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

Saturday, March 23, 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.

DefendAmerica.mil
The latest news on the war on terror from the U.S. Department of Defense
Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)
To Report Terrorist Activities to the FBI (FBI)
Map of Current  Military Action in Afghanistan (CNN)

1:00 pm - U.S. officials reported to Reuters that troops had discovered a potential al Qaeda biological warfare plant under construction in southern Afghanistan, near Kandahar. "It wasn't completed, so they weren't at the point of producing weapons yet. There were no samples of biological agents," Air Force Maj. Bill Harrison told Reuters. [See: Troops Find Suspected Biowarfare Lab in Afghanistan (Reuters)]

7:00 am - A senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan stated that, with its leadership on the run, the al Qaeda terror network had been rendered functionally ineffective. "Their [al Qaeda's] means of carrying out some of their strikes and controlling areas is now gone," said U.S. Lt. Colonel David Gray at the Bagram air base. "When you've got leaders on the run that's a good thing. Because they don't have a lot of time to sit there and plan out these operations," he said. [See: U.S. Says Al Qaeda Network Rendered Ineffective (Reuters)]

Israeli - Palestinian Crisis
Five Killed in Gaza; Arafat Plans Summit Trip (Reuters)
U.S. Presses on with Mideast Truce Drive (Reuters)

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