IP: Bush: America Is 'On the Hun

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Military.html

Bush: America Is 'On the Hunt'
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:56 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush declared Friday the United States is ``on 
the hunt'' in the war against terrorism, and said the aerial assault over 
Afghanistan won't pause during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.

``The enemy won't rest during Ramadan and neither will we,'' he told 
reporters at the White House. ``We're going to pursue this war until we 
achieve our objectives. [ Did Bush ever say exactly what our goals are in 
Afghanistan? djf]'' The monthlong holiday begins in mid-November.

Bush made his comments as war planners labored to insert additional U.S. 
special forces troops into Afghanistan in the battle with the Taliban 
regime that shelters Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind Sept. 
11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands.

At the Pentagon, Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem, deputy director of operations 
for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday efforts over the past 24 hours 
to insert another group of U.S. special forces troops had been stymied by 
the weather. He said freezing rain was preventing the use of helicopters.

Bush said the Taliban's ``air defenses have been completely demolished'' in 
the first four weeks of the air assault. ``We're slowly but surely 
tightening the net to achieve our objectives,'' he said.
He said the American people understand the struggle will be a long one, but 
said ``we're on the hunt.''

``This is not an instant gratification war,'' he said.
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