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To: Elmer who wrote (145668)	10/19/2001 5:37:34 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT Elmer, dailynews.yahoo.com No, ground forces per this article: Friday October 19 4:31 AM ET U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer President Bush (news - web sites) refused to confirm the report of ground forces, first published by The Washington Post, but he said, ``We will use whatever means are necessary to achieve our objective.'' Speaking at a Pentagon (news - web sites) news conference, Rumsfeld said ``there are things you can find from the air,'' including clusters of enemy troops and weaponry. ``But you cannot really do sufficient damage'' with air power alone, Rumsfeld said. Warplanes ``can't crawl around on the ground and find people,'' he told reporters in an apparent reference to U.S. special operations forces trained to conduct clandestine warfare.

To: Elmer who wrote (145668)	10/19/2001 6:06:32 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 186894

Re: the U.S. was prepared to use the full spectrum of weapons in our arsenal to preserve the security of the United States. This cannot be interpreted in any other way than a threat to use nuclear weapons. I interpreted it to mean ground troops.

To: Elmer who wrote (145668)	10/19/2001 12:24:10 PM
From: MARK JALBERT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer; For what it's worth. The full story is at WWW.DEBKA.com Mark ============================================================ Tactical Nuclear Weapons Deployed 6 October, 2001 DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, in a single 70-minuted conversation o September 23, eleven days after the terrorist assaults in New York and Washington, agreed on the deployment of tactical weapons. This is an epic shift in the global balance of strength. Putin gave the nod for US forces poised in Central Asia to jump into Afghanistan to be armed with tactical nuclear weapons, such as small neutron bombs, which emit strong radiation, nuclear mines, shells, and other nuclear ammunition suited to commando warfare in mountainous terrain. In return, Bush assented to Russia deploying tactical nuclear weapons units around Chechnya after Moscow’s ultimatum to the rebels, some of whom are backed by Osama Bin Laden, to surrender, went by without response. DEBKAfile’s military sources place the US nuclear weapons in four former Soviet Central Asian bases: the military air facility at Tuzel, 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the Uzbek capital of Tashkent; at Kagady in the Termez region; in Khandabad, near the city of Karshi; and at the military air base in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. In addition to the nuclear weapons units, Russian bombers carrying small neutron bombs were moved to Russian military air bases around the border of the breakaway province, in Stavropol northwest of Chechnya, the Godowta base in Georgia to the south, and Mozdok in northern Osetia, northwest of Chechnya......