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

Operations

• AFGHAN/FIGHTING VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- U-S bombers have stepped up air attacks on the Taleban's last stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, and anti-Taleban forces reportedly are advancing on the city

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Rumsfeld CNN Interview November 30 01 Dec. 2001-- Rumsfeld: Oh, my goodness, Iran is certainly not an ally. That's a word that's reserved for a relationship that's notably different than ours with Iran. Iran is a state like Iraq and North Korea and Cuba and Syria and Libya that's on the terrorist list. They don't get there by accident, they earned that.

US Domestic Responses

• BUSH / ISRAEL VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- President Bush has "strongly condemned" the bombings in Jerusalem calling on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to immediately find and arrest those responsible
• BUSH/ECONOMY VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- President Bush wants Senate Democrats to pass his economic stimulus package, before more Americans lose their jobs.

International Responses

• ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS UPDATE VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- At least 10 Israelis are dead and more than 170 wounded after two suicide bombs exploded in central Jerusalem
• KABUL/BONN/ REACT VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- Afghan leaders are meeting in Bonn, Germany to determine the shape of a future broad-based government in Afghanistan. Agreement is proving difficult to reach, but on the streets of Kabul, the message is clear: The people want peace. And they want their leaders to put aside their differences in order to deliver it
• AFGHAN CONFERENCE VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- The United Nations-sponsored talks in Germany aimed at setting up a broad-based interim government in Afghanistan are well into their fifth day, and U-N officials say there is no agreement as yet among the four rival groups at the table
• RUSSIA/AFGHAN AID VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- Russia is increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as part of Moscow's attempt to beef up its presence in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Those plans include reopening its diplomatic mission there
• AFGHAN CONFERENCE VOA 01 Dec. 2001-- United Nations-sponsored talks in Germany among rival Afghan factions have entered the make-or-break stage as U-N officials and Western diplomats try to press the militarily dominant Northern Alliance into agreeing to an interim government in which they would share power with three other groups

Defense Industry

• Lockheed Martin Delivers First C-130J-30 to the U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin 01 Dec 2001 -- Lockheed Martin formally delivered the first C-130J-30 for the U.S. Air Force during ceremonies on Dec. 2 in Rhode Island.

Other Conflicts

News Reports