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

Operations

• AFGHAN FIGHTING VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Hundreds of heavily-armed U-S Marines swept into Kandahar airport by land and air before dawn on Friday, to secure the airfield and its facilities. While in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan tribal forces backed by U-S bombers, pressed their attacks against al-Qaida positions in the Tora Bora area
• AFGHAN / RUMSFELD VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld denies the United States is trying to exterminate al-Qaida terrorists in Afghanistan or that it is trying to interfere with efforts to get terrorist fighters to surrender
• AFGHANISTAN/AL-QAIDA FIGHTERS VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- In eastern Afghanistan, negotiations for the surrender of some one thousand al-Qaida fighters in Tora Bora have broken down

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers 13 Dec. 2001 -- "The recent tape of Osama bin Laden has now been made available. (...) Next, about the B-1 crash that went down yesterday in the Indian Ocean, as we've indicated all four crewmembers are safe. They've been recovered by Navy personnel with no serious injuries. And they're now aboard the USS Russell. (...) Operationally, we continue to provide air support to the opposition groups that are attacking the al Qaeda forces in the Tora Bora area. There has been no surrender by the al Qaeda offered or accepted. Nor has there been any cease-fire in this effort. Our mission to eliminate the al Qaeda, its network and the Taliban in Afghanistan remains the same as it has from the beginning"
• Byliner: Sen. Jon Kyl on Trading Terror for Textiles 13 Dec. 2001-- This column is by U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, who is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and ranking member on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information. This column first appeared in The Washington Times on December 13, 2001 and is in the public domain. No republication restrictions.

US Domestic Responses

• MOUSSAOUI / TERROR HEARING VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- A Federal Court judge has given the go-ahead to transfer Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person indicted in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, to Virginia to stand trial
• TERROR PROSECUTION VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are busy preparing for the trial of alleged terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui expected to start early next year. Mr. Moussaoui was indicted this week by a federal grand jury in Virginia and is the first person formally accused of being part of the group that carried out the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
• AFGHAN/VIDEOTAPE VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- The Bush administration has released a videotape of Osama bin Laden in which he reveals advance knowledge of last September's suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

International Responses

• INDONESIA / AL-QAIDA VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- A day after Indonesia's intelligence chief linked foreign terrorists to current violence in the archipelago, skeptics are saying there is no proof of such claims.
• JAPAN/AFGHANISTAN VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Non-governmental organizations from Afghanistan and Japan have ended three days of talks in Tokyo about providing support for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

Defense Industry

• Latest Generation Hercules Aircraft Operational for Royal Australian Air Force Lockheed Martin 13 Dec 2001 -- The fleet of 12 new generation C-130J Hercules aircraft were formally accepted into operational service by the Chief of the Air Force, Air Marshal Angus Houston, at a ceremony today at RAAF Base Richmond in New South Wales.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 13 Dec 2001
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO United Nations 13 Dec 2001

News Reports

• BIN LADEN TAPE REACT VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- The release by the U-S government of a video tape of Osama Bin Laden reacting to the September 11th terrorist attacks drew immediate comment in New York
• KENYA / CLERIC VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Kenyan police have released a Muslim cleric who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of being involved in terrorism
• Military Tribunals VOA 13 Dec. 2001-- Last month, President Bush issued an executive order establishing military tribunals to try non-Americans suspected of terrorism. The administration says the tribunals are a vital tool in the fight against terrorism. But, critics contend they sweep aside constitutional protections and undermine the rule of law