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

Saturday, March 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.

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4:00 pm - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed nine people including a baby girl in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem. The militant group Fatah, tied to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat claimed responsibility for the attack. [See: Suicide Bomber Kills Nine in Jerusalem - Police (Reuters)]

2:00 pm - The Pentagon confirmed that one American soldier was killed and a number injured in the assault on reorganizing al Qaeda and Taliban forces in eastern Afghanistan. [See: American Killed in Afghan Assault (Washington Post)]

NOT confirmed: 1:00 pm - According to soldiers returning from the fighting, Afghan troops aided by U.S. bombing and American advisers, were beaten back in an attack against up to 5,000 al Qaeda and Taliban forces near Gardez in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. One soldier told reporters "Some people think there are 3,000 fighters against us. Some think 5,000." The Pentagon has confirmed that pockets of al Qaeda and Taliban loyalists have been moving throughout Afghanistan to regroup in the Paktia province, where the latest battle took place. [See: Al Qaeda Beat Off U.S.-Backed Afghan Troops (Reuters)]

6:30 am - Despite international criticism for its attacks on the West Bank Palestinian refugee camps of Balata and Jenin, The Israeli army refused to withdraw from the camps and stated it would continue to take whatever measures it considered necessary to protect Israeli lives. [See: Defiant Israel Dismisses Calls to Leave Camps (Reuters)] 

6:00 am - For the first time in weeks, Afghan troops and U.S. bombers attacked positions of suspected al Qaeda and Tallban holdouts in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. U.S. military spokesman Major A.C. Roper confirmed that the fighting was taking place near the town of Gardez, capital of the Paktia province. [See: U.S. Planes Bomb Al Qaeda Afghan Hideouts (Reuters)]

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