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

Sunday, December 2, 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.

Maps Detailing Allied Attacks (CNN)
Map of Coalition Bases of Operation (CNN)
Detailed Afghanistan Maps and Information (About Geography)
Afghanistan and Area Weather Forecast (AccuWeather)
Most Wanted Terrorist List (FBI)
To Report Terrorist Activities to the FBI (FBI)

Also Today: An announcement on the formation of a post-Taliban government for Afghanistan is expected to come from the UN-led talks being held in Germany.

5:45 pm - Newsweek reported that a man claiming to be an American citizen fighting for the Taliban had been taken into custody by U.S. special forces troops. "Military forces in Afghanistan do have in their control a man who calls himself a U.S. citizen." stated a U.S. Central Command spokesman. [See: American Taliban Fighter in U.S. Custody - Report (Reuters)]

2:30 pm - Hours after three terrorist bombings killed over 25 people in Israel, President Bush met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. President Bush bitterly condemned the suicide bombings and demanded that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat take immediate and decisive action against Palestinian militant groups. [See: Sharon Sees Bush After Jerusalem, Haifa Bombings (Reuters)]

12:40 pm - Appearing on CBS "Face the Nation," Secretary of State Colin Powell stated that U.S. forces believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in the southeastern part of Afghanistan. [See: Powell: U.S. Has 'Ideas' Where Bin Laden Is (Reuters)]

7:00 pm - At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus-bombing in the city of Haifa, Israeli. The suspected suicide-terrorist bombing came only 12 hours after tow bombings in downtown Jerusalem killed 10 and injured as many as 180. [See: At Least 15 Killed in Haifa Bus Bombing-Officials (Reuters)]

6:15 am - The Pentagon denied reports that U.S. bombs had killed dozens of civilians in the eastern Afghanistan villages of Talkhel and Balut, near Tora Bora, a suspected al Qaeda base of operations. [See: Pentagon denies its bombs hit village (CNN)]  

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