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| Jan.3 |
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Taleban prisoners released 260 prisoners freed from Kabul prison. Each given 500,000 afghanis ($20) by the Red Cross
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'Omar handover' is negotiating
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| Jan.5 |
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Taleban envoy detained by US
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| Jan.8 |
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3 Taleban ministers surrender
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| Jan.9 |
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No survivors in US plane crash Military plane carrying 7 Marines, has crashed into a hill in flames
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| Jan.10 |
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US flies suspects to Cuba base
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| Jan.11 |
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Afghan captives start detention| The first group of 20 prisoners are now in a detention camp at a military base at Guantanamo | |
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| |
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Tape shows attack plans
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| Jan.23 |
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US halts transfers to Guantanamo camp
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| Jan.27 |
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US raids siege hospital
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| Jan.30 |
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US, Philippines joint military exercises
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| Feb.5 |
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American Taleban indicted John Walker Lindh has been formally indicted on 10 charges of conspiring to kill fellow Americans
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| |
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US softens line on 'evil axis'
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| Feb.8 |
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Taleban foreign minister surrenders US forces are questioning Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the highest-ranking Taleban official so far to be taken into custody
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| Feb.9 |
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War captives baffle US interrogators
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| Mar.2 |
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Caves hit with pressure bombs
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| Mar.4 |
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US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
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| Mar.7 |
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Fierce battle for al-Qaeda stronghold| The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan | |
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| Apr.3 |
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'US citizen' in Camp X-Ray
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| Apr.27 |
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Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
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| May.16 |
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Body found may be Daniel Pearl's Police said they believe a body recovered is that of slain Wall Street Journal reporter
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| May.18 |
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Unmanned spy plane crashes |
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| May.19 |
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US soldier killed |
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| May.30 |
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Pakistan 'shifts men from al-Qaeda hunt' There are conflicting reports about a redeployment of troops from the Afghan border in the west to its frontiers with India
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| Jun.1 |
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Bush says US will strike first |
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| Jun.12 |
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US aircraft crashes
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| Jun.14 |
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Al-Qanoon claimed responsibility for bomb
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| Jun.15 |
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FBI probes bomb attack |
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| Jun.17 |
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Judge rejects 'US Taleban' plea |
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| Jun.18 |
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al Qaeda suspect arrested |
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| |
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Top al Qaeda leader in custody |
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| Jun.22 |
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Bin Laden 'on TV soon' |
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| Jun.26 |
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10 soldiers die in al Qaeda raid |
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| Jun.28 |
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Suspected al Qaeda fugitives said seized |
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| Jun.30 |
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U.S. building up forces at obscure base |
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| Jul.1 |
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Extra $10m to fight terror
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| Jul.2 |
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Bush offers condolences to Afghans |
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| Jul.3 |
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Al Qaeda suspects killed in shootout |
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| |
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Saddam Hussein's Stepson Arrested
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| Jul.5 |
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Iraq invasion report |
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| Jul.12 |
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Milan anti-terror police arrest 8 |
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| Jul.15 |
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Taliban John Pleads Guilty to 2 Charges John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty in a surprise deal that will spare him from spending the rest of his life in prison
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| |
|
Wedding incident still mistery |
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| Jul.18 |
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U.S. breaks up Afghan firefight |
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| Jul.22 |
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U.S. called in to help guard Afghan head |
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| Jul.23 |
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Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members |
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| Jul.26 |
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Pentagon denies report of U.S. casualties |
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| Jul.29 |
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1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out |
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| Jul.30 |
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bin Laden bodyguard captured |
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| Jul.31 |
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Senat debates Iraq war fears
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| Aug.1 |
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Remote-controlled robot searches caves |
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| |
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U.S. promises Indonesia anti-terror funds |
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| Aug.2 |
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Judge: terror suspects 'must be named'
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| |
|
Karzai denies U.S. air raid cover-up |
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| Aug.3 |
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Al Qaeda suspect held |
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| Aug.7 |
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Europe, U.S. divided over Iraq |
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| |
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Report: Saudi Arabia is enemy of U.S. |
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| |
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Kurds won't 'blindly' join U.S. front |
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| Aug.8 |
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Saddam: U.S. attack 'doomed'| Iraqi President defiant speech to his nation didn't appear to faze the Bush administration | |
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| Aug.10 |
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al-Qaeda fighters handed over |
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| Aug.13 |
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Kurds offer territory for Iraq attack |
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| Aug.16 |
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Weapons caches found |
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| Aug.18 |
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FM Abdullah certain bin Laden is alive |
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| |
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Tapes on bin Laden's network
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| Aug.19 |
|
U.S. considered hitting al Qaeda site |
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| Aug.22 |
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Bush says 'all options' on table for Iraq |
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| Aug.24 |
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Iraq denies al Qaeda presence |
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| |
|
Saudi sought by FBI back home |
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| Aug.25 |
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Blast causes minor damage in Kabul |
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| |
|
Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
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| Aug.26 |
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Reservists face duty extension |
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| |
|
Coalition mission nets Taliban weapons |
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| Aug.27 |
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Indonesia resists calls for cleric's arrest |
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| Aug.28 |
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China deals U.S. blow over Iraq
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| |
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U.S.: Iran knowingly harboring al Qaeda |
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| Aug.29 |
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Mass graves raise questions
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| Sep.2 |
|
7 suspected of al Qaeda ties held |
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| |
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'Secret Army' vows revenge |
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| Sep.5 |
|
Karzai attacker 'from Taleban area' |
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| Sep.6 |
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U.S. blames civilian deaths on ground fire
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| |
|
Finance leaders discuss fighting terrorism |
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| Sep.7 |
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Taliban blamed in Karzai attack |
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| Sep.10 |
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U.S. forces capture al Qaeda financier |
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| Sep.11 |
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Pentagon steps up Iraq war planning |
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| |
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Saudi Arabia backs terror fight |
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| Sep.12 |
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Sicily police hold terror suspects |
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| |
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Iraq hits at Bush 'lies' UN ambassador, Mohammed Aldouri, said the U.S. had repeatedly failed to find any evidence Iraq was involved in terrorism
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| |
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Bush: U.S. will move on Iraq if U.N. won't President called on the United Nations to move quickly -- within a matter of weeks, according to his advisers
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| |
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Taleban leader 'will free Afghanistan' |
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| |
|
Asian link to U.S. terror alert |
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| Sep.13 |
|
9/11 planner arrested| Ramzi Binalshibh was one of the al Qaeda operatives most wanted by the U.S. government | |
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| Sep.14 |
|
Top al Qaeda operatives interrogated Pakistani officials were questioning 2 al Qaeda operatives sought for their roles in the September 11
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| |
|
US charges five over al-Qaeda links The men formed an al Qaeda cell and at least 2 of them received weapons training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan
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| Sep.15 |
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U.S. wants custody of 9/11 suspect |
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| Sep.16 |
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Binalshibh in U.S. custody Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni national, is a senior al Qaeda operative suspected of helping to plan the September 11 attacks
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| Sep.17 |
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Two terror suspects at large |
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| Sep.20 |
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5 al Qaeda suspects captured |
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| |
|
U.S. base attacked |
|
| |
|
U.S. holds Sudanese pilot as threat |
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| |
|
Singapore to screen U.S.-bound cargo |
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| Sep.25 |
|
Rice: Iraq sheltered, trained al Qaeda |
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| Sep.27 |
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Subject of global manhunt released |
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| Sep.28 |
|
Blast injures 2 near U.S. Embassy |
|
|
| Oct.2 |
|
U.S. troops destroy giant weapons cache |
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| Oct.4 |
|
Walker Lindh sentenced to 20 years Lindh told U.S. District Judge that he 'made a mistake by joining the Taliban'
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| Oct.8 |
|
U.S. terror suspect arrested |
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| |
|
Attack on Marines Two Kuwaitis fired on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another
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| Oct.9 |
|
U.S. troops fire at armed civilians |
|
| Oct.12 |
|
al Qaeda linked to attack on Marines |
|
| Oct.18 |
|
Coalition find weapons, WTC poster |
|
| Oct.23 |
|
U.S. brands Indonesian group terrorist |
|
|
| Nov.4 |
|
U.S. kills Cole suspect The United States killed 6 al Qaeda members with a Hellfire missile fired from an unmanned CIA drone at the car
|
| Nov.8 |
|
'Bin Laden alive,' says Interpol| Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble has warned that al Qaeda is preparing simultaneous attacks in several countries | |
|
| Nov.13 |
|
$5 million reward to crack terror funding |
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| |
|
U.S. looks for 'signals' in bin Laden tape Intelligence analysts are looking for possible signals in the audiotaped warning, Ashcroft said at a news conference
|
|
| Dec.16 |
|
INS to register Saudi, Pakistani men
|
| Dec.17 |
|
Al-Qaeda 'still poses big threat' The UN group monitoring the al-Qaeda network in its third report says it still poses a substantial threat
|
| Dec.26 |
|
CIA using 'stress and duress' interrogation
|
| Dec.30 |
|
FBI seeks 5 men in U.S. illegally
|
| |
|
U.S. tracking ships linked to al Qaeda
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.3 |
Taleban prisoners released 260 prisoners freed from Kabul prison. Each given 500,000 afghanis ($20) by the Red Cross
|
| Jan.3 |
'Omar handover' is negotiating
|
| Jan.5 |
Taleban envoy detained by US
|
| Jan.8 |
3 Taleban ministers surrender
|
| Jan.9 |
No survivors in US plane crash Military plane carrying 7 Marines, has crashed into a hill in flames
|
| Jan.27 |
US raids siege hospital
|
| Jan.30 |
US, Philippines joint military exercises
|
| Mar.2 |
Caves hit with pressure bombs
|
| Mar.4 |
US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
|
| Mar.7 |
Fierce battle for al-Qaeda stronghold| The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan | |
|
| Apr.27 |
Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
|
| May.18 |
Unmanned spy plane crashes |
|
| May.19 |
US soldier killed |
|
| May.30 |
Pakistan 'shifts men from al-Qaeda hunt' There are conflicting reports about a redeployment of troops from the Afghan border in the west to its frontiers with India
|
| Jun.1 |
Bush says US will strike first |
|
| Jun.12 |
US aircraft crashes
|
| Jun.26 |
10 soldiers die in al Qaeda raid |
|
| Jun.30 |
U.S. building up forces at obscure base |
|
| Jul.1 |
Extra $10m to fight terror
|
| Jul.3 |
Al Qaeda suspects killed in shootout |
|
| Jul.5 |
Iraq invasion report |
|
| Jul.15 |
Wedding incident still mistery |
|
| Jul.18 |
U.S. breaks up Afghan firefight |
|
| Jul.22 |
U.S. called in to help guard Afghan head |
|
| Jul.26 |
Pentagon denies report of U.S. casualties |
|
| Jul.29 |
1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out |
|
| Aug.1 |
Remote-controlled robot searches caves |
|
| Aug.7 |
Europe, U.S. divided over Iraq |
|
| Aug.7 |
Kurds won't 'blindly' join U.S. front |
|
| Aug.8 |
Saddam: U.S. attack 'doomed'| Iraqi President defiant speech to his nation didn't appear to faze the Bush administration | |
|
| Aug.13 |
Kurds offer territory for Iraq attack |
|
| Aug.16 |
Weapons caches found |
|
| Aug.19 |
U.S. considered hitting al Qaeda site |
|
| Aug.22 |
Bush says 'all options' on table for Iraq |
|
| Aug.25 |
Troops enter Pankisi Gorge |
|
| Aug.26 |
Reservists face duty extension |
|
| Aug.26 |
Coalition mission nets Taliban weapons |
|
| Aug.28 |
China deals U.S. blow over Iraq
|
| Aug.29 |
Mass graves raise questions
|
| Sep.2 |
'Secret Army' vows revenge |
|
| Sep.6 |
U.S. blames civilian deaths on ground fire
|
| Sep.10 |
U.S. forces capture al Qaeda financier |
|
| Sep.11 |
Pentagon steps up Iraq war planning |
|
| Sep.20 |
5 al Qaeda suspects captured |
|
| Sep.20 |
U.S. base attacked |
|
| Sep.20 |
Singapore to screen U.S.-bound cargo |
|
| Oct.2 |
U.S. troops destroy giant weapons cache |
|
| Oct.8 |
Attack on Marines Two Kuwaitis fired on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another
|
| Oct.9 |
U.S. troops fire at armed civilians |
|
| Nov.4 |
U.S. kills Cole suspect The United States killed 6 al Qaeda members with a Hellfire missile fired from an unmanned CIA drone at the car
|
| Dec.26 |
CIA using 'stress and duress' interrogation
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.9 |
No survivors in US plane crash Military plane carrying 7 Marines, has crashed into a hill in flames
|
| Mar.4 |
US helicopter shot down. 7 killed 10 US soldiers were wounded. MH-47 special operations Chinook helicopter crash-landed after being hit and was then attacked
|
| May.18 |
Unmanned spy plane crashes |
|
| Jun.12 |
US aircraft crashes
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Sep.6 |
Finance leaders discuss fighting terrorism |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.10 |
US flies suspects to Cuba base
|
| Jan.11 |
Afghan captives start detention| The first group of 20 prisoners are now in a detention camp at a military base at Guantanamo | |
|
| Jan.11 |
Tape shows attack plans
|
| Jan.23 |
US halts transfers to Guantanamo camp
|
| Feb.5 |
American Taleban indicted John Walker Lindh has been formally indicted on 10 charges of conspiring to kill fellow Americans
|
| Feb.8 |
Taleban foreign minister surrenders US forces are questioning Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the highest-ranking Taleban official so far to be taken into custody
|
| Feb.9 |
War captives baffle US interrogators
|
| Apr.3 |
'US citizen' in Camp X-Ray
|
| May.16 |
Body found may be Daniel Pearl's Police said they believe a body recovered is that of slain Wall Street Journal reporter
|
| Jun.1 |
Bush says US will strike first |
|
| Jun.14 |
Al-Qanoon claimed responsibility for bomb
|
| Jun.15 |
FBI probes bomb attack |
|
| Jun.17 |
Judge rejects 'US Taleban' plea |
|
| Jun.18 |
al Qaeda suspect arrested |
|
| Jun.18 |
Top al Qaeda leader in custody |
|
| Jun.22 |
Bin Laden 'on TV soon' |
|
| Jun.28 |
Suspected al Qaeda fugitives said seized |
|
| Jul.3 |
Saddam Hussein's Stepson Arrested
|
| Jul.12 |
Milan anti-terror police arrest 8 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Taliban John Pleads Guilty to 2 Charges John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty in a surprise deal that will spare him from spending the rest of his life in prison
|
| Jul.23 |
Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members |
|
| Jul.30 |
bin Laden bodyguard captured |
|
| Aug.2 |
Judge: terror suspects 'must be named'
|
| Aug.3 |
Al Qaeda suspect held |
|
| Aug.10 |
al-Qaeda fighters handed over |
|
| Aug.18 |
FM Abdullah certain bin Laden is alive |
|
| Aug.18 |
Tapes on bin Laden's network
|
| Aug.24 |
Iraq denies al Qaeda presence |
|
| Aug.24 |
Saudi sought by FBI back home |
|
| Aug.25 |
Blast causes minor damage in Kabul |
|
| Aug.27 |
Indonesia resists calls for cleric's arrest |
|
| Aug.28 |
U.S.: Iran knowingly harboring al Qaeda |
|
| Sep.2 |
7 suspected of al Qaeda ties held |
|
| Sep.5 |
Karzai attacker 'from Taleban area' |
|
| Sep.7 |
Taliban blamed in Karzai attack |
|
| Sep.11 |
Saudi Arabia backs terror fight |
|
| Sep.12 |
Sicily police hold terror suspects |
|
| Sep.12 |
Taleban leader 'will free Afghanistan' |
|
| Sep.12 |
Asian link to U.S. terror alert |
|
| Sep.13 |
9/11 planner arrested| Ramzi Binalshibh was one of the al Qaeda operatives most wanted by the U.S. government | |
|
| Sep.14 |
Top al Qaeda operatives interrogated Pakistani officials were questioning 2 al Qaeda operatives sought for their roles in the September 11
|
| Sep.14 |
US charges five over al-Qaeda links The men formed an al Qaeda cell and at least 2 of them received weapons training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan
|
| Sep.15 |
U.S. wants custody of 9/11 suspect |
|
| Sep.16 |
Binalshibh in U.S. custody Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni national, is a senior al Qaeda operative suspected of helping to plan the September 11 attacks
|
| Sep.17 |
Two terror suspects at large |
|
| Sep.20 |
U.S. holds Sudanese pilot as threat |
|
| Sep.25 |
Rice: Iraq sheltered, trained al Qaeda |
|
| Sep.27 |
Subject of global manhunt released |
|
| Sep.28 |
Blast injures 2 near U.S. Embassy |
|
| Oct.4 |
Walker Lindh sentenced to 20 years Lindh told U.S. District Judge that he 'made a mistake by joining the Taliban'
|
| Oct.8 |
U.S. terror suspect arrested |
|
| Oct.8 |
Attack on Marines Two Kuwaitis fired on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf, killing one Marine and wounding another
|
| Oct.12 |
al Qaeda linked to attack on Marines |
|
| Oct.18 |
Coalition find weapons, WTC poster |
|
| Oct.23 |
U.S. brands Indonesian group terrorist |
|
| Nov.8 |
'Bin Laden alive,' says Interpol| Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble has warned that al Qaeda is preparing simultaneous attacks in several countries | |
|
| Nov.13 |
$5 million reward to crack terror funding |
|
| Nov.13 |
U.S. looks for 'signals' in bin Laden tape Intelligence analysts are looking for possible signals in the audiotaped warning, Ashcroft said at a news conference
|
| Dec.17 |
Al-Qaeda 'still poses big threat' The UN group monitoring the al-Qaeda network in its third report says it still poses a substantial threat
|
| Dec.30 |
FBI seeks 5 men in U.S. illegally
|
| Dec.30 |
U.S. tracking ships linked to al Qaeda
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.5 |
US softens line on 'evil axis'
|
| Apr.27 |
Fierce clash as Rumsfeld visits
|
| Jul.2 |
Bush offers condolences to Afghans |
|
| Jul.31 |
Senat debates Iraq war fears
|
| Aug.1 |
U.S. promises Indonesia anti-terror funds |
|
| Aug.2 |
Karzai denies U.S. air raid cover-up |
|
| Aug.7 |
Report: Saudi Arabia is enemy of U.S. |
|
| Sep.12 |
Iraq hits at Bush 'lies' UN ambassador, Mohammed Aldouri, said the U.S. had repeatedly failed to find any evidence Iraq was involved in terrorism
|
| Sep.12 |
Bush: U.S. will move on Iraq if U.N. won't President called on the United Nations to move quickly -- within a matter of weeks, according to his advisers
|
| Dec.16 |
INS to register Saudi, Pakistani men
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