Bush Leads Remembrances; FBI Issues Alert
Oct. 11 -- Americans marked one month since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as U.S. military forces pressed ahead with bombing raids on targets in Afghanistan, preparing for ground operations meant to root out its Taliban rulers and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
Today, President Bush drew comparisons between the war on terrorism and World War II during a memorial service at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.
"As Americans did 60 years ago, we have entered a struggle of uncertain duration," Bush said during the service. "But now, as then, we can be certain of the outcome, because we have a number of decisive assets.
"We have a unified country," Bush said. "We have the patience to fight and win on many fronts: blocking terrorist plans, seizing their funds, arresting their networks, disrupting their communications, opposing their sponsors. The president added that America has "one more great asset in this cause: the brave men and women of the United States military."
But hours after the service, Americans received a chilling reminder of the struggles likely to be facing them, as the FBI issued a new warning that new terrorist strikes may be imminent.
"Certain information, while not specific as to target, gives the government reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests overseas over the next several days," the FBI said in a release. See Story
Bombing Raids Continue
While Americans marked a month since hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in rural Pennsylvania, leaving more than 5,000 people dead or missing, U.S. forces carried out the heaviest bombing yet of the 5-day-old campaign.
The United States pounded Taliban troop positions, barracks and garrisons, as well as suspected training camps of bin Laden's al Qaeda network, considered responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on America..
"There's no doubt we've disrupted their network," Maj. Gen. Henry Osman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a briefing today.
ABCNEWS has learned that U.S. special operations forces, on the ground in Afghanistan with some opposition groups, are helping to determine targets for American airstrikes — a new development Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seemed to confirm today, saying "the United States is in communication with people on the ground in terms of gathering information as to military targets."
Targets that were hit earlier in the campaign have been struck again, including missile installations that survived the first round of bombings. But the focus on troop positions marked a major shift from bombardments earlier this week, when the primary targets were airports and air defenses.
