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TITLE: "DOD BRIEFING": "HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GENERAL RICHARD MYERS CJSC". 2:30 PM, TUESDAY, 13 NOVEMBER, 2001. ALSO: NOVEMBER 15, 2001 BRIEFING WITH RUMSFELD AND GENERAL FRANKS.
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NEWSMEN SEATED IN PENTAGON PRESS BRIEFING ROOM CHATTING, WAITING FOR RUMSFELD , MYERS.
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RUMSFELD TAKES PODIUM WITH MYERS TALKS OF THIS MONTH BEING 2ND MONTH OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. REITERATES, "THIS WAR IS NOT ABOUT ONE MAN" "A PROBLEM THAT INFECTS THIS GLOBE OF OURS"
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RUMSFELD: "WE ARE CLEARLY IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL, WE HAVE TO FIND THE LEADERSHIP OF AL QAEDA".
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ABOVE VIEW NEWSMEN, WOMEN, BUSY TAKING NOTES AS RUMSFELD MAKES OPENING STATEMENTS.
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RUMSFELD SAYS TALIBAN HAVE SEVERAL CHOICES, "THEY CAN FLEE, ORGANIZE IN THE SOUTH, FLEE AND MELT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, OR THEY CAN DEFECT". "IF THEY DECIDE TO FLEE, I DOUBT IF THEY FIND PEACE WHEREVER THEY SELECT". THEY CAN FLEE TO IRAN OR SOMALIA, PAKISTAN.
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RUMSFELD MENTIONS IRAQ, SYRIA, LIBYA, CUBA, NORTH KOREA AND THE LIKE, AS STATES WHO WOULD ACCEPT THEM.
MENTIONS WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN BEING PERSECUTED, C ONFINED TO THEIR HOME". |
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"THEY TRAFFIC IN OPIUM, WORSENING THE POSITIONS OF MUSLIMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD", SAYS RUMSFELD. PAINTS A HORRENDOUS PICTURE OF TALIBAN SUPPRESSION OF ITS PEOPLE.
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"TALIBAN HAS MADE AFGHANISTAN A SYNONYM FOR TERROR".
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GENERAL MYERS GIVES BATTLE ASSESSMENT FOR "NOW THE 38TH DAY OF COALITION COMBAT OPERATIONS". "LAST WEEK THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE CONTROLLED 15% OF AFGHANISTAN, YESTERDAY THEY HAVE FORCES IN 1/2 OF THE COUNTRY".
"THEY HAVE REACHED HE OUTSKIRTS OF KABUL". |
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REPORTERS TAKE NOTES, MYERS VOICE OVER SAY, "AL QAEDA STILL REMAIN DANGEROUS".
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MYERS TELLS OF YESTERDAY'S BATTLE ACTIONS.
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AERIAL PHOTO SHOWS HOW TALIBAN HAVE PARKED TANKS AND MILITARY UNITS NEAR RELIGIOUS SITES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STRIKE WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES.
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MONTAGE MYERS SHOWS SEVERAL GRAPHIC GUN CAMERA VIDEOS OF MILITARY TARGETS BEING HIT, EXPLODED.
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REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD ABOUT USING CAPTURED AIRBASE IN MAZAR I SHARIF FOR HUMANITARIAN AID.
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REPORTER ASKS IF THERE IS SANCTUARY FOR TALIBAN IN KANDAHAR? GOOD ABOVE VIEW OF RUMSFELD, MYERS AND THE PRESS CORP IN THE ROOM WITH RUMSFELD SPEAKING.
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MYERS SAYS THAT TALIBAN RETREAT "APPEARS TO BE DISORGANIZED"
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NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD HOW CONFIDENT HE IS THAT "OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN?"
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RUMSFELD SAYS HE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, IS OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN?" SPEAKING OF REWARDS ON OSAMA BIN LADEN AND OTHERS, RUMSFELD SAYS, "IT MAY BE THAT MONEY MAY TALK SOMEHOW"
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CU PRETTY ORIENTAL NEWS REPORTER LISTENING TO RUMSFELD.
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FEMALE REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD WHAT HIS PRIORITIES ARE. HE SPELLS THEM OUT.
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FEMALE REPORTER ASKS RUMSFELD ABOUT REPORTS THAT NORTHERN ALLIANCE FORCES HAVE COMMITTED ATROCITIES AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE. RUMSFELD ASKS WHO IS MAKING THESE REPORTS?
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RUMSFELD LECTURES PRESS ON UNSUBSTANTIATED REPORTS, "THE IMPRESSION I GET IS THAT AMERICA IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD, AND IN FACT IT'S NOT." "THE TALIBAN HAVE BEEN VICIOUS OPPRESSORS IN THAT COUNTRY".
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RUMSFELD: "I'LL GUESS THAT WHEN THIS IS OVER, THIS PROBABLY WILL PROVE TO HAVE BEEN THE CHANGE OF HANDS WITH THE LEAST LOSS OF LIFE OF ANY TIME IN MODERN MEMORY IN THAT COUNTRY".
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RUMSFELD: WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE IN AFGHANISTAN, WE ARE THERE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON"
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION, "ARE WE WORRIED THAT AL QAEDA AND OSAMA BIN LADEN WILL MAKE A LAST GASP TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U.S.?
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RUMSFELD SAYS, TO THINK BY DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING IS INCITING THEM TO ATTACK US", "ITS LIKE FEEDING AN ALLIGATOR HOPING HE WILL EAT YOU LAST". LAUGHTER BY PRESS.
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RUMSFELD: "THE PRESIDENT SAID, THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM IS TO FIND THOSE TERRORISTS AND TO "DRAIN THE SWAMP"
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION WITH SMILE, SAYS, "THERE'S THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE DAY".
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"THE ONLY PRESSURE THE PEOPLE SAW IS THE BOMBING".
THE WORLD HAS GOT TO MAKE IT INHOSPITABLE TO" |
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REPORTER ASKS ABOUT THE "APPARENT STRESS BETWEEN BIN LADEN AND AL QAEDA?"
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END BRIEFING.
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TITLE: "DOD BRIEFING": HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS, CINC, CENTCOM" "12:15 PM THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2001."
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RUMSFELD TAKES PODIUM WITH GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS TELLS PRESS HE IS THERE ON THEIR REQUEST. MAKES JOKES.
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RUMSFELD TELLS OD SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
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GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS TELLS OF MISSION, GIVES WAR ASSESSMENTS TO DATE, INCLUDING HUMANITARIAN AID. SAYS WE HAVE THE INITIATIVE AND WE ARE ON OUR "TIME LINE".
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NEWSMAN ASKS FRANKS IF WE WILL EVENTUALLY PUT TROOPS ON THE GROUND? "THIS REMAINS AN OPTION", SAYS FRANKS
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FRANKS GIVES LENGTHY REPLY TO QUESTION OF IT BEING SAFE FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANIZATIONS ON GROUND IN LIBERATED NORTHER AFGHANISTAN.
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NEWSMAN ASKS ABOUT RULES OF ENGAGEMENT OF FORCES IN SOUTH. CU FACE SHOT UNIDENTIFIED NEWSMAN.
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NEWSMAN ASKS GENERAL FRANKS IF HE FEELS EXONERATED ABOUT CRITICISM OF HIS CAMPAIGN AS BEING "TOO TIMID?", AND "IS TALIBAN DESTROYED AS AN EFFECTIVE FIGHTING FORCE?", FRANKS SAYS, "I DON'T FEEL EXONERATED NOR DO I FEEL VILIFIED".
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NEWSMAN ASKS, HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN COULD HAVE ESCAPED BY HELICOPTER OR SMALL AIRCRAFT WITH SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT WATCHING EVERY MOVE? IN LENGTHY ANSWER, RUMSFELD TELLS OF SEVERAL POSSIBLE WAYS, INCLUDING A DONKEY OR BURRO.
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NEWSMAN ASKS GENERAL FRANKS, "HOW FAR HAS THE MILITARY OBJECTIVE HAS IN DESTROYING AL QAEDA?"
FRANKS GIVES LENGTHY ANSWER. "WE ARE TIGHTENING THE NOOSE, IT'S A MATTER OF TIME". |
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ON QUESTION OF NORTHERN ALLIANCE, FRANKS SAYS HE WISHES TO REFER TO THEM AS "OPPOSITION GROUPS".
VETERAN MALE REPORTER AND YOUNG FEMALE REPORTER LISTENING TO FRANKS' REPLY. |
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REPORTER ASKS IF FRANKS THINKS WE WILL BE FIGHTING A GUERRILLA WAR IN AFGHANISTAN?
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FRANKS IS ASKED IF WE FOUND ANY WORK BEING DONE BY BIN LADEN ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)? CU NEWSMAN WITH HAND ON CHIN LISTENS PENSIVELY TO FRANKS REPLY. FRANK SAYS, "WE HAVE NO SUBSTANTIAL FINDINGS AT THIS POINT (OF WMD'S)".
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NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD HOW RELIEF WORKERS GAINED THEIR FREEDOM FROM TALIBAN PRISON?
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IN RESPONSE TO NEWSWOMAN'S QUESTION, FRANKS SAYS, ABOUT 50 TO 60% OF AFGHANISTAN IS IN SOME CONTROL OF OPPOSITION FORCES.
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NEWSMAN ASKS RUMSFELD IF TALIBAN HAS OFFERED UP OSAMA BIN LADEN TO NEGOTIATE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE WAR, AND IS THE U.S. WILLING TO NEGOTIATE?"
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*NOTE: THIS BRIEFING CONTINUES IN VM-2607
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