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

Operations

• PENTAGON/SOMALIA VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Pentagon officials say they have no information about a reported visit by U-S soldiers to Somalia on Sunday.
• AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- A top Defense Department official says the war in Afghanistan has not yet been won, although the Taleban have been defeated
• AFGHAN FIGHTING VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Anti-Taleban forces, backed by U-S bombers, are continuing their battle against al-Qaida fighters around a maze of caves in eastern Afghanistan, as the search continues for Osama bin Laden. Meanwhile, humanitarian aid has started flowing into the north of the country from neighboring Uzbekistan, following Sunday's reopening of the bridge between the two countries.

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Bush Says Bin Laden Videotape Shows "What a Murderer He Is" 10 Dec. 2001-- Bush: But for those who see this tape, they'll realize that not only is he guilty of incredible murder, he has no conscience and no soul, that he represents the worst of civilization.
• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, December 10, 2001 10 Dec. 2001-- Wolfowitz: With respect to Iraq, I think the president had been very clear, the secretary's been very clear, the combination of support for terrorism with the development of weapons of mass destruction is clearly one of the most dangerous potentials in the world.

US Domestic Responses

• U-S-IRAQ VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- The Bush administration has sent a team of officials to northern Iraq to try to reconcile rival Kurdish factions which control the region
• ASHCROFT-TERRORISM VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- U-S Attorney General John Ashcroft says al-Qaida members still at large in the United States continue to pose a terrorist threat
• U-S BIN LADEN VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- The White House is weighing whether to release a videotape of Osama bin Laden that officials say shows his involvement in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States
• U-S-AFGHAN AID VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Senior Bush administration officials say they're increasingly optimistic that large-scale hunger can be avoided in Afghanistan in the coming winter months. The flow of relief aid is expected to be greatly increased by the opening of a key river bridge linking Uzbekistan with northern Afghanistan

International Responses

Defense Industry

• U.S. Navy conducts successful test of Lockheed Martin-built Trident I C4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles Lockheed Martin 10 Dec 2001 -- Four U.S. Navy TRIDENT I C4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs), built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems-Missiles & Space Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., were successfully test fired from the USS OHIO (SSBN 726) in a launch operation conducted yesterday on the Atlantic test range east of Cape Canaveral off the Florida coast.
• ATK Completes Acquisition of Blount Ammunition Business; ATK Positioned To Deliver 15-Percent Average Annual EPS Growth ATK 10 Dec 2001 -- Summary -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has completed the acquisition of the ammunition business of Blount International, Inc., making the company the nation's leading producer of small-caliber ammunition, accelerating new product development, and providing a bridge to civil and law enforcement ammunition markets.
• Boeing JTRS Cluster 1 Team Delivers Proposal to U.S. Army; Team Ready to Meet Challenges Set Forth by Department of Defense Boeing 10 Dec 2001 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 1 team announced today the delivery of a proposal to the U.S. Army for a contract to build the first truly software-defined radio communications system for the Department of Defense.
• Boeing Small Smart Bomb Range Extension Flight Test Successful Boeing 10 Dec 2001 -- U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate and Boeing last week successfully flight-tested two Small Smart Bomb Range Extension, or SSBREX, weapons at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
• Czech Republic Orders RM12-Powered Gripen Fighters; GE Committed To Czech Industrial Cooperation Plan GE Aviation 10 Dec 2001 -- Through an agreement with the SAAB-British Aerospace (SAAB-BAe) joint venture, the Czech Republic has ordered 24 single-engine JAS 39 Gripen aircraft.
• U.S. Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $15.7 Million Inertial Navigation Systems Contract Northrop Grumman 10 Dec 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Navigation Systems Division has been awarded a $15.7 million contract to provide 106 LN-92 aircraft inertial navigation systems for the U.S. Navy.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 10 Dec 2001

News Reports

• DIPLOMAT / WAR ON TERROR VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- With the war against the Taleban nearing its end, a former U-S envoy to the Middle East says the difficult work of rebuilding Afghanistan is ahead
• L-A/PORT SECURITY VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- The joint port shared by the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach is the busiest harbor complex in the United States. Officials worry that it could be a target for terrorists.
• YEARENDER: BRITAIN / ATTACKS VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Immediately after the World Trade Center collapsed in New York City on September 11th, British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that his nation would stand "shoulder-to-shoulder" with America in a war against terrorism
• YEARENDER: TERRORISM / ASIA VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- The September 11th attacks focused world attention on terrorism carried out by radical Islamic fundamentalists. The war against terrorism is concentrated in Afghanistan, but law enforcement officials around the world are searching for anyone tied to the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden. Because they have large Muslim populations, the countries of East Asia have come under special scrutiny
• NEW AFGHAN GOVERNMENT (1) VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- In the middle of war, after much debate, agreement was reached at Bonn for establishing a new government in Afghanistan. Will the country's many quarrelsome factions accept it? Answers vary widely, but it represents hope for peace in a war-torn country
• New AFGHAN GOVERNMENT (2) VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- The aim of the interim Afghanistan ruling body, established at Bonn, is to keep the country's many factions together until a grand assembly provides a permanent government. The fear is the nation could revert to the strife of the early 1990's that led to the Taleban takeover
• AFGHAN/WOMEN/DEMO VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Afghan women have demonstrated to denounce past abuses by the Taleban and factions making up Afghanistan's new government.
• FLORIDA TERRORISM LINK VOA 10 Dec. 2001-- Probes of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington quickly led investigators to Florida. Twelve of 19 suspected hijackers of the airliners used in the attacks spent time in Florida in the months leading up to September 11th