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Department of State Washington File: Defense Department Report, March 15: Afghanistan, Commissions, NPR
"We have ... pretty much completed the work as to how the [military] commissions generally will be conducted, in the event someone is ultimately appointed to be tried by a commission," Rumsfeld said. "[W]e've come to conclusions with respect to 6, 8, 10, 12 of the critical issues, and then some of the decisions can be left to the convening authorities, as is the case in most judicial systems," he added. (President Bush directed in November that military commissions be provided for as an option in dealing with Taliban and al-Qaida detainees who come under U.S. military control.) ... [Read More]
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Department of State Washington File: Defense Department Report, March 6: Operation Anaconda
At the same time, Army General Tommy Franks, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Central Command, said he is dispatching 200-300 more U.S. combat soldiers and Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra and Army AH-64 Apache combat attack helicopters to the battle -- dubbed Operation Anaconda -- which has become the largest offensive of the five-month-old war. Fighting began in the mountains just south of Gardez in the Paktia province near the border with Pakistan late March 1, and has not receded since, Franks said during a Pentagon briefing March 6 in Washington. ... [Read More]
Daily Press Briefing for Dec. 6 -- Transcript
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Department of State Washington File: Defense Department Report, December 21: Afghanistan Operations
"[W]e have some people who have been senior in al-Qaida and in Taliban," Rumsfeld told journalists at a December 21 Pentagon briefing. He said it remained to be seen who they are and how senior their positions, "and I'm not inclined to get into it at the moment." ... Asked why he would not reveal names of the detainees, Rumsfeld said it was "simply because it's in flux," and because decisions had not yet been made on who should have control of them. He also pointed out that several thousands of enemy forces are now under the control of the anti-Taliban forces, the government of Pakistan or the United States, and that it was a major undertaking simply to identify properly -- meaning photographs and fingerprints -- all of them. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Defense Department Report, April 22: Philippines, Afghanistan
Myers said the United States also is participating in a three-week joint military exercise on the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines. He said the joint exercise involves 2,700 U.S. military forces and 2,900 Philippine armed forces in missions to improve Philippine defenses and bolster that nation's ability to participate in peacekeeping operations. The Luzon exercise is expected to end May 6, and will include construction projects to create medical and dental clinics for local residents, the Pentagon said separately. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Defense Department Report, Monday, May 20: Afghanistan, Iraq
Marine Corps Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, who briefed with Clarke, said that in the most recent incident the West Virginia National Guardsman died of a gunshot wound after his mounted patrol came under hostile fire in eastern Afghanistan. The engagement, which also wounded an Afghan soldier, involved "a quick exchange of fire," the director of operations for the Joint Staff said. Although their precise identity is unclear, he said the attackers are being pursued. ... [Read More]
Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
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U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
(Canadians killed/Afghanistan, pilot/Canadian accident, Guantanamo Bay/detainees/interrogators, Abu Zubaydah/false information, Indian General/Myers, U.S.-India/Joint Military Exercises, Sadam Hussein/threatening U.S., airlift/Afghanistan recovery, ISAF/Afghanistan) (7120) ... (U.S. Navy, Marine engineers sent to Basilan province) (380) ... (Fifth in a series on APEC initiatives) (850) ... [Read More]
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