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29 November 2001 Military News

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

November 29, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

  • AFGHAN/SENSORS VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- U-S defense officials are using a variety of high-tech tools to hunt down Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida and Taleban leaders



    Video footage of airstrikes, used during DoD news briefing
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    Movie showing Nov. 27, 2001 airstrike on buildings reported to house Taliban forces near Kandahar. Subsequent strikes on the same facility destroyed or damaged the remainder of the compound
    Footage showing Nov. 27, 2001 airstrike on buildings reported to house Taliban forces near Kandahar. Subsequent strikes on the same facility destroyed or damaged the remainder of the compound
    Movie showing Nov. 27, 2001 airstrikes on an aqueduct and tunnel complex that Taliban forces were defending, near Kandahar. Visible are multiple hits on the tunnel and defensive positions
    Footage showing Nov. 27, 2001 airstrikes on an aqueduct and tunnel complex that Taliban forces were defending, near Kandahar. Visible are multiple hits on the tunnel and defensive positions
    Movie showing Nov. 25, 2001 airstrikes on a Taliban armored personnel carrier outside of Kandahar. The white specks in the lower right-hand of the vehicle were infantry troops
    Footage showing Nov. 25, 2001 airstrikes on a Taliban armored personnel carrier outside of Kandahar. The white specks in the lower right-hand of the vehicle were infantry troops



Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

  • Transcript: DoD News Briefing - ASD PA Clarke and Rear Adm. Stufflebeem 29 Nov. 2001 -- "We're continuing to focus the pressure on al Qaeda and the Taliban through strikes on fixed and emerging targets. We're also working hard to establish the capacity as well as capability for airfield operations in northern Afghanistan, which will enhance our humanitarian relief support effort operations. We conducted airstrikes yesterday in eight planned target areas. Again they concentrated primarily against al Qaeda and Taliban cave and tunnel complexes. Most of our effort was against emergent targets, including Taliban command-and-control facilities and military forces in the South and in support of opposition group efforts there. We used about 120 strike aircraft again yesterday, which includes about 100 tactical sea-based platform aircraft, 12 to 14 land-based tactical jets, and between six to eight long-range bombers"
  • Briefing Slides: Technical Support Working Group 29 Nov. 2001 -- Slides from Briefing on Interagency and International Research and Development Requirements for Combating Terrorism.
  • Transcript: Special Briefing on the Technical Support Working Group 29 Nov. 2001 -- "Our mission is to conduct a national interagency R&D program for combating terrorism, primarily through rapid research development and prototyping. By "rapid," I mean that we identify a requirement, and then within two years, try to field that capability"
  • Transcript: U.S. Must Be Protected from Terrorist Attack, Bush Says 29 Nov. 2001-- "Non-citizens, non-U.S. citizens who plan and/or commit mass murder are more than criminal suspects," Bush said. "They are unlawful combatants who seek to destroy our country and our way of life. And if I determine that it is in the national security interest of our great land to try by military commission those who make war on America, then we will do so."
  • Text: U.N. Seeks $10.1 Million for Afghanistan Food Assistance 29 Nov. 2001-- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is seeking $10.1 million from donor nations for emergency food assistance to Afghanistan.

US Domestic Responses

  • BUSH / TRIBUNAL VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- President Bush is defending his decision to try foreign terrorists before a U-S military tribunal
  • ASHCROFT-IMMIGRATION VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- U-S Attorney General John Ashcroft is promising immigration help for non-American citizens willing to offer information on terrorists operating inside the United States
  • CONGRESS / NUCLEAR SAFETY VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The Bush administration is defending its efforts to crackdown on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. But critics say there is no well-coordinated U-S policy on preventing nuclear material from the former Soviet Union from falling into the wrong hands
  • CONGRESS / DEFENSE BILL VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a 20 billion dollar emergency package to respond to the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. The action came in a vote approving an annual defense spending bill. The measure now goes to the Senate

International Responses

  • GERMANY'S AFGHAN CONFERENCE VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- Editorial writers and columnists around the world have turned their attention to the Afghan leaders conference underway near Bonn, Germany
  • U-N/ IRAQ VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved an extension of the Iraq "oil-for-food" program with a pledge to substantially modify it in six months
  • AFGHANISTAN FOOD AID VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The World Food Program says the growing lawlessness in Afghanistan since the collapse of Taleban rule is hampering efforts to quickly deliver much-needed emergency food aid
  • U-S/ NORTH KOREA/ TERRORISM VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- North Korea has rejected President Bush's call that it allow weapons inspections. A spokesman in Pyongyang also criticized the United States (Thursday) for not removing the North from a U-S list of countries that sponsor terrorism. But analysts in the United States say North Korea has yet to prove it no longer deserves that designation
  • Sara Amiryar: The Women of Afghanistan Can Make a Difference USAI 29 Nov. 2001-- Women Must Participate in Decisions About Post-Taliban Afghanistan
  • Diplomats Highlight OAS Role in Regional Anti-Terrorism Strategy USIA 29 Nov. 2001-- OAS envoys cite importance of hemisphere-wide cooperation
  • ITALY / TERROR VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two North Africans in Milan, Italy's financial capital. The men are suspected of having links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network
  • AFGHAN CONFERENCE VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- Talks in Germany on a future Afghan government have picked up speed as negotiators from the militarily dominant Northern Alliance and a group representing Afghanistan's former king try to lock in details of a deal to set up an interim parliament for the war-torn country
  • NORTH KOREA/U-S VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- North Korea has threatened it will take countermeasures against what it views as a hostile U-S policy

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • CITIES/ TERRORISM VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- Municipal leaders from around New York State gathered in New York today (Thursday) for a summit on terrorism
  • AFGHAN WOMEN VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The plight of Afghan women has long been an issue and one which becomes more prominent every day. A group of women who understand the situation facing women in Afghanistan is holding a two-day conference in New York City to discuss the issue and bring information to the public.
  • U-N/ BELLAMY / AFGHAN VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- Carol Bellamy, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund, begins a five-day visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday. Ms. Bellamy is going to refugee camps in Quetta in Pakistan and to several cities in Afghanistan, including the capital, Kabul. Her mission is to assess how years of war and drought have affected the children of Afghanistan
  • AFGHAN/MASSACRE VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- The Pentagon is denying reports of a massacre of 160 Taleban prisoners by opposition forces in southern Afghanistan
  • INDIA/U.S. MILITARY VOA 29 Nov. 2001-- A senior U-S Commander is visiting India as part of efforts by the two countries to step up military cooperation



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