2001MISC. WARS
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BRIEFING, MONDAY 10/8/01
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SECRETARY RUMSFELD & GENERAL MYERS ON CRUTCHES WALK IN ROOM FOLLOWED BY STAFF INCLUDING ASD TORIE CLARK
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RUMSFELD BEGINS BRIEFING BY SAYING THEY ARE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS OF RAIDS ON TALIBAN. AIR DEFENSE SITES LOCATED AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE ELIMINATED. NOT CERTAIN THAT COMMAND AND CONTROL SITES WERE ELIMINATED. ADDITIONAL TARGETS WILL BE HIT TODAY. CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN AIR DROPS TO AFGHAN PEOPLE. EVERY TARGET WAS MILITARY TARGET. ALL BRITISH, AMERICAN PILOTS RETURNED SAFELY.
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ABOVE VIEW NEWS REPORTERS IN SEATS TAKING NOTES.
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| 00:04:09 193.23 |
RUMSFELD REITERATES MULTI-FACETED GOAL: "WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL TERRORIST NETWORKS ARE DESTROYED".
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| 00:06:11 315.23 |
GENERAL MYERS TAKES PODIUM & TELLS OF THE MILITARY ACTION TAKEN.
REITERATES MISSION. TELLS OF TARGETS HIT. |
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REPORTERS START ASKING QUESTIONS.
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RUMSFELD SAYS IT IS TOO SOON TO SAY THAT TALIBAN AIRCRAFT &
AIRFIELDS COMMUNICATIONS ARE FULLY DISABLED. |
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REPORTER ASKS ABOUT 4 MILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND ABOUT LEAFLETS DROPPED TO PEOPLE THAT CANNOT READ. RUMSFELD &
GENERAL MEYERS TELLS OF THE NUMBERS OF RATIONS DROPPED "YESTERDAY AND TODAY". |
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RUMSFELD TELLS OF TARGETING LEADERSHIP PEOPLE OF AL QAEDA AND THE OMAR TALIBAN.
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| 00:15:44 888.23 |
GENERAL MYERS SAYS B-1 AND B-2 "STEALTH" BOMBERS WERE IN ACTION TODAY.
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| 00:16:36 940.23 |
RUMSFELD ANSWERS QUESTION RELATING TO NORTHERN ALLIANCE IN TERMS OF AIR SUPPORT FOR THEIR TROOPS.
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| 00:18:49 1073.23 |
GENERAL MYERS TELLS OF TALIBAN SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES & OTHER ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS BEING USED BY TALIBAN.
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| 00:19:34 1118.23 |
REPORTER ASKS WHAT WILL BE CONSIDERED A VICTORY IN AFGHANISTAN.
RUMSFELD RESPONDS: "CRUISE MISSILES AND BOMBERS WILL NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM". "IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL TAKE CONTINUOUS PRESSURE FROM COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE" |
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REPORTER ASKS IF ACTION OF THE LAST TWO DAYS HAS STRUCK BIN LADEN IN ANY WAY. GENERAL MEYERS TELLS OF BIN LADEN TRAINING CAMPS THAT WERE "TAKEN OUT".
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GENERAL MYERS TELLS OF THE ADDITIONAL, MORE ACCURATE GUIDED MISSILE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS SATELLITE SYSTEMS PUT INTO PLAY SINCE THE DESERT STORM GULF WAR.
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION OF HOW MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE WAR BESIDES BRITAIN AND IN WHAT WAY?
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GENERAL MYERS SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN NO AIR-TO-AIR ENGAGEMENTS WITH TALIBAN PLANES AS OF YET. AIRFIELDS & AIRCRAFT ON GROUND HAVE BEEN ATTACKED.
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| 00:27:21 1585.23 |
RUMSFELD: "OUR INTEREST ARE THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THE TALIBAN"
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION OF "HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES AVOID THE MISTAKES FORMER SOVIET UNION HAS MADE DURING THEIR WAR IN AFGHANISTAN?"
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RUMSFELD TELLS REPORTER HE WOULD NOT SPECULATE ON WHETHER HE WOULD USE GROUND TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN DOESN'T THINK THE AIR ATTACKS ALONE WILL DO THE JOB
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| 00:31:37 1841.23 |
RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION ABOUT "AWACS" PLANES & HOMELAND SECURITY.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRESS BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY 10/17/01
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| 00:35:48 2092.23 |
HONORABLE TORIE CLARK ASD, (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) SPEAKS AT PODIUM &
INTRODUCES REAR ADMIRAL JOHN STUFFLEBEEM, JOINT STAFF |
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ADMIRAL JOHN STUFFLEBEEM MAKES STATEMENTS ON OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. SPEAKS OF OPERATIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA, ATTACKS ON TALIBAN TARGETS THE DAY BEFORE & THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT USED. MAP OF AFGHANISTAN TITLED: "ENDURING FREEDOM, OCTOBER 16" WITH LOCATIONS AND TYPES OF TARGETS HIT IS SHOWN. SAYS, "WE DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 53,000 HUMANITARIAN DAILY RATIONS (HDR)"
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PHOTOS OF TALIBAN FACILITIES IN KANDAHAR & KABUL, AFGHANISTAN BEFORE & AFTER AIR STRIKES. ALSO SHOWN ARE PIN POINT ATTACKS ON MILITARY FACILITIES AND SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSIONS.
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REPORTER ASKS IF WE ARE HELPING THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE IN ANY WAY.
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REPORTERS TAKING NOTES.
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ADMIRAL TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AC-130 (GUNSHIP) AIRCRAFT WHICH PROVIDE "A LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS THAT OTHER AIRCRAFT DON'T SEEM TO BEAR". ADMIRAL SAYS PILOTS WILL NOT FIRE ON TARGETS AS THEY SEE THEM BUT ONLY AT TARGETS THEY ARE DIRECTED TO.
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MALE & FEMALE REPORTERS TAKING NOTES AS ADMIRAL RESPONDS TO QUESTION.
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REPORTER ASKS ADMIRAL QUESTIONS ABOUT "ENGAGEMENT ZONES".
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ADMIRAL EXPLAINS "ENGAGEMENT ZONES" AND WHEN AND WHY THEY ARE UTILIZED. "PILOTS MUST HAVE POSITIVE ID BEFORE FIRING ON TARGETS"
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"WE HAVE ATTACKED ALL OF THE FIXED AIR DEFENSE SITES THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO DATE."
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| 00:56:12 3316.23 |
CU NEWSMAN NODDING AS ADMIRAL RESPONDS TO HIS QUESTION.
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| 00:57:26 3390.23 |
ADMIRAL EXPLAINS WHY "ENGAGEMENT ZONE DOCTRINE" IS NOW IN PLACE & WHY NOT BEFORE.
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| 00:58:00 3424.23 |
NEWSMEN SEATED LISTENING TO ADMIRAL.
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ADMIRAL EXPLAINS WHAT "FLEX TARGETING" MEANS.
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ADMIRAL STUFFLEBEEM LEAVES PODIUM AS REPORTER ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT AMTRAX.
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| 01:00:51 3595.23 |
TORIE CLARK TAKES PODIUM & ANSWERS QUESTION PERTAINING TO ANTHRAX & IF ANYONE IN PENTAGON WHO HANDLES MAIL IS BEING TESTED FOR EXPOSURE.
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REPORTER ASKS QUESTION ABOUT BUS BEING HIT IN KANDAHAR WITH 18 CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. (COLLATERAL DAMAGE)
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| 01:02:21 3685.23 |
CLARK RESPONDS TO QUESTION CONCERNING "BOMBING PAUSE". SPEAKS OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN RELATION TO BOMBING PAUSE.
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