MS. TORIE CLRK ENTERS BRIEFING ROOM WITH ADMIRAL
STUFFLEBEEM, BEGIN BRIEFINGS BY TALKING OF HELICOPTER
WHEELS SHOWN ON TV BY TALIBAN AS BEING WHEELS THAT
FELL OFF H-47 HELICOPTER WHICH FELL OFF IN ACCIDENT.
AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MISSION AND RETURNED SAFELY.
SPEAKS OF ANOTHER HELICOPTER ENCOUNTER ON 10/20/01
WHICH ALSO RETURNED SAFELY. NO CASUALTIES.

REPORTERS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TARGET ERRORS.
AND LOSS OF CIVILIAN LIFE AND OTHER CLAIMS BY TALIBAN
OF HOSPITAL BEING HIT. COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

NEWSMAN ASKS IF THERE ARE ANY INDICATIONS IF THOSE
WHO FIRED ON HELICOPTER IN PAKISTAN WERE PAKISTANIS?
"NO", SAYS CLARK. REPORTER REFERS TO RESCUE
HELICOPTER AS "JOLLY GREEN GIANT". PERSISTENT
QUESTIONS ON THE HELICOPTER EVENT, BY NEWSMEN.

CU YOUNG FEMALE REPORTER LISTENS PENSIVELY WITH HAND
ON HER CHIN AS TORIE CLARK SPEAKS OF "COLLATERAL
DAMAGE". "WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE LOSS OF LIFE,
UNLIKE THE PEOPLE THAT KILLED THOUSANDS ON 9/-11".

STUFFLEBEEM TAKES QUESTIONS OF NEWSMEN.

STUFFLEBEEM SAYS, "WE HAVE STRUCK ALL OF TERRORISTS
TRAINING CAMPS". HE SAYS IF THEY FIND ANYMORE AL
QAEDA TRAINING CAMPS, "WE WILL STRIKE THEM". "WE ARE
GOING AT AL QAEDA IN ITS ENTIRETY".

TWO NEWSMEN TAKE NOTES AS STUFFLEBEEM SPEAKS, TELLING
THEM OF TALIBAN USING MOSQUES TO HIDE THEIR WEAPONS.
CU FACE SHOT PRETTY FEMALE REPORTER.

REPORTER ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT BOMBING RESIDENTIAL
AREAS IN KABUL. "THERE IS NOT INTENTION TO OPEN OR
WIDEN ATTACKS IN THE CITIES". MORE ON TALIBAN TAKING
POSITIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

STUFFLEBEEM SAYS "I KNOW WE HAVE STRUCK ALL KNOWN AL
QAEDA TERRORIST TRAINING CAMPS".

THREE MALE REPORTERS LISTENING, TAKING NOTES AS
STUTTLEBEEM SAYS, "COLLATERAL DAMAGE IS ALWAYS BEING
CONSIDERED".

REPORTER ASKS IF THERE ARE AL QAEDA FIGHTERS AMONG
TALIBAN FORCES. STUTTLEBEEM SAYS "I'D BE SURPRISED IF
ONE CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER". CU FACE SHOT TWO
NEWSMEN.