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11 December 2001 Military News

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

Operations

  • AFGHAN/PENTAGON VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the war in Afghanistan is far from over --- even though the last remaining al-Qaida terrorist fighters now appear bottled up in the country's Tora Bora region and may be willing to surrender
  • AFGHAN FIGHTING VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Anti-Taleban forces say they have driven al-Qaida fighters from their stronghold in the Tora Bora cave complex in northeastern Afghanistan

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

  • Transcript: Bush Warns Rogue States Against Supporting Terrorism 11 Dec. 2001-- Bush: To win this war, we have to think differently. The enemy who appeared on September 11th seeks to evade our strength and constantly searches for our weaknesses. So America is required once again to change the way our military thinks and fights. And starting on October 7th, the enemy in Afghanistan got the first glimpses of a new American military that cannot, and will not, be evaded
  • Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, December 11, 2001 11 Dec. 2001-- Rumsfeld: This war is far from over. I have been reading an awful lot of things and seeing on television a great rush to declare it a success and over. And I regret to say that it is not yet. We have yet to achieve our very clear objectives. We know it will take time. It does not end with the fall of Kabul or Kunduz or even Kandahar, or even with the capture of some of the individual Taliban and al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan.
  • Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, December 11, 2001 11 Dec. 2001-- Reeker: So the international security force that we envision is coming with an entirely different mission. We certainly recognize the need for that force to go to Afghanistan with a strong and clear mandate from the United Nations Security Council, as Secretary Powell indicated today, in a coalition of the willing, and we will continue to try to bring you the details of that as they emerge here, in New York and in other places.
  • Transcript: Bush Leads White House Ceremonies to Commemorate September 11 11 Dec. 2001-- "We still have far to go, and many dangers lie ahead," Bush said, "yet there can be no doubt how this conflict will end."
  • Transcript: Ashcroft Announces Indictment Against Terror Suspect 11 Dec. 2001-- Aschcroft: The first indictment has been brought against the terrorists of September 11th. Al Qaeda will now meet the justice it abhors and the judgment it fears.
  • Text: U.S. Treasury, Interpol Work to Stem Terrorist Financing 11 Dec. 2001-- "Interpol is committed to both the fight against terrorism and the funds that make such heinous acts possible" Noble said. "We are dedicated to the task of shutting down funds earmarked for terror."

US Domestic Responses

  • U-S / EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- A new coalition of U-S health care and emergency response organizations says the country's readiness for biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism is woefully inadequate
  • POWELL / EUROPE VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell, nearing the end of a nine-nation tour, stopped in France and England today (Tuesday) to talk with French and British leaders about the next phase in the Afghan campaign: rebuilding the country
  • BUSH / MILITARY VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- President Bush says the war on terrorism requires a "new way of thinking" for U-S armed forces
  • TERROR INDICTMENT VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- A French national of Moroccan descent has become the first person indicted for alleged involvement in the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington
  • TERRORISM / U-S BONDS VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- The Bush Administration is bringing back war bonds, so every American can feel he is doing his part in the fight against terrorism.
  • BUSH TERROR VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Three-months to the minute after terrorists attacked the United States, the world and America paused to remember the victims and their families
  • U-S-IRAQ VOA 11 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.

International Responses

  • JAPAN/AFGHANISTAN VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Non-governmental organizations from Afghanistan and Japan opened three days of talks in Tokyo Tuesday to discuss support for the reconstruction of Afghanistan
  • AFGHANISTAN BRAHIMI VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Following a day of talks in Kabul, Special U-N Envoy to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi says the new authorities in Afghanistan have no objections to a U-N-mandated security force being deployed in Kabul
  • U-N / AFGHAN REFUGEES VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Relief agency officials at the United Nations today (Tuesday) welcomed the re-opening of a bridge linking Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. The officials say, with the bridge now open, they will be able deliver supplies more quickly to northern Afghanistan.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

  • POWELL / BLAIR VOA 11 Dec. 2001-- Three months, to the minute, after the first plane commandeered by terrorists struck New York's World Trade Center, British Prime Minister Tony Blair today (Tuesday) stood shoulder-to-shoulder with U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell, both vowing to fight terrorism to the end, no matter how long it will take



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