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

Thursday, February 21, 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.

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NOT confirmed: 6:15 pm - Philippine military officials reported that a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with a crew of 10 on board had crashed in the sea of the southern coast of the Philippines. According to a Philippine military official, there were no reports of survivors. [See: Search on for Crashed U.S. Chopper in Philippines (Reuters)]

6:00 pm - U.S. officials confirmed that kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, 38, had been killed by his captors in Pakistan. A State Department announce read, "Both the United States and Pakistan are committed to identifying all the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice. We will continue to work closely with Pakistani authorities, who had made every effort to locate and free Mr. Pearl. [See: Kidnapped WSJ Reporter Confirmed Dead - U.S. (Reuters)]

2:30 pm - The Israeli government announced it had decided to establish special security "buffer zones" bordering Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to protect Israelis from Palestinian terrorist attacks. [See: Israel's Sharon Says Has Decided on 'Buffer Zones' (Reuters)] 

1:30 pm - U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld reported that a January raid by U.S. special forces on two compounds in Afghanistan had killed up to 15 Afghan civilians, instead of al Qaeda or Taliban. [See: Rumsfeld: Afghans in Disputed Raid Not Al Qaeda (Reuters)]

7:30 am - President Bush, speaking in Beijing, urged China to "strongly oppose the proliferation of missiles and other deadly technologies." Bush also urged the Chinese government to let the country's people choose how they lived. "All the world's people, including the people of China, should be free to choose how they live, how they worship, and how they work," stated President Bush. [See: Bush Meets China's Jiang, Stresses Weapons, Rights (Reuters)]

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