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

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

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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6:30 pm - The NTSB reported finding no sign of internal failure in either of the two engines of the American Airlines Airbus A300 that crashed into a residential area of New York City yesterday. "Initial inspection shows no evidence of any sort of internal failure of engines. They all appear to be in one piece,'' stated NTSB member George Black at a news conference. Analysis of the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the plane "rattled" loudly twice before pilots lost control. [See: NTSB: Jet's Engines Show No Internal Failure (Reuters)]

5:00 pm - As U.S. jets continued to bomb Taliban fighters fleeing from Northern Alliance advances, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld confirmed that U.S. special forces were now operating in both northern and southern regions of Afghanistan. "The forces of Taliban and al Qaeda have several choices,'' Rumsfeld stated. "They can flee and reorganize in the south. They can flee and melt into the countryside, or they can defect." [See: Rumsfeld: U.S. Warplanes Pound Fleeing Taliban (Reuters)]

1:00 pm - After the ousting of the Taliban from Kabul by the Northern Alliance, the U.N. called for a conference between all Afghan factions to determine the future of the war-torn nation. U.N. leaders cited an immediate need to organize a transitional government. [See: U.N. Calls for Quick Meeting on Afghanistan (Reuters)]

8:20 am - National Transportation Safety Board spokesman George Black stated that an analysis of the cockpit voice recorder of American Airlines flight 587 showed that the Monday crash of the Airbus A300 was an accident rather than terrorism or sabotage. "The cockpit voice recorder is the biggest information that we have and a quick listen to that last evening in Washington showed nothing that would imply any sort of unusual activity in the cockpit other than the accident sequence," stated Black on ABC's "Good Morning America." [See: Voice Recorder Indicates Plane Crash Was Accident (Reuters)]

7:15 am - Federal investigators stated the crash on Monday of an American Airlines Airbus A300 was probably caused by catastrophic engine failure. The crash resulted in the deaths of at least 265 people, including 260 onboard the plane. No evidence of terrorist or criminal involvement had been found. [See: Feds eye engines in air crash (CNN)]

7:00 am - The Northern Alliance captured Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul. According to reports, the Taliban fled the city and offered no resistance as Alliance troops occupied government buildings. Music was played and young men shaved their beards and wore blue jeans. Both acts that were illegal under Taliban law. [See: Opposition Fighters March Into Kabul, Taliban Flee (Reuters)]

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