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November 13, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• AFGHAN/DISARRAY OVERNIGHTER VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- With opposition forces advancing and Taleban and al-Qaida troops in retreat under air attack, U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the disarray could lead to the detention of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden
• AFGHAN EVENTS VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan took control of the capital after a series of lightening victories across northern and western parts of the country. The Taleban fled Kabul without a fight and headed south where they still hold power
• AFGHAN/RUMSFELD VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says a small number of U-S troops are now in the Afghan capital of Kabul to give advice to opposition Northern Alliance leaders whose forces have seized the city
• AFGHANISTAN KABUL VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Northern Alliance troops have entered the Afghan capital, Kabul. They met with no resistance as Taleban troops fled south to their stronghold at Kandahar. There are also unconfirmed reports that the airport at Kandahar has fallen

  
  
  

  Aerial image and video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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  	Footage showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on Taliban vehicles withdrawing from the city of Kunduz
  Footage showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on an armored column withdrawing from the city of Kunduz	Footage showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on a Taliban military vehicle. In this case, the bomb lands just behind the vehicle as it speeds down the road
  Footage showing Nov. 9, 2001, airstrike on Taliban military vehicles in a convoy withdrawing from the recently captured Mazar-e-Sharif. Visible on the left side of the screen are other Taliban vehicles that were destroyed or are burning	Footage showing Nov. 10, 2001, coalition airstrike on a key Taliban trench system set up to defend the approach to Taloquan. According to DoD, it was important for these trenches, and others like them, to be cleared to open the way for the Northern Alliance to advance

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

• PRESS CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY United Nations 13 Nov 2001

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism 13 Nov. 2001 -- "To protect the United States and its citizens, and for the effective conduct of military operations and prevention of terrorist attacks, it is necessary for individuals subject to this order (...) to be detained, and, when tried, to be tried for violations of the laws of war and other applicable laws by military tribunals"
• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers 13 Nov. 2001 -- "Last Friday the Northern Alliance controlled less than 15 percent of Afghanistan, and today they have forces in about half of the country. And while the situation is still dynamic, a few facts are clear. Starting with the attack on the key northern town of Mazar-e-Sharif on the 9th, Northern Alliance commanders have now taken all northern provinces. By Monday morning they had fundamentally cut Afghanistan into two areas of control, but we must keep in mind that pockets of resistance do remain. This morning the Northern Alliance reached the outskirts of Kabul"
• Fact Sheet: U.S.-Russian Cooperation Against Bioterrorism 13 Nov. 2001-- In issuing today their joint statement on cooperation against bioterrorism, President Bush and President Putin have directed their civilian and military officials and experts to expand that cooperation to prevent and defend against the threat of bioterrorism
• Text: U.S. Envoy on NATO's Challenges, Role in Anti-Terror Campaign 13 Nov. 2001-- "Faced with these threats, we have a moral and strategic imperative to maintain a strong, vigorous and supremely capable collective defense organization to protect the citizens of Europe and North America -- that is, NATO."
• Text: U.S.-Russian Joint Statement on Afghanistan 13 Nov. 2001-- The United States and Russia do not intend to, and cannot, create the future government of Afghanistan. It is up to the Afghans themselves to determine their future
• Text: UNSC Calls on States to Intensify Anti-Terrorism Efforts 13 Nov. 2001-- The Council's Resolution 1377 declares that "acts of international terrorism constitute a challenge to all States and to all of humanity."

US Domestic Responses

• BUSH / KABUL VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin say they want a multi-ethnic government in Afghanistan now that Taleban leaders have fled the capital, Kabul
• Congress Introduces Scores of Bills, Resolutions to Fight Terrorism USIA 13 Nov. 2001-- Library of Congress establishes web page to track measures

International Responses

• UN Official Proposes Meeting of Afghan Parties to Plan Transition USIA 13 Nov. 2001-- Brahimi notes priorities as situation shifts on the ground
• SPAIN/BIN LADEN VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Spanish police have arrested 11 people suspected of having links to Osama bin Laden's international terrorist network
• U-N-Iran-Afghanistan VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Iran's Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, told the United Nations Security Council that his nation fully supports U-N efforts to establish a transitional administration in Afghanistan
• PAKISTAN/UN VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Tuesday urged the U-N Security Council to formulate a strategy for Afghanistan that would address both political and humanitarian concerns. He warned that, without prompt help, many Afghans caught up in the fighting would suffer
• U-N-AFGHANISTAN VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has outlined a program for a transitional government and a multi-national security force
• CUBA / U-N VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Cuba's foreign minister has sharply criticized the U-S-led military attacks against Taleban and terrorist forces in Afghanistan
• UNHCR / AFGHANISTAN VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations refugee agency says it is very concerned about the safety of some six-thousand Afghans in a camp in Taleban-controlled territory near the Iranian border
• PAK/KABUL/REACTION VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Pakistan says it does not want the Northern Alliance to occupy the Afghan capital, Kabul, and is calling for the demilitarization of the war-torn city.

Defense Industry

• ATK Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ammunition Business of Blount International, Inc. ATK 13 Nov 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ammunition and related products business of Blount International, Inc., Montgomery, Ala. in exchange for approximately $250 million of ATK stock.
• Thales establishes Airborne Systems Capability in Canada Thales 13 Nov 2001 -- Thales announced today, in Ottawa, the official opening of its newest business unit: Thales Airborne Systems Canada (TASCA), a Maritime Patrol Mission Systems Integration business.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 13 Nov 2001

News Reports

• AFGHAN / TALEBAN VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The Taleban is denying that its spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has fled Kandahar is southern Afghanistan. A Taleban spokesman says that Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden both remain safe in Afghanistan
• NORTHERN ALLIANCE LEADERS VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The Northern Alliance, now flush with victory after its sweep of Northern Afghanistan and Kabul, is a coalition of regional groups each with its own leaders. The groups do not have a long history of trust and cooperation and at times have been staunch rivals
• PAKISTAN AID VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The United States and other western nations are preparing a new aid program for Pakistan, a critical frontline state in the war against terrorism
• WAR OF IDEAS VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- In an address to the United Nations, President Bush became the first U-S chief executive to mention a state of Palestine. Aside from matters of justice and equity, this statement was aimed at Muslim opinion, which is considered vital for maintaining the coalition against terrorism. The United States has launched a broad communication effort to try to combat rising anti-Americanism in the Muslim world
• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance says it is committed to a broad-based government in Afghanistan, and will ask for U-N help to establish it
• AFGHAN / U-N / AID VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- United Nations aid agencies say the rapid changes in Afghanistan are making it difficult to get food and medical supplies to the people who need them most
• BRAZIL-TERRORISM VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The triple frontier area of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay -- which is home to many Arab immigrants -- remains under scrutiny as a possible center for Middle East terrorist activities
• AFGHAN/ITALY/KING VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Afghanistan's former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah and his close advisers say they were caught off guard by the Northern Alliance's sweep into Kabul as Taleban forces fled. In a statement issued from exile in Rome, the former king is calling for the formation of a "National Unity Council" for Afghanistan
• AFGHAN / AID WORKERS VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Taleban forces fleeing the Afghan capital, Kabul, reportedly have taken with them eight foreign aid workers who they have been holding since early August on charges of spreading Christianity
• AFGHAN REFUGEES / MILE 46 CAMP VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- Drought, poverty, and years of war have driven hundreds-of-thousands of Afghans from their homes. For several years neighboring Iran has taken in more than two-million Afghans. After the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States, Iran closed its border, fearing a new refugee influx. But Iran established two camps, just inside Afghanistan, to shelter the newcomers
• PHILIPPINES / U-S MILITARY VOA 13 Nov. 2001-- The head of U-S military forces in the Pacific region is in the Philippines for talks on regional security and the growing fight against international terrorism

• PRESS CONFERENCE BY UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS United Nations 13 Nov 2001
• ORBITAL AND NASA COMPLETE EARLY MILESTONE IN DART FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR PROJECT Orbital Sciences Corp. 13 Nov 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced today that a critical early milestone in the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) project has been achieved.