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Three Marine
Super Stallion transport helicopters sit idle at dusk on the American military
compound at the airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 7, 2002.
The Marines are soon to hand control of the base over to the Army, who will
coordinate the arrival of humanitarian shipments to the airport.U.S. Weapons of War • Special forces Weapons Positions How-to enter an area of operations • Fighter aircraft Closeup: AC-130 Gunship • 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 |
Food running out for 7 al-Qaida men
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Anti-Taliban troops said Sunday they plan to starve out seven heavily armed al-Qaida members who have been holed up in an Afghan hospital for a month.
1,500 U.S. troops headed to Navy base in Cuba
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon plans tight security for hundreds of al-Qaida and Taliban captives expected at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is sending 1,500 military police and other troops to build a prison there.
Zaeef in U.S. custody
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, was in U.S. custody Sunday aboard a Navy ship in the Arabian Sea.
Saturday, Jan. 5
• Canada to send up to 900 troops
• U.S., coalition forces share data
• Omar confounds pursuers
• Special Forces search al-Qaida houses
• Top terrorist brought to Marine base
Friday, Jan. 4
• Exams tested al-Qaida terrorists
• Examples of exam questions
• U.S. worried about Somalia
• U.S. planes attack compound
• U.S. troops throughout region
• U.S. Army to take over Kandahar
Thursday, Jan. 3
• Rumsfeld pledges U.S. will find bin Laden
Wednesday, Jan. 2
• Bin Laden not likely alive in Tora Bora
• Marines search abandoned compound
• German Navy to patrol Horn of Africa
• U.S. doubts Omar surrender plans
• Mission to catch Taliban head begins
Monday, Dec. 31
• Karzai says they're searching for Omar
• 180 suspected Taliban or al-Qaida detainees in US custody
Saturday, Dec. 29
• U.S. forces transfer Afghan prisoners
Friday, Dec. 28
• U.S. to take detainees to Cuban base
Thursday, Dec. 27
• Twenty more suspected al-Qaeda fighters sent to U.S. Marine base
Wednesday, Dec. 26
• Terrorism largely defeated, Afghan official says
Monday, Dec. 24
• Medical screening for Afghan conflict
• U.S. soldiers celebrate Christmas
Saturday, Dec. 22
• Germany votes for Afghan troops
Friday, Dec. 21
• Peacekeepers arrive in Afghanistan
• U.S. presses search for bin Laden
Tuesday, Dec. 18
• Rumsfeld says remaining military task in Afghanistan will be 'tough, dirty, hard work'
Monday, Dec. 17
• Omar believed to be near Kandahar
• Carrier on its way home
• Australian Taliban handed over
• U.S. will help Afghanistan rebuild
• British peacekeepers coming
• U.S. Embassy reopens
• Four prisoners escape from hospital
• Food drops scaled back
• Sailors learn to fire shotguns
Sunday, Dec. 16
• Rumsfeld arrives in Afghanistan
• Franks reports Tora Bora progress
• Young Marine sees native land
• Carrier crew enjoys day off
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