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Operations

• AFGHAN KUNDUZ VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- Afghanistan's Northern Alliance says the Northern City of Kunduz is in its hands
• AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- The Pentagon says Taleban forces may be preparing for a fight to the finish at their last stronghold, Kandahar
• BUSH / AFGHANISTAN VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- President Bush says U-S marines are being deployed in Afghanistan to find those responsible for the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States
• AFGHAN MILITARY VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- U-S ground troops were airlifted into Afghanistan in large numbers for the first time Monday, and more are expected soon. Some one-thousand Marines have now been deployed outside Kandahar, the last bastion of the Taleban.
• BRITAIN / AFGHAN VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- Britain has taken several-thousand troops off of 48-hour standby to go to Afghanistan
• AFGHANISTAN U-S TROOPS VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- The first wave of U-S ground troops has landed in Afghanistan, south of the Taleban stronghold, Kandahar.
• Five Service Members Injured in 'Friendly Fire' Incident AFIS 26 Nov. 2001 -- Five service members were injured Nov. 25 during a "friendly fire" incident during a prison riot near Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. None of the injuries was life threatening.
• All 5 Injured Troops Evacuated to Uzbekistan, then Germany AFIS 26 Nov. 2001 -- All five service members injured in a friendly-fire incident near Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan were evacuated to Uzbekistan,(...) and will soon be sent to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany

  Video footage of airstrikes on prison compound, used during DoD news briefing
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  Footage showing Nov. 25, 2001, airstrike on Mazar-e Sharif prison compound where a prisonner uprising occurred. Visible in the first video is a rocket-propelled grenade being fired. Visible in the second video is the building from where the rocket-propelled grenade came being struck by munition from a Navy F-18.

  
  

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers 26 Nov. 2001 -- "some U.S. Marines are now on the ground in the southern portion of Afghanistan. More are joining them. They are not an occupying force. Their purpose is to establish a forward base of operations to help pressure the Taliban forces in Afghanistan, to prevent Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists from moving freely about the country".
• Transcript: White House Press Briefing, November 26, 2001 26 Nov. 2001-- Fleischer: And the President, when he says that they're tyrants, when he says our concern is that they not proliferate and we're going to take every action we need to stop them from proliferating, and called for the inspectors to be returned in Iraq, that's in perfect consistency with what the President was saying.
• Transcript: Bush Meets with Aid Workers Rescued from Afghanistan 26 Nov. 2001-- Bush: Well, my message is, is that if you harbor a terrorist, you're a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist, you're a terrorist. If you develop weapons of mass destruction that you want to terrorize the world, you'll be held accountable.

US Domestic Responses

• Bush Says Iraq Must Permit Weapons Inspections 26 Nov. 2001-- Bush remarks restate longstanding U.S. policy, Fleischer says
• BUSH / IRAQ VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- President Bush is urging Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein to let U-N weapons inspectors back into his country

International Responses

• U-S/RUSSIA/IRAQ VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- The United States is mounting a last-minute diplomatic drive to get Russia to support an overhaul of U-N sanctions against Iraq. Moscow is the only holdout among the five permanent U-N Security Council members against changing the sanctions against Baghdad, which are up for renewal at the end of the week.

Defense Industry

• Boeing Accomplishes Second Major Design Milestone on Project Wedgetail Boeing 26 Nov 2001 -- With the successful completion of the preliminary design review (PDR) for the mission computing subsystem hardware, The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has achieved another design milestone for the 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system and Australia's Project Wedgetail.
• Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate F-16 Four-Ship Training System at I/ITSEC Lockheed Martin 26 Nov 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Training will demonstrate a four-ship F-16 Training System at the Interservice/Industry Training Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Nov. 27 - 29, at Booth 652.
• Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Low Observable Multifunction Stack Northrop Grumman 26 Nov 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Ship Systems sector has successfully tested the Low Observable Multifunction Stack (LMS) designed to demonstrate two different advanced exhaust suppresser systems for surface combatants.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY GENERAL United Nations 26 Nov 2001

News Reports

• TERRORISM / CIVIL LIBERTIES VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- President Bush is defending his decision to authorize military tribunals to try non-U-S citizens accused of terrorism. Civil liberties groups have attacked the plan. Meanwhile, congressional critics of the administration's anti-terror tactics at home intend to closely question Attorney General John Ashcroft when he appears before a Senate committee next week
• BUSH / RECESSION VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- President Bush is urging the U-S Congress to pass legislation aimed at giving the American economy a boost. The President's appeal came as a prestigious group of economists from around the nation declared the United States is in a recession
• AFGHAN / CONFERENCE VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- A conference of Afghan groups that begins Tuesday in Germany will try to agree on a post-Taleban administration for Afghanistan
• IRAN / US VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- Is there a change in the air in U-S/Iranian relations? Iran was quick to offer condolences following the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States and American leaders welcomed the warm words. Then, there was a handshake in New York
• KABUL UNCERTAINTY VOA 26 Nov. 2001-- Two weeks ago, the Taleban abandoned Kabul. The suddenness of the withdrawal-- and the quick peaceful takeover of the city by Northern Alliance forces -- surprised and pleased most residents of the city who had feared a bloody street fight for control of Afghanistan's capital. Now, two weeks later, most residents of the city say they are glad the Taleban is gone, but they also say they remember the vicious battles for control of various parts of the city that took place in the early 1990s - and they fear for the future

• Successful Launch Sends Boeing-Built DIRECTV-4S Satellite to Orbit Boeing 26 Nov 2001 -- DIRECTV-4S, a high-power satellite built by Boeing Satellite Systems, was successfully launched today aboard an Ariane 44LP rocket from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America.