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

Thursday, December 27, 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)

Also Today: Britain sent 300 more troops to Kabul, Afghanistan to take part in peacekeeping efforts.

• U.S. Marines were preparing to move up from their temporary location at Camp Rhino to the more strategically located Kandahar airport.
• The Pentagon announced that large numbers of U.S. Marines would not be used to search caves in Tora Bora as previously planned. [Details on CNN]

12 noon - Tensions between Pakistan and India heightened further as India banned Pakistan's national airlines from entering Indian airspace and ordered half of Pakistan's embassy staff to leave the country. Pakistan immediately matched India's actions and accused the Indian government of fanning the growing crisis between the two nuclear arms-equipped nations. [See: India, Pakistan Levy Sanctions (Reuters)]

9:30 am - A spokesman for Afghanistan's Defense Ministry state that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan and being protected by supporters of a radical Islamic leader who helped create the Taliban. "Osama himself is under the protection of Maulana Fazalur Rehman in Pakistan, but we don't know for sure in which part of it,'' Mohamad Habeel told reporters. [See: Bin Laden in Pakistan - Afghan Military Spokesman (Reuters)]

6:00 am - Quoting from a complete translation of the video tape shown on Qatar-based satellite television network al-Jazeera Wednesday, Osama bin Laden accuses the U.S. of hating Islam. "Three months after our blessed attack against the main infidel West, especially America, and two months after the infidel's attacks on Islam, we would like to talk about some of the implications of those incidents," says bin Laden. "These events have revealed many important issues to Muslims. It's very clear that the West in general, and America in particular, have an unspeakable hatred for Islam." [See: Bin Laden calls Sept. 11 attacks 'blessed terror' (CNN)]

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