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picture from the U.S. Navy, aviation ordnancemen move a 1,000 pound bomb
onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, deployed in
the Arabian Sea Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. U.S. Weapons of War • Special forces Weapons Positions How-to enter an area of operations • Fighter aircraft • Bombers • Cruise missiles • Carriers • Helicopters • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles • U.S. military leaders Graphics: • Biological & Chemical warfare • Helicopter warfare • Potential U.S. partners • Military bases in the Middle East • American troops mobilize • Levels of mobilization |
One morning in the life of a land under attack
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – As the bombs fell and immediately afterward, Jalalabad seemed an odd mix of war and routine, of tension and reflexive determination to get on with daily life.
Further military options in Afghanistan all carry risks
WASHINGTON – As U.S. planes run out of the best bombing targets in Afghanistan, the military response to terrorism is moving into a much more delicate phase: trying to roust the al-Qaida terrorists from their hideouts and topple the Taliban regime sheltering them.
Pentagon adds leaflets to night and day bombing
WASHINGTON – American warplanes launched daylight and nighttime attacks over Afghanistan Monday and the Pentagon said it began dropping leaflets to assure Afghans that the bombing is aimed at ridding their country of terrorists.
Sunday, Oct. 14
• Warplanes open second week of attacks by destroying phone exchange
• U.S. faces fierce Afghan winter, and fighters who thrive in it
Saturday, Oct. 13
• Military preparing for next phase
Friday, Oct. 12
• Britain considers troops in winter
Thursday, Oct. 11
• Risks to grow as U.S. forces hit the ground
Wednesday, Oct. 10
• Tankers help keep fighters flying | Video/tanker audio of refueling operation
• Huge laser-guided bombs apparently next weapon to be used against Afghanistan
Tuesday, Oct. 9
• Strikes only first step, Rumsfeld says
• U.S. tells UN it may widen attack
Monday, Oct. 8
• U.S. commander is a tough talker and no stranger to dangers of terrorism
• U.S. using high-tech weaponry
Sunday, Oct. 7
• Forty allied warplanes hit Afghanistan
• U.S. targets airfields, military sites in Afghanistan
Saturday, Oct. 6
• U.S. planes arrive in Uzbekistan
• NATO assembly to focus on attacks
Friday, Oct. 5
• 1,000 U.S. infantry troops en route to former Soviet republic
• Army helicopters used for commando raids have been shot down before
• Opposition forces parade in northern Afghanistan
• Eastern European, Baltic leaders support the West in war on terror
• Afghan travelers say armed Taliban units digging into high ground to await attack
• Officials caution not to expect big military strike soon
Thursday, Oct. 4
• Delivering food to Afghans a `dangerous undertaking'
• NATO approves U.S. request for military aid
• Rumsfeld stresses intelligence battle
Wednesday, Oct. 3
• Buildup aims to put 'fear in our enemies'
• Taliban works to rally troops against potential military strike
• Rumsfeld to visit four countries
Tuesday, Oct. 2
• Isolated military bases in Uzbekistan provide ideal secrecy for possible U.S. use
Monday, Oct. 1
• Former top general: U.S. military ready to battle "evil and barbaric" terrorists
Sunday, Sept. 30
• Afghanistan opposition claims hundreds of Taliban defecting in fierce fighting
• U.S. military may have to deal with fleeing, starving Afghan refugees
• U.S. faces uphill battle with terrain
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