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

Wednesday, December 26, 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)
English translation of Osama bin Laden videotape (Defense Department - .pdf file)

6:45 pm - The White House declared the al-Jazeera aired video tape of Osama bin Laden as "terrorist propaganda." "This is nothing more than the same kind of terrorist propaganda we have heard before," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. [See: U.S. Calls Bin Laden Video 'Terrorist Propaganda' (Reuters)]

6:00 pm - Qatar-based satellite television network al-Jazeera released another video tape of Osama bin Laden claimed to have been made in the last two weeks. "Our terrorism against the United States is worthy of praise to deter the oppressor so that America stop its support for Israel, which is killing our children," bin Laden states in the video. [See: Bin Laden, in Videotape, Praises Attacks on U.S. (Reuters)]

1:30 -pm The U.S. State department added two Pakistan-based Kashmiri militant groups to the list of known terrorists groups. "Today I am taking another important step in our campaign to eliminate the scourge of terrorism. I am designating two groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, as foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law," stated Secretary of State Colin Powell. The government of India has been pressing Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to shut down the two groups it holds responsible for the Dec. 13 suicide attack on the Indian parliament. [See: U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Kashmiri Militant Groups (Reuters)]

1:00 pm - Officials of Afghanistan's interim government warned that pockets of al Qaeda forces were still active in southern regions of the country. [See: Afghan Government Warns Al Qaeda Still Active (Reuters)]

11:00 am - Detainees in Afghanistan reportedly recognized Richard Reed, the man accused of trying to blow up an American Airlines flight last week from Paris, France, to Miami, Florida with explosives hidden in his shoes.

9:30 am - British police reported finding a tie between Richard Reid, the man accused of attempting to bring down an airliner by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes, and Zacarias Moussaoui, officially charged by the U.S. with conspiracy in the September 11 terror attacks. [See: Bomb suspect: Mosque link reported (CNN)]

3:30 am - Pakistan and India moved closer to war as both nations reportedly moved missiles and thousands of military troops to border areas. Both countries have nuclear weapons and have seen rising tensions since the December 13 suicide attack on the Indian parliament that killed 14. [See: Pakistan mobilizes armed forces (CNN)]

3:00 am - U.S. Marines prepared for a major push to inspect the caves and tunnels of the Tora Bora region in an attempt to determine the location of Osama bin Laden. U.S. bombing from last week drove bin Laden's al Qaeda fighters from the caves, but left no trace of bin Laden himself. [See: United States to Try to Clear Up Bin Laden Mystery (Reuters)]

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