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

Friday, February 8, 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.

Justice Dept. Seeks 5 Suspected al Qaeda Members [Photos]
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Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)
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Not Confirmed: 9:00 pm - According to an unnamed U.S. official, the former foreign minister of the deposed Taliban government surrendered to Afghan officials. According to the unnamed U.S. official, Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil surrendered to the mayor of Kandahar. [See: Taliban Foreign Minister Surrenders - U.S. Official (Reuters)]

10:00 am - A knife-wielding group of youths reported to be Arabs attacked a group of Israeli pedestrians in south Jerusalem, critically wounding one woman. Israeli police shot at the attackers and chased them into a nearby forest, where one suspect, who had not been shot, collapsed and died. [See: Arab Youths Wound Israeli in Jerusalem Attack (Reuters)]

9:00 am - Pakistani police reported the arrest of three men believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pearl is thought to have been kidnapped in Karachi on Jan. 23. His location and condition remain unknown. [See: Pakistan Police Arrest Three in US Reporter Kidnap (Reuters)]

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