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

Friday, December 28, 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: Richard C. Reid, the man suspected of trying to blow up a transatlantic flight last week by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes was denied bail and ordered held in jail. [Details on CNN] 

• The Pentagon announced that al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan would be relocated to U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [Details on CNN]

11:15 am - Speaking from his Texas ranch, President Bush confirmed that the U.S. did not know where Osama bin Laden was, but that he would be found. "He's on the run, if he's running at all. We don't know whether he's in a cave with the door shut, or a cave with the door open. We just don't know. There's all kinds of reports and all kinds of speculation," said President Bush. "He is not escaping us. This is a guy who three months ago was in control of a country. Now he's maybe in control of a cave." [See: Bush: U.S. Does Not Know Where Bin Laden Is (Reuters)]

9:30 am - Three Somali war lords asked for help from the international military community in ridding Somalia of radical Islamic groups al Qaeda and al-Itihad they say are currently active at several bases in the African country. The Somali government has consistently denied the presence of terrorist cells in its country. [See: Warlords Call for Foreign Intervention in Somalia (Reuters)]

7:00 am - Emphatically stating Osama bin Laden had fled to Pakistan, the Afghan interim government asked for a quick end to U.S. bombing in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan's resolve to the war on terrorism was being tested by its own deepening crisis with India over the Kashmir province. The U.S. began diplomatic efforts to convince the two nuclear powers to step back from confrontation. [See: Afghans Demand a Quick End to U.S. Bombing (Reuters)]

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