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> http://www.periscope1.com > > > Total Number of Items: 22 http://www.periscope1.com > > > Item Number:1 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - CIA OFFICER KILLED IN MAZAR-E-SHARIF PRISONER REVOLT (NOV 29/WP) > > > Item Number:2 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - SMALL U.S. ARMY QUICK REACTION FORCE ENTERS AFGHANISTAN (NOV 29/WP) > > > Item Number:3 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN IN KANDAHAR (NOV 29/INT-AVN) > > > Item Number:4 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - TOP AL-QAIDA OPERATIVE APPREHENDED (NOV 29/LAT) > > > Item Number:5 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - U.S. CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING MORE BASES (NOV 29/NYT) > > > Item Number:6 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > AFGHANISTAN - U.S. PLANS ATTACK ON WHITE MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD (NOV 29/INDEP) > > > Item Number:7 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > CANADA - NORTHERN MILITARY SELECTS MSTAR FOR BATTLEFIELD MANAGEMENT (NOV 29/ESS) > > > Item Number:8 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > GERMANY - BERLIN WARNS AGAINST WIDENING WAR ON TERROR (NOV 29/REU) > > > Item Number:9 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > GREECE - ATHENS, MOSCOW DISCUSS ARMS DEALS (NOV 29/MENL) > > > Item Number:10 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > IRAQ - BAGHDAD SAYS IT IS READY TO DEFEND ITSELF (NOV 29/REU) > > > Item Number:11 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > JORDAN - NEW IFV TO BE READY NEXT YEAR (NOV 29/MENL) > > > Item Number:12 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > LATVIA - RIGA PLANS NEW RADAR FOR NATO (NOV 29/AFP) > > > Item Number:13 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > LIBERIA - NEW REBEL ATTACKS HIT TWO TOWNS (NOV 29/BBC) > > > Item Number:14 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > MALAYSIA - KUALA LUMPUR WANTS TO DEAL FOR FRENCH SUBS (NOV 29/AFP) > > > Item Number:15 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > NEPAL - NEW DELHI OFFERS HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST REBELS (NOV 29/AFP) > > > Item Number:16 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > PHILIPPINES - TERRORIST RECRUITERS ARRESTED IN SOUTH ASIA (NOV 29/CNN) > > > Item Number:17 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > TURKEY - MILITARY AWAITS HOWITZER PURCHASE FROM GERMANY (NOV 29/MENL) > > > Item Number:18 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > UK - CONTRACTOR WINS MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR MORE THAN $25 MILLION (NOV 29/FLIR) > > > Item Number:19 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > UK - EUROFIGHTER VISUALIZATION WILL COME FROM CAE (NOV 29/CAE) > > > Item Number:20 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > USA - CONTRACTOR CONTINUES EARLY DELIVERY TREND (NOV 29/NG) > > > Item Number:21 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: IN > USA - GRIFFON SUBSIDIARY CHOSEN FOR AWACS UPGRADE (NOV 29/DOD) > > > Item Number:22 > Date: 11/29/2001 > Edition: AM > USA - NEW NMD TEST PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND (NOV 29/BBC) > > > > > Item Number:1 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - CIA OFFICER KILLED IN MAZAR-E-SHARIF PRISONER REVOLT (NOV 29/WP) > > WASHINGTON POST -- The Central Intelligence Agency broke with > tradition to confirm the death of Johnny Michael Spann during the > uprising by prisoners near Mazar-e-Sharif, the Washington Post > reports. > > > CIA Director George Tenet confirmed Spann's death, the first known > U.S. combat casualty in Afghanistan, at the hands of Taliban > prisoners being held by the Northern Alliance. > > > Spann, a former Marine from Manassas Park, Va., worked as a member > of the CIA's Special Activities Division, and is the 79th CIA agent > killed in the line of duty over the years. > > > > > > Item Number:2 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - SMALL U.S. ARMY QUICK REACTION FORCE ENTERS AFGHANISTAN (NOV 29/WP) > > WASHINGTON POST -- A quick reaction force of 100 U.S. Army soldiers > has entered northern Afghanistan to back up U.S. special operations > forces and CIA operatives, the Washington Post reports. > > > The 100 soldiers are from the 10th Mountain Division, which has had > 1,000 troops stationed in nearby Uzbekistan since early October. > > > The group will prepare and hold landing zones for possible > helicopter evacuations of American forces from other parts of > Afghanistan, one official said. > > > > > > Item Number:3 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN IN KANDAHAR (NOV 29/INT-AVN) > > INTERFAX-MILITARY NEWS AGENCY -- Pushtun Gen. Hamid Karzai has > joined with Northern Alliance representative Mawlawi Mohammed to > negotiate for the Taliban surrender of Kandahar, Interfax-Military > News Agency reports. > > > Karzai and Mohammed, meeting with Taliban representatives in a > suburb of the southern Afghan city, are demanding the disarmament of > all units in Kandahar and a peaceful surrender to the Northern > Alliance. > > > More than 15,000 Taliban forces are reported in Kandahar. > > > > > > Item Number:4 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - TOP AL-QAIDA OPERATIVE APPREHENDED (NOV 29/LAT) > > LOS ANGELES TIMES -- Northern Alliance forces claim they have > captured a top Al-Qaida operative who is also the son of the > extremist Muslim cleric convicted in 1995 of attempting to topple > the World Trade Center buildings, the Los Angeles Times reports. > > > Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman was a highly visible Al-Qaida operative > working in the group's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, U.S. > anti-terrorism officials say. > > > Rahman has been used by Al-Qaida to bring in new recruits, > capitalizing on the popularity of his father, Omar Abdel Rahman. > > > > > > Item Number:5 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - U.S. CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING MORE BASES (NOV 29/NYT) > > NEW YORK TIMES -- Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks said that > the U.S. might establish more temporary bases in Afghanistan to > dispatch troops where needed in the hunt for the leaders of Al-Qaida > and the Taliban, the New York Times reports. > > > "It could well be that Marines could be positioned in any place > inside the country, or Army forces could be positioned at another > forward operating base at some point," Franks said. > > > Franks said that between 850 and 900 Marines are stationed at > Forward Operating Base Rhino 80 miles southwest of Kandahar, with > the force growing to about 1,000 troops in the next 24 to 48 hours. > > > Additional U.S. Marine reinforcements are on their way to the > region, with 2,200 of them from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit > leaving San Diego on board the Bonhomme Richard on Sunday. > > > > > > Item Number:6 > Date: 11/29/2001 > AFGHANISTAN - U.S. PLANS ATTACK ON WHITE MOUNTAIN STRONGHOLD (NOV 29/INDEP) > > THE INDEPENDENT (UK) -- U.S. officials met with local anti-Taliban > leaders in the Jalalabad area to coordinate an attack against Osama > bin Laden's suspected fortress and refuge in the White Mountains of > eastern Afghanistan, the Independent reports. > > > The chief of defense for the local ruling council, Commander Haji > Zaman, said he is 90 percent certain that bin Laden is in the Tora > Bora area of the White Mountains, confirming that he has met with > American representatives to share intelligence on bin Laden and as > many as 2,000 Al-Qaida forces in the cave complex. > > > The Pentagon has acknowledged that Tora Bora is one of two areas > where the search for bin Laden is focused. > > > Zaman said he is increasingly certain that bin Laden is at the White > Mountain fortress and expects confirmation from scouts in the area > soon. > > > > > > Item Number:7 > Date: 11/29/2001 > CANADA - NORTHERN MILITARY SELECTS MSTAR FOR BATTLEFIELD MANAGEMENT (NOV 29/ESS) > > ENGINEERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- Engineered Support Systems has > received a $13 million contract for the production of Manportable, > Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (MSTAR) systems from the > Canadian Dept. of National Defense, reports a company press release. > > > The MSTAR will be integrated into the versatile LAV III battery > commander/forward observer officer/mortar fire controller vehicle > used by the Canadian army. > > > The MSTAR aids forward-deployed troops and field artillery units in > detecting, locating and classifying moving ground personnel or > vehicles and low-flying helicopters. > > > For more information on the MSTAR, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/sensors/grdradar/w0003502.html > > > > > > Item Number:8 > Date: 11/29/2001 > GERMANY - BERLIN WARNS AGAINST WIDENING WAR ON TERROR (NOV 29/REU) > > REUTERS -- German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer warned the U.S. > against expanding the war on terrorism to countries such as Iraq and > Somalia, Reuters reports. > > > Fischer, addressing the German parliament, said, "All European > nations would view a broadening (of the conflict) to include Iraq > highly skeptically, and that is putting it diplomatically." > > > Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he continued to support the U.S. > efforts in Afghanistan, but that Germany was not "waiting to > intervene militarily elsewhere in the world, such as Iraq or > Somalia." > > > > > > Item Number:9 > Date: 11/29/2001 > GREECE - ATHENS, MOSCOW DISCUSS ARMS DEALS (NOV 29/MENL) > > MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE -- Greece is laying the groundwork for the > purchase of defense systems from Russia in discussions between the > two countries, Middle East Newsline reports. > > > Russian Deputy Defense Minister M.A. Dimitriev met with Greek > Defense Minister Yannos Papantoniou last week in Athens, where they > discussed the defense agenda for next month's visit by Russian > President Vladimir Putin. > > > Greece has purchased the S-300 (NATO designation SA-10 Grumble) > anti-aircraft system from Russia, originally intended for Cyprus but > diverted due to objections by Turkey. > > > Russia is also offering upgrades for Greek tank and artillery > systems, as well as further air defense systems. > > > For more information on the S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) anti-aircraft > system, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/missrock/antiair/w0004211.html > > > > > > Item Number:10 > Date: 11/29/2001 > IRAQ - BAGHDAD SAYS IT IS READY TO DEFEND ITSELF (NOV 29/REU) > > REUTERS -- Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said his country > is ready to defend itself from an attack by the U.S., and said, "We > always expect evil and aggression from the American administration," > Reuters reports. > > > U.S. President George Bush has demanded that Iraq allow arms > inspectors to return and confirm that Iraq has no weapons of mass > destruction. > > > Iraq, however, continues to deny entry to any arms inspectors teams, > claiming it has no such weapons and adding that it has no ties with > Osama bin Laden, the Taliban or the Al-Qaida terrorist group. > > > Tim McCarthy, a former member of the U.N. arms inspection team in > Iraq and an analyst with the Monterey Institute of International > Studies, has contended that the U.S. is establishing a case for > action against Iraq, which could begin within six months. > > > > > > Item Number:11 > Date: 11/29/2001 > JORDAN - NEW IFV TO BE READY NEXT YEAR (NOV 29/MENL) > > MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE -- Jordan's project to produce the Tiger > infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) should be finished by the middle of > next year, Middle East Newsline reports. > > > The project is a joint venture of Jordan and the United Arab > Emirates intended for deployment in the UAE. > > > Development and production is handled in Jordan by the King Abdullah > Design and Development Bureau, with funding provided by the UAE's > Bin Jaber Group. > > > > > > Item Number:12 > Date: 11/29/2001 > LATVIA - RIGA PLANS NEW RADAR FOR NATO (NOV 29/AFP) > > AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE -- Latvia will build a new radar site for > future integration into NATO systems near the eastern city of > Rezekne, reports Agence France-Presse. > > > Plan call for the site to be located some 20 miles from the Russian > border and able to track objects that are not visible on civilian > radar. > > > The radar, which Latvia is purchasing from Lockheed Martin for some > 8 million lats (US$12.9 million), will be operational in mid-2003. > > > > > > Item Number:13 > Date: 11/29/2001 > LIBERIA - NEW REBEL ATTACKS HIT TWO TOWNS (NOV 29/BBC) > > BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP. -- A fresh rebel attack in western > Liberia has forced civilians to flee and aid agencies to withdraw > from two towns, the BBC reports. > > > The fighting started a few days ago in Gbarpolu County, with rebels > from Liberia United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) > attacking government units and trying to commandeer aid vehicles and > supplies. > > > Liberian defense officials confirmed the attacks in Belle Baloma and > Belle Fassama by the LURD rebels, who operate from bases in > neighboring Guinea. > > > > > > Item Number:14 > Date: 11/29/2001 > MALAYSIA - KUALA LUMPUR WANTS TO DEAL FOR FRENCH SUBS (NOV 29/AFP) > > AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE -- Malaysia is still in negotiations with > France over the purchase of several submarines, reports Agence > France-Presse. > > > Malaysian Defense Minister Najib Razak denied that the talks were > tied to the issue of national carrier Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) > being allowed to increase its flights to France. > > > Some officials believe Paris is close to signing the contract for > three diesel-electric submarines worth close to $1 billion. > > > > > > Item Number:15 > Date: 11/29/2001 > NEPAL - NEW DELHI OFFERS HELP IN FIGHT AGAINST REBELS (NOV 29/AFP) > > AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE -- India's foreign ministry has offered > "whatever assistance is required" to Nepal in its fight with Maoist > rebels, reports Agence France-Presse. > > > The offer was made earlier this week in a telephone call from Indian > Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to Nepal's King Gyanendra. > > > Nepalese Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khada said his government has > asked New Delhi to supply helicopters and arms to control Maoist > rebels, who have been responsible for violence that has left some > 350 people dead since last week. > > > > > > Item Number:16 > Date: 11/29/2001 > PHILIPPINES - TERRORIST RECRUITERS ARRESTED IN SOUTH ASIA (NOV 29/CNN) > > CABLE NEWS NETWORK -- One Jordanian and two Palestinian nationals > have been arrested in the Philippines for recruiting for Osama bin > Laden's Al-Qaida network, reports CNN. > > > A newly formed anti-terrorism task force -- made up of police, > soldiers and immigration agents -- arrested the men last week in > simultaneous raids in the capital of Manila and the southern > province of Mindanao. > > > Officials seized two pistols and bomb-making components, including > blasting caps, time fuses and detonation cords from Mohammad Sabri > Selamah, 35, a Palestinian carrying Iraqi documents; Ahmad Abd Bin > Masria, 32, a Palestinian carrying a Lebanese passport; and Hussam > al Ddeen Hasan Ali, 36, a Jordanian. > > > > > > Item Number:17 > Date: 11/29/2001 > TURKEY - MILITARY AWAITS HOWITZER PURCHASE FROM GERMANY (NOV 29/MENL) > > MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE -- Although Berlin and Ankara have reached an > agreement in principle on the sale of as many as 400 howitzers to > Turkey, Germany has yet to finally confirm the sale, Middle East > Newsline reports. > > > Germany's federal security council has approved the delivery of the > howitzers, but critics in the German government are concerned that > Turkey would use the weapons against Kurds or in an operation > against Iraq. > > > The European Union has been angered by Ankara's opposition to the > accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the E.U., leading Turkish > officials to sound less than confident that the sale will go > through. > > > > > > Item Number:18 > Date: 11/29/2001 > UK - CONTRACTOR WINS MULTIPLE CONTRACTS FOR MORE THAN $25 MILLION (NOV 29/FLIR) > > FLIR SYSTEMS -- FLIR Systems has been awarded new contracts valued > at more than $25 million for delivery of its Star-Q and Star SAFIRE > II airborne imaging systems, ThermoVision (TM) Sentry perimeter > security system and MilCAM XP and MilCAM Recon hand-held > reconnaissance and surveillance systems, reports a company press > release. > > > One contract, valued at over $12 million, is from the U.K. Ministry > of Defense to supply the Royal Air Force (RAF) with the FLIR's new > Star-Q multisensor airborne imaging system. > > > Another contract, valued at over $4 million, is from the Royal > Australian Air Force for the Star SAFIRE II systems on Australia's > fleet of P-3C fixed-wing aircraft for a variety of missions > including long range surveillance, coastal patrol and search and > rescue. > > > For more information on the Safire II, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/sensors/esm-ew/w0004639.html > > > > > > Item Number:19 > Date: 11/29/2001 > UK - EUROFIGHTER VISUALIZATION WILL COME FROM CAE (NOV 29/CAE) > > CAE PRESS RELEASE -- CAE has signed a contract with Eurofighter > Simulation Systems GmbH (ESS) to supply visual systems for the > Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon combat aircraft Aircrew Synthetic > Training Aids (ASTA) program, reports a company press release. > > > CAE will provide visual simulation equipment and services to ESS > over the next seven years. > > > Full Mission Simulators (FMS) will duplicate all aspects of > high-speed tactical jet mission flight. > > > For more information on the Eurofighter, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/aircraft/fighter/w0001268.html > > > > > > Item Number:20 > Date: 11/29/2001 > USA - CONTRACTOR CONTINUES EARLY DELIVERY TREND (NOV 29/NG) > > NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP. -- Northrop Grumman announced the delivery of > the next Block 20 E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System > (Joint STARS) aircraft to the U.S. Air Force, nearly two months > ahead of schedule, reports a company press release. > > > This is the eighth consecutive E-8C that the company's Integrated > Systems sector has delivered early. > > > The Block 20 E-8C's contain commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) > technology computers for operating the Joint STARS surveillance > equipment. > > > For more information on the JSTARS, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/aircraft/e-r-o/w0003128.html > > > > > > Item Number:21 > Date: 11/29/2001 > USA - GRIFFON SUBSIDIARY CHOSEN FOR AWACS UPGRADE (NOV 29/DOD) > > US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- Griffon's electronic information and > communication systems subsidiary, Telephonics Corp., received a > $13.5 million contract award from the U.S. Air Force Warner Robins > Air Logistics Center to upgrade the entire U.S. fleet of Airborne > Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with the latest > Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) receiver-transmitter technology, > reports the Pentagon. > > > Aimed at dramatically improving mission capability, this new > technology upgrade complements the recent retrofitting of the AWACS' > Target Extractor processors. > > > For more information on the AWACS, see Periscope's record at: > > http://www.periscope.ucg.com/weapons/aircraft/e-r-o/w0003125.html > > > > > > Item Number:22 > Date: 11/29/2001 > USA - NEW NMD TEST PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND (NOV 29/BBC) > > BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP. -- The U.S. is planning another test of > elements of the proposed National Missile Defense system this > weekend, the BBC reports. > > > The test will consist of an interceptor missile fired from a U.S. > base in the Marshall Islands attempting to intercept a dummy warhead > over the Pacific Ocean. > > > Of the four previous tests, two have been successful. > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://TOPICA.COM/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
