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Chronology: All time shown below are approximate Eastern Daylight Times. Monday, January 14, 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) Also Today: A second group of 30 al Qaeda detainees departed Afghanistan for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [Details on CNN]
2:30 pm - The Pentagon announced that the al Qaeda training camp in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border had been leveled by this weekend's intense bombings. "We have leveled the remaining structures that were found on the surface and we have closed all the caves that we would intend not to be occupied," stated Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem. [See: Pentagon: U.S. forces done with eastern Afghan training camp (CNN)] 3:00 am - US-led airstrikes pounded a 30-40 acre al Qaeda training camp near Khowst along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan. More of the 5,000 pound "Bunker Buster" bombs were reported used against a massive cave complex found in the area. [See: Airstrikes intensify in eastern Afghanistan (CNN)]
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