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Amsterdam, 7 October 2001
US and UK Forces Strike against Afghanistan
Ultimatum not met
On Sunday October 7th around 16:00 hour GMT the United States and UK forces started firing on targets in Afghanistan.
In a television address
President Bush announced the reprisal attacks to the American people.
More than two weeks ago, I gave Taliban leaders a series of clear and specific demands: Close terrorist training camps; hand over leaders of the al Qaeda network; and return all foreign nationals, including American citizens, unjustly detained in your country.
None of these demands were met. And now the Taliban will pay a price. By destroying camps and disrupting communications, we will make it more difficult for the terror network to train new recruits and coordinate their evil plans.
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