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Bush Says First Phase a Success
Saturday, October 13, 2001
(2:34 PM ET) (18:34 GMT)
CNN

Afghans examine rubble in Kabul after a stray U.S. bomb hit a neighborhood near the city's airport early Saturday.
Photo Credit: Reuters.

President Bush said Saturday the U.S. and British strikes on Afghanistan have "achieved the goals of the first phase of the campaign" but the anti-terrorist effort launched at the start of the week would continue.

"This campaign will not be completed in one attack," Bush said. "Our enemy prefers to attack the helpless.He hides from our soldiers. But we're making a determined effort to take away his hiding places."

Intense airstrikes resumed Saturday on targets around the Afghan ca pital of Kabul and the ruling Taliban's spiritual base in Kandahar. In his weekly radio address, Bush said the Taliban's air defenses have been crippled, and "American forces dominate the skies over Afghanistan."
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