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Enduring Freedom Operational Update -- Rear Adm. Stufflebeem
Friday, November 2, 2001
(1:30 PM ET)
Presenter: Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem, Joint Staff

Q: Admiral, anything to report, so we can narrow it down, on the location of Osama bin Laden? Are we making progress in that regard? Anything you can say about that?

Stufflebeem: No. He's an elusive character. It's very difficult to get accurate information, timely, from off the ground in enemy territory. We're working very hard to refine what we do know. I think that's the best way to leave it. It's going to be a difficult problem, but we're determined to be able to do it.



United States Department of Defense
NEWS TRANSCRIPT
Good afternoon, everyone.

Yesterday coalition efforts continued operations in Afghanistan against al Qaeda and the Taliban. The focus of operational efforts included targets involving active and suspected terrorist and Taliban cave complexes, Taliban military forces, in particular those engaged with or arrayed against opposition group forces, and other emergent Taliban military targets.

Yesterday's operations involved strikes in nine planned target areas, as well as against targets in several engagement zones. We used about 65 strike aircraft, which included about 50 carrier-based tactical jets, about eight to 10 long-range bombers, and the remainder land-based tactical jets.

We continued our Commando Solo broadcast missions as well.
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Dan