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Chronology: All time shown below are approximate Eastern Daylight Times.

Wednesday, January 2, 2002

NOTE: Reports from news sources involving movements or operations of United States military personnel NOT confirmed by named U.S. government officials will be labeled as such.

Maps Detailing Allied Attacks (CNN)
Map of Coalition Bases of Operation (CNN)
Detailed Afghanistan Maps and Information (About Geography)
Afghanistan and Area Weather Forecast (AccuWeather)
Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)
To Report Terrorist Activities to the FBI (FBI)
English translation of Osama bin Laden videotape (Defense Department - .pdf file)

Also Today: CNN reported that the head of intelligence under the Taliban regime had been killed by U.S. bombing. "Qari Ahmadullah has been killed by U.S. bombs in Zadran district of Khost province," an official of the interim-Afghan government told CNN. [Details on CNN]

• The U.S. Department of Defense stated it expected the interim-Afghan government to turn over Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar if he is captured. [Details from Reuters]

2:30 pm - Nuclear armed India said it would use all of its available military power if necessary to defend itself against Pakistan. "Whatever weapon is available, we will use it to defend ourselves," stated Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. [See: India Says It Would Use All Military Might in Defense (Reuters)]

10:15 am - U.S. District judge Leonie Brinkema entered a plea of not guilty for Zacarias Moussaoui, 33, the first person indicted on charges involving the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Moussaoui faces six conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Judge Brinkema entered the not guilty plea when Moussaoui failed to enter a plea on his own. "In the name of Allah, I do not have anything to plea and enter no plea," said Moussaoui. A trial date of Oct. 14, 2002 has been set for Moussaoui. [See: Judge enters innocent plea for terror suspect (CNN)]

7:15 am - A force of 200 U.S. Marines returned to Kandahar after searching a compound believed to have been used by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. U.S. military sources think Omar and other Taliban fighters are hiding in an area west of Kandahar in the Baghran area of Helmand Province, [See: Marines back in Kandahar after search (CNN)]

6:30 am - Anti-Taliban forces were reported to be negotiating for the peaceful surrender of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. [See: Afghans Hope Words Not Bombs Will Bring Out Omar (Reuters)]

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