Posted on 12/20/2001 4:49:17 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS -- OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 12/20/01
Freedom, Buzkashi. Omar and Usama bin Hiding. More cave booty. Some special forces leave. US Embassy.
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REPORT FROM THEATRE 1 - AFGHANISTAN
WAR FOR ENDURING FREEDOM 12/20/01
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REPORTS:
WASHINGTON, 12/19/01
Osama bin Laden is "either dead in some tunnel, or he's alive," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said.
"If he's alive, he's either in Afghanistan or he isn't," Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon briefing today. But, the secretary said, the point is "it does not matter. We'll find him one day."
The Al Qaeda leader's demise or capture will not end the threat of global terrorism, because, Rumsfeld said, Bin Laden is not "the entire problem."
"The Al Qaeda is the entire problem, and the other terrorist networks are the problem." Rumsfeld said he believes Bin Laden will be found. "We'll get him," he said.
Asked what the U.S. officials would do if Bin Laden turned up "thumbing his nose at you," Rumsfeld replied, "We will go see about that thumb."
Bin Laden is only one of the terrorist chiefs capable of leading Al Qaeda. The terrorist group has cells in 50 to 60 countries, Rumsfeld said.
"We have made it very clear for a period of months that if these people go somewhere else, we'll go find them," Rumsfeld said.
Bin Laden is One of Many Terrorist Chiefs, Kozaryn
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In Tora Bora, fighters continue to remove tools, weapons, munitions, and booty from the caves.
Near Tora Bora, two things are needed to take out the hiding Al Quada.
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Kabul
In Kabul, the Embassy is cleaned and restored. Materials from the '80s are found.
In Kabul, Afghans guard the Bagram airport
In Kabul at the airport, security is helped by the British Royal Marines ....
..... and the US Army 10th Mountain Division.
In Kabul at the airport, a Russian chopper flys by.
In Kabul, British Royal Engineers and explosive experts help demine the airport.
In Kabul at the airport, finally, at night, prisoner are moved into the detention center.
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In Kandahar, Marines guard the airport.
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In Mazar-e-Sharif, more pics of the Buzkashi event with US special forces.
In Mazar-e-Sharif, US special forces say goodbye to grateful Afghans.
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In Mazar-e-Sharif, backstage at a movie theatre -- open for the first time in four years.
In Mazar-e-Sharif, the French let a humanitarian plane land.
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In Termez, Uzbekistan, residents are informed of U.S. rewards for Al Qaida leaders.
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Meanwhile, on the USS Th. Roosevelt, planes are packed.
On the USS Th. Roosevelt, an E-2C reflects control structures.
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On the USS Kittyhawk, the crew spells "FREEDOM".
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In India
In the Pallanwala Chhamb sector near JammuIndian, and at the Nowshara Sector, Indian soldiers patrol the line of control.
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In New Delhi, the Hindu Nationalist party protests terrorism.
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In Bombay, Nationalist Youth Congress holds an anti-terrorism demonstration.
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END OF TRANSMISSION 12/20/01 .......... K
The Carrier with "FREEDOM" spelled out by the crew is awesome!
Did anyone have Tine Turner come to mind when they saw this, or is it just me needing sleep?
"If he's alive, he's either in Afghanistan or he isn't," Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon briefing today.
But, the secretary said, the point is "it does not matter. We'll find him one day."
When Ridge said similar words a few weeks ago, he was candid enough to say, under his breath and out of the hearing of TV cameras, "We hope".
Tine!
Now if I had written that it would have been a Freudian slip.....let's see what has tines?
And Rumsfeld was confident enough to not have to say it.
I dont think so .. but thanks for the thought.
"All we want is life beyond the thunderdome"
So many of the photos you post, Diogenesis, are like paintings. Thanks for all your labors of love.
Leni
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