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TerrorTracker.com (NeilDoyle.com):
"Iraq missile production video"
Posted by: Neil on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:41 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Islamic Army in Iraq has issued a video showing missiles being manufactured and tested."
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"Warden Message: Official Americans' Bangladesh Travel Restricted"
Consular Affairs Bulletins
South / Central Asia - Bangladesh
12 Nov 2006
NOTE: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2102
Coalition Marks Fifth Anniversary of Taliban’s Fall in Afghanistan
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2006 – Celebration filled the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, five years ago today as members of the Northern Alliance rolled into the city, driving the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies into hiding places in the south.
Newsreels showed Afghans reveling in the fall of the regime that had oppressed them since 1996. Afghan men shaved their beards, women abandoned their head-to-toe burqas, children flew kites, and people played music on the radio -- all activities forbidden under Taliban rule.
U.S. aircraft had bombed Taliban training camps and command-and-control sites since the opening days of Operation Enduring Freedom just a month earlier, and the bombing continued as Taliban operatives fled to the inhospitable Afghanistan-Pakistan border, then-Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke reported.
Some 80 U.S. aircraft targeted Taliban and terrorist cave and tunnel complexes on Nov. 13, 2001, and three C-17 Globemaster III cargo airplanes dropped 39,000 humanitarian daily ration packs, bringing the total delivered that week to 1.5 million.
U.S. special operations forces also played a key role in the Northern Alliance successes, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers reported during a Nov. 13, 2001, Pentagon press conference.
Myers noted that Special Forces soldiers helped coordinate the Northern Alliance’s tactical victory at Mazar-e Sharif four days earlier and coordinated air attacks that helped neutralize Taliban capabilities.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld welcomed the successes in Afghanistan and acknowledged that they left the Taliban and al Qaeda forces with few choices. “If they reorganize in the south, we will go get them,” he said. “If they go to ground, …we will root them out. If they decide to flee, I doubt they will find peace wherever they select.”
Five years later, coalition forces, and NATO International Security Assistance Force and Afghan troops continue to “relentlessly pursue” Taliban extremists, al Qaeda operatives and other terrorists, Air Force Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesman, said.
The Taliban is taking advantage of the fact that the Afghanistan government’s institutions are still relatively weak, which has enabled them to expand their strength and influence in some areas, he said.
Taliban members usually operate in pockets of 50 to 70 fighters and, in rare occasions, swell to 200 fighters in one location -- an increase from 2005, Vician noted. “The enemy is focused on winning the battle of perception, attacking civilians to spread fear among local populations,” Vician said. “His goal is to win the battle of perception and force us to lose our will.”
During his Sept. 11, 2006, address marking the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States, President Bush reaffirmed his promise that the United States will continue to seek terrorists out. “No matter how long it takes, America will find you, and we will bring you to justice,” he said.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan continues to advance beyond its days of Taliban rule, with progress on a variety of fronts. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his democratically elected government are providing what Bush calls a model of democracy in the Middle East.
The 35,000-member Afghan National Army is growing in both numbers and capability and helping ensure that terrorists never again take sanctuary within the country’s borders. NATO’s Internal Security Assistance Force took the lead for security and stability operations throughout the country Oct. 5 to support that effort.
At the same time, an extensive reconstruction effort continues throughout Afghanistan. Turkey opened the 25th of 34 provincial reconstruction teams planned for Afghanistan last week. The new PRT, in Wardak province, will work with Afghan authorities to promote health care, education, police training and agricultural alternatives to local farmers, officials said.
During ceremonies in October marking the ISAF’s expanded responsibilities in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan, emphasized the ongoing U.S. commitment to Afghanistan.
“Our missions and forces on the ground remain unchanged,” he said. “In short, the United States has been here since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, and we will not leave Afghanistan until the job is done.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2104
Soldiers Detain Suspected Terrorists, Seize Weapons
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2006 – Multinational Division Baghdad and Iraqi army soldiers detained seven suspected terrorists and seized two weapons caches in separate operations in and around Baghdad Nov. 11, military officials in Iraq reported.
Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers detained four suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache in one of the capital’s western neighborhoods Nov. 11.
After witnessing suspicious activity, soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, searched four suspects. They found a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher, an RPG round, an AK-47, a heavy machine gun, three grenades, and two assault rifles with two 100-round belts of ammunition.
The suspects were detained for further questioning. An explosive ordnance disposal team later performed a controlled detonation of the weapons cache.
In another operation, Iraqi army and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers seized a large weapons cache and detained three individuals in the Qa-Qaa apartment complex in Mahmudiyah, 30 kilometers south of Baghdad on Nov. 11.
Iraqi soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, teamed up with a U.S. advisory team from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and conducted a cordon-and-knock operation in the apartment complex.
Three 107 mm rockets, 24 82 mm mortar rounds, 17 60 mm mortar rounds, 19 60 mm mortar fuses, 100 mortar charges, two mortar tripods and aiming devices, a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher, an AK-47 assault rifle, an RPK medium machine gun, false identification cards, and four license plates were seized during the operation.
The most significant find in the cache was the discovery of 25 anti-armor improvised explosive device cover plates.
The operation was delayed briefly with the discovery of a car bomb parked near the apartment complex. An explosive ordinance team was brought in to dispose of the car bomb.
The operation was based on actionable intelligence collected from sources in the area, officials said. The detainees are in the custody of the Iraqi army for questioning.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)