bush, Blair Brief Press in Washington Nov. 7 07 Nov. 2001-- Bush: "He also is, like me, determined. Nothing will deter us in this all-important goal. We both recognize that we wage a fight to save civilization, and that we must prevail; and not only must prevail, will prevail."
• Fact Sheet: White House on Halting Financial Flows to Terrorists 07 Nov. 2001-- In a major step forward in the financial war on terrorism, President Bush announced that the U.S. had moved to block the assets of 62 organizations and individuals associated with two investment and money moving networks of terror -- Al Barakaat and Al Taqwa.
• Text: World Bank Announces Meeting on Afghanistan Reconstruction 07 Nov. 2001-- The World Bank will host a three-day conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, to target new proposals for reconstruction in post-war Afghanistan.
• Transcript: U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan on CNN 07 Nov. 2001-- Chamberlin: The opposition that you see in the streets represent a very small segment of the Pakistani society. These are the extremist parties. But the four major parties support him, as does the military, the intellectuals, the silent majority. They want to see an end to this pollution of terrorism and violence that has come into Pakistan from Afghanistan. They want to see a stable Afghanistan on their western border. And he is bringing about that.
• Excerpt: Saudis Responsive; Coalition Support Growing 07 Nov. 2001-- Boucher: So I don't think we can say anything but that the coalition continues to gather momentum, continues to work at these various actions, and frankly continues to grow stronger.
• Transcript: Bush, O'Neill, Powell, Ashcroft on Terrorism Money 07 Nov. 2001-- "Today's action interrupts al Qaeda's communications," Bush said. "It blocks an important source of funds. It provides us with valuable information and send a clear message to global financial institutions: you are with us, or you're with the terrorists. And if you're with the terrorists, you will face the consequences."
• Text: NATO's Rizzo at Warsaw Conference on Combating Terrorism 07 Nov. 2001-- Rizzo: "Today we acknowledge that the attacks against the United States were attacks on the lives of all our citizens. On the health of all our economies. On all our freedom to travel. On all our freedom to communicate. On all our values. On all our ways of life. So this is not just a struggle for the US. It is a struggle for all of us,"
• Transcript: Powell on Terrorism to Security Advisory Council 07 Nov. 2001-- Powell: "We will have won when we are living in security again, when we once again feel secure in our homes, secure in our cities, secure in our businesses and secure in the official buildings here in Washington and ... around the world,"
• Text: Annan to Warsaw Conference on Combatting Terrorism November 7 07 Nov. 2001-- "It is essential that the global response to terrorism be truly universal and not divisive," Annan said. "North, South, East and West must come together to forge a sense of human solidarity and unified purpose."
• Transcript: Tom Ridge at Homeland Security Briefing, November 7 07 Nov. 2001-- Ridge said, "We will be on alert indefinitely. And when we have specific information from credible sources, we will appropriately give it to law enforcement."

US Domestic Responses

• RIDGE / SECURITY VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- U-S homeland security director Tom Ridge says the United States remains on an indefinite state of alert for more terrorist attacks.
• CONGRESS RADIO FREE AFGHANISTAN VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed (by a 405 to 2 vote) legislation to create a 'Radio Free Afghanistan' to broadcast news and information to Afghans in their local languages
• BUSH TERROR FUNDING VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- President Bush is expanding efforts against financial networks used to fund international terrorism; freezing the assets of several organizations with suspected ties to Osama bin Laden

International Responses

• TURKEY / PAKISTAN VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has appealed for a pause in the U-S-led military campaign in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month, Ramadan
• UN Security Council Blames Taliban for Humanitarian Crisis USIA 07 Nov. 2001-- UNSC Press statement issued on the Afghan situation
• AFGHAN ENVOY VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- Pakistan has asked the Taleban's only foreign envoy to stop criticizing "third countries" during his near-daily news conferences in Islamabad. The briefings have been a key source of information for journalists covering the U-S strikes in Afghanistan

Defense Industry

• BAE SYSTEMS pilot direct broadcast system successfully tested by UK Armed Forces BAE Systems 07 Nov 2001 -- The Pilot Direct Broadcast System (DBS), designed and supplied by BAE Systems to support the information needs of British forces during expeditionary deployments, has now completed the first on-line trials of its Interim Operating Capability.
• Lockheed Martin Training to Provide JSF Aircraft Pilot and Maintainer Training Lockheed Martin 07 Nov 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Training will provide pilot and maintainer training for the Lockheed Martin-led team's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.
• MH-60 Common Cockpit Receives Instrument Flight Certification Lockheed Martin 07 Nov 2001 -- The U.S. Navy MH-60 Common Cockpit recently received certification for flight in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC).

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 07 Nov 2001

News Reports

• Afghan Crisis Called Opportunity to Change Human Rights Situation USIA 07 Nov. 2001-- Human rights rapporteur reports to UNGA
• PAK/MILITANTS/AFGHAN VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- Thousands of armed tribesmen from Pakistan have crossed into neighboring Afghanistan to join the ruling Taleban in what they call a holy war. The Pakistani government is opposed to its nationals going into Afghanistan illegally, but is unable to stop people crossing from the semi-autonomous tribal areas along the border
• TERROR FUNDING / HAWALA VOA 07 Nov. 2001-- U-S authorities have frozen the assets of several Islamic money exchanges suspected of being used by Osama bin Laden to finance terrorist activity. U-S affiliates of an ancient, informal banking system have been under scrutiny for weeks.

• First DIRECTV Spot Beam Satellite Shipped for Late November Launch Boeing 07 Nov 2001 -- DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation, and Boeing Satellite Systems announced today that DIRECTV-4S, a new high-power spot beam satellite, has been shipped to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana and is scheduled for launch on Nov. 26.
• Lockheed Martin Space Systems Further Streamlines Operations Lockheed Martin 07 Nov 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has announced plans to further streamline operations and reduce indirect business costs to increase its competitive posture.