30 November 2001 Military News

AFGHAN/RUMSFELD VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States will seek custody of all Taleban and al-Qaida leaders captured in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN/U-S TROOPS VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- The United States has deployed regular army troops in the Northern half of Afghanistan to provide security for U-S military personnel pursuing Osama bin Laden and his allies.

Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace 30 Nov. 2001 -- "Yesterday, approximately 110 strike aircraft flew missions in Afghanistan. They focused primarily on targets in and around Kandahar and also in the cave and tunnel complexes near Jalalabad. Humanitarian relief, food distribution -- the 34,000 that were delivered yesterday brought to over two million the number of rations that have been delivered by the military. The Marines have continued to improve their forward-operating base location in Southern Afghanistan. About a thousand Marines there now. And they will continue to operate from that for the foreseeable future. And the Commando Solo missions continue with the broadcasts, and the leaflet drops continued yesterday, as well"
Text: North Korea -- Terrorism Conventions 30 Nov. 2001-- Fact sheet on North Korean adherance to international agreements on terrorism.
Text: Conference Chairs' Statement on Afghanistan Reconstruction 30 Nov. 2001-- Reconstruction in Afghanistan should focus on the core responsibilities of a new government, including building good economic institutions, say the chairs of a conference in Islamabad sponsored by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the Asian Development Bank.

U-S / UZBEKISTAN VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- The United States and Uzbekistan have completed a series of senior-level meetings in Washington with a pledge to build a "qualitatively new" long-term relationship. Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Uzbekistan as part of the nine-day trip to Europe and Central Asia he begins next Monday
AFGHAN/PEACEKEEPING VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says it is up to Afghan groups to decide if they want international peacekeeping forces in their country
U-S / ASEAN / TERRORISM VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- U-S and ASEAN officials wrapped up talks in Washington this week that took on added importance as Washington seeks to solidify support for the war against terrorism

Aid for Afghanistan VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- The United States and twenty-one other countries have agreed to spend thousands of millions of dollars to help rebuild Afghanistan.
IRAN/AFGHAN/U-S VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- Iran has issued a blunt warning to the United States to refrain from carrying its anti-terrorist campaign to any other Islamic nation. Iran's foreign minister, Kamal Kharazi, made the statement during a visit to Pakistan Friday
AFGHAN / REFUGEES VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations refugee agency (U-N-H-C-R) says thousands of Afghan refugees have been returning home from Iran, but it says thousands more are fleeing southern Afghanistan into Pakistan because of fighting and lawlessness
AFGHAN CONFERENCE VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- Delegates representing four Afghan groups are meeting for a fourth day near Bonn, Germany to select members of an interim parliament and administration that would govern Afghanistan for the next three-to-six months
U-S ATTACKS / ASIA ECONOMY VOA 30 Nov. 2001-- The United Nations says the September attacks in the United States have intensified the first global recession in more than five decades. And it says the economies of Asia and the Pacific -- still reeling from the effect of the 1997 economic crisis -- will be especially hard hit.

USS BULKELEY, Built by Northrop Grumman, to be Commissioned in New York City Northrop Grumman 30 Nov 2001 -- USS BULKELEY (DDG 84), the newest in a series of advanced Aegis guided missile destroyers built for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), will be commissioned on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, in New York City at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Northrop Grumman Completes Tender Offer for Newport News Shipbuilding Northrop Grumman 30 Nov 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today the completion of its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (NYSE:NNS), creating the world's largest naval shipbuilder.

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