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2:00 pm - The highest ranking known former al Qaeda leader currently in U.S. custody pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges and now faces life in prison. Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 45, who prosecutors say co-founded al Qaeda with Osama bin Laden has been under indictment in the U.S. since 1998. [See: Alleged al Qaeda figure pleads guilty to assaulting guard (CNN)]

5:00 am - a British military intelligence officer told reporters al Qaeda and Taliban fighters still in Afghanistan were "laying low" and planning more guerrilla attacks against U.S. and coalition forces. [See: British Intelligence Sees Afghan Attacks Looming (Reuters)]

2:00 am - A party of up to 70 British soldiers of the 45 Commando Royal Marines arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan. The troops join an existing force of some 1,700 British commandos, Royal Engineers and other personnel already deployed in that country as part of "Operation Veritas." The force represents the largest deployment of British troops overseas since the Gulf War. [See: UK combat troops fly in to Kabul (CNN)] 

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