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  Afghanistan timeline July–December 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Micheal Spann, a CIA officer was killed in a firefight at a fortress in northern Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan, the shura, a council of 1,000 village clerics and mullahs, issued an edict that called on the Taliban to persuade Osama bin Laden to leave Afghanistan, but the United States rejected the suggestion.
In Afghanistan, a meeting of the shura, a collection of 1,000 village clerics and mullahs, was scheduled to decide the fate of Osama bin Laden, but the council could not reach Kabul in time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_July_2001   (6157 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Afghanistan timeline
Afghanistan's elections postponed to September, owing to insecurity and the UN's slow pace in registering voters.
Afghanistan's rival factions agree on a new constitution, overcoming weeks of discord to set the country on the path to free elections.
US-led forces in Afghanistan say they have driven back a large concentration of Taliban rebels in the south-east of the country after some of the fiercest fighting since the militia was overthrown almost two years ago.
www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/subsection/0,1284,884042,00.html   (915 words)

  
 A Timeline of Oil and Violence - Afghanistan
July - Sept. 2000 - Pakistani Intelligence Chief (ISI) Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad reportedly instructed British born Saeed Sheikh (alias: Ahmad Umar Sheikh, Mustafa Muhammad Ahmed,....) in Pakistan to wire $100,000 (7/00-9/00) to two Florida bank accounts held by hijacker Mohammed Atta.
Afghanistan's interim ruler Hamid Karzai and the Pakistan president agreed to revive plans (47a) for a trans-Afghanistan pipeline..
Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai to hold talks with his Pakistani and Turkmenistan counterparts (47c) regarding a pipeline from Turkmenistan, through Afghanistan, and through Pakistan to the coast.
www.ringnebula.com /Oil/Timeline.htm   (1675 words)

  
 Freezerbox Magazine - Enron Pipedreams Buried in Afghanistan
July 29,1998: The Department of State is pleased that Turkmen Minister of Oil and Gas Arazov announced Turkmenistan's selection of the U.S. company Enron to carry out a feasibility study funded by the Trade and Development Agency for a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline.
March, 2001: Laila Helms, the part Afghan niece of the former CIA director and former U.S. ambassador to Tehran Richard Helms is described as the Mata-Hari of U.S.-Taliban negotiations.
September 19, 2001: Enron invokes a clause in its Dabhol power plant contract, claiming that because the Maharashtra State Electricity Board has violated its power purchase agreement, the Maharashtra state government and the government of India are liable for $5 billion.
www.freezerbox.com /archive/article.asp?id=183   (6133 words)

  
 9/11 Timeline
Spring 2001: A series of military and governmental policy documents is released that seek to legitimize the use of US military force in the pursuit of oil and gas.
In late July, a Taliban emissary warns the US that bin Laden is planning a huge attack on American soil.
July 4-14, 2001: Bin Laden may have received kidney treatment from Canadian-trained Dr. Callaway at the American Hospital in Dubai.
www.wanttoknow.info /911timeline2pg   (1227 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Afghanistan: A timeline of Canadian involvement post-9/11
The ultra-secretive unit was deployed since December, 2001 but their exact location had never been disclosed until the announcement.
Soldiers from the military unit that was mistakenly attacked in Afghanistan by a U.S. fighter jet in 2002 are part of the group.
Because of a decision that slashed the number of troops deployed to Afghanistan by almost two-thirds, Marin says the remaining soldiers are being forced to do double duty.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123179692508_118588892   (1228 words)

  
 Countdown: July-September 10, 2001
In northern Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance detects a build-up of Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, evidently in preparation for an offensive.
This chronology is intended as an outline of developments related to 9/11 and its aftermath, and tends to focus on unrest, war, and terrorism.
It is not meant to be a comprehensive timeline of Middle East history.
cnparm.home.texas.net /911/Backg/Backg4b.htm   (3751 words)

  
 Taliban Timeline
Munguia was the first foreign aid worker killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban was deposed.
Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims that most of Afghanistan is now secure and that American forces had moved from major combat operations to stabilization and reconstruction projects.
Between 70 and 100 Taliban fighters were killed during a week of clashes in Afghanistan's southeastern Zabul province.
www.infoplease.com /spot/taliban-time.html   (1912 words)

  
 Information Please: 2001
In response to Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. and British forces launch bombing campaign on Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan (Oct. 7).
Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapses after two months of bombing by American warplanes and fighting by Northern Alliance ground troops (Dec. 9).
In address to the nation, President Bush approves the use of federal funds for studies on human embryos, but says that research with such funds must be limited to cells that have already been extracted.
www.infoplease.com /year/2001.html   (1081 words)

  
 Afghanistan Online: Chronological History of Afghanistan--Part IV
Soviet Union defeated by Afghanistan, total withdrawal by the Soviets occurred on Feb. 15, 1989.
September--The ex-king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, calls for a grand assembly, or Loya Jirga to discuss ways of bringing peace to the country.
July-- Haji Abdul Qadir (brother of Abdul Haq) is killed.
www.afghan-web.com /history/chron/index4.html   (1050 words)

  
 Timeline Part I
They were willing to keep working with people who were heavily involved in narcotics." For instance, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a rebel leader who received $1 billion in covert CIA funds, was known to be a major heroin trafficker.
The CIA, British MI6 and the ISI agree to launch guerrilla attacks from Afghanistan into then Soviet-controlled Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, attacking military installations, factories and storage depots within Soviet territory until the end of the war.
He claims the visas were issued for recruits fighting for bin Laden against Russia in Afghanistan.
www.geocities.com /spdster2003/timeline1.html   (1625 words)

  
 Timeline of US Torture in Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq : July/August 2004 : Peacework
Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them.
This timeline is part of two lesson plans designed to help teachers create discussions about the prisoner of war torture revelations available at www.teachablemoment.org.
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales in a memo advised President Bush to declare the prisoners in the "war on terror" to be outside the protections of the Geneva Conventions (for a description of the Geneva Conventions, please see the report at www.teachablemoment.org, American Treatment of Iraqi and Afghan Prisoners: An Introduction).
www.afsc.org /pwork/0407/040712.htm   (1605 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Country profiles | Timeline: Afghanistan
Half of Afghan population now estimated to be displaced by war, with many fleeing to neighbouring Iran or Pakistan.
2001 - Ahmad Shah Masood, legendary guerrilla and leader of the main opposition to the Taleban, is killed, apparently by assassins posing as journalists.
2001 22 December - Pashtun royalist Hamid Karzai is sworn in as head of a 30-member interim power-sharing government.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1162108.stm   (1318 words)

  
 Raw Story: Path of War Timeline
By the end of 2001, diplomats were discussing how to enlist the support of Arab allies, the military was sharpening its troop estimates, and the communications team was plotting how to sell an attack to the American public.
MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.
www.rawstory.com /exclusives/muriel/path_of_war_timeline_613.htm   (5587 words)

  
 CNN.com - Timeline of counterterrorism planning - August 5, 2002
January 2001: In the first few days of the new administration, Rice asks the National Security Council and Cabinet agencies for proposals for "major presidential policy initiatives," including one focusing on counterterrorism.
May-July 2001: The deputies' committee develops a strategy to enlist Pakistan's support for pressing the Taliban to shut down al Qaeda in Afghanistan and a strategy for dealing with the Afghan regime.
September 11, 2001: The directive is sitting on Rice's desk waiting to go to the president.
archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/05/wh.alqaeda.timeline   (343 words)

  
 Center for Cooperative Research
The timeline will provide a detailed account of how our health care system has become the most expensive and inefficient system in the industrialized world.
The timeline on the United States’ use of incendiary weapons has been updated.
The timeline on the forged documents has been updated to include recently reported information.
cooperativeresearch.org /timeline.jsp?...&theme=oil   (579 words)

  
 Timeline 1999 July
Staynor was arrested July 24 and admitted to the February murders of Carole Sund, Juli Sund and Silvina Pelosso.
In 2001 6 former employees of the adventure company were convicted of negligent manslaughter and given suspended sentences with fines.
Tate was convicted of 1st degree murder in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison.
timelines.ws /20thcent/1999_07.HTML   (6556 words)

  
 Timeline 2000 July-August
In 2001 police found her remains encased in concrete near the residence of Joji Obara, a wealthy businessman and prime suspect.
In 2001 Junta was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
In 2001 it was reported that the Kursk carried nuclear weapons when it sank, but Russia denied this.
timelines.ws /20thcent/2000_D.HTML   (12071 words)

  
 Lemar- Aftaab | www.afghanmagazine.com | July - December 2000 | Volume 2 | Issue 1 | Afghan Literature | Afghan Art | ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
At the time that environmental concern and sustainable development is the agenda of international community, Afghanistan's war-ravaged land is facing a devastating social as well as environmental crisis in her history.
It is the worst drought to hit Afghanistan since the 1970's, killing thousands of livestock, destroying crops and forcing people to migrate yet again.
Barbara Trott was sent by chance to Afghanistan in October 1997 and worked in Kabul until December 1997.
www.afghanmagazine.com /2001/2001.html   (910 words)

  
 AGS Timeline 2001
The new AGS Travel Program is launched, with six new lecture tours launched in 2001 and many new itineraries planned for 2002 and 2003.
Wilford spoke eloquently to a packed auditorium about the issue of relevance in geographic research and encouraged academic geographers to be more proactive in bringing a geographic perspective on society's pressing issues to the general public.
Independence is declared by the United Provinces of La Plata (Argentina) from Spain, July 9, 1816.
www.amergeog.org /archives/2001.htm   (468 words)

  
 September 11 News.com - September 11, 2001 News Archives - The 9/11/2001 Terrorist Attack on America. Archives in ...
News archives from September 11, 2001 and the years that followed 9/11/01.
Nov. 8th, and at the U.N. in NYC on Oct. 11, 2001.
The September 11, 2001 image that defined America's new spirit, and redefined courage.
www.september11news.com   (387 words)

  
 Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel room where he was being held.
Anthrax Attacks, October-November 2001: On October 7 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that investigators had detected evidence that the deadly anthrax bacterium was present in the building where a Florida man who died of anthrax on October 5 had worked.
Iman Samudra, who had trained in Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003.
www.fas.org /irp/threat/terror_chron.html   (10802 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Middle East timeline: 2001 part one
Israeli tanks pound Palestinian gunmen in the most ferocious clashes for weeks yesterday as the new Bush administration in Washington disowns months of dogged effort by President Bill Clinton to deliver a peace deal in the Middle East.
Israel reimposes a total blockade on the occupied territories, following the deaths of 14 February 2001 eight soldiers and civilians, killed when a Palestinian bus driver ploughs his vehicle into a waiting queue.
31 May 2001 Faisal Husseini, the most prominent Palestinian leader in Jerusalem, dies suddenly of a heart attack during a visit to Kuwait.
www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,554603,00.html   (3115 words)

  
 Complete 911 Timeline
In 9/11 Press for Truth, five of the most prominent members of the Family Steering Committee tell their story for the first time, providing the most powerful argument yet for why 9/11 still needs to be investigated.
We have also mapped the relationships between the events in the 911 timeline and the entities that are associated with those events.
I began working on this timeline after I saw the excellent timeline at the From the Wilderness website and began adding to it.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /project.jsp?project=911_project   (1914 words)

  
 CBSNews.com
He's later convicted of plotting to blow up the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium, and receives a 22-year sentence.
He says he met with bin Laden operatives at mosques in Britain, had weapons training in Afghanistan and met at bin Laden's home with his top aide, Abu Zubaydah.
The killing was designed to weaken the northern alliance just days before attacks on the U.S. prompted a response against the Taliban.
www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/america_under_attack/clues/timeline.html   (1083 words)

  
 Hobbes' Internet Timeline - the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history
Permission is granted for use of this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes as long as this Copyright notice and a link to this document, at the archive listed at the end, is included.
If you enjoy the Timeline or make use of it in some way, please consider a contribution.
Hobbes' Internet Timeline was compiled from a number of sources, with some of the stand-outs being: Cerf, Vinton (as told to Bernard Aboba).
www.zakon.org /robert/internet/timeline   (8031 words)

  
 THE COMPLETE 9/11 TIMELINE, PART 4: Sept. 11, 2001 - Dec. 2001
September 11, 2001 (G): The 9/11 attack: four planes are hijacked, two crash into the WTC, one into the Pentagon, and one crashes into the Pennsylvania countryside. At least 3,000 people are killed. A more detailed timeline focusing on the hours of this attack appears on a separate page.
September 13, 2001: A Pentagon official, when asked if the US shot down Flight 93 (the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania), says "We have not ruled out that." This is one of many quotes from officials in the first days that fail to rule out that 93 was shot down.
In late 2001, nearly two-thirds of Americans say the war on terrorism could not be called a success without bin Laden's death or capture.
s3.amazonaws.com /911timeline/main/timelineafter911.html   (12291 words)

  
 NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons
The streets in the capital Podgorica were filled with waving red and gold of the former Montenegrin Monarchy (seen here), and with what appears to be a 86.3% voter turnout with all but 25,000 votes counted, it looks like the world will soon be welcoming the newest member to the international community.
Since NATO forces have moved into the southern regions of Afghanistan to re-focus efforts on battling Taliban and al-Qaeda elements in the country's most lawless region, attacks on troops and casualties have increased dramatically.
In particular, up-to-date information on annual rate of growth listed in percentages (with Afghanistan leading the way at an astonishing 4.8%) and births per 1,000 people (Niger is #1 at 51 births), may start more than one debate about the world's overpopulation.
www.nationmaster.com   (4155 words)

  
 September 11 News.com - Daily September Timeline & Chronology of Events Since September 11, 2001.
From September 11, 2001 to September 30, 2001.
On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. is attacked by terrorists
Taliban say they are dispatching 300,000 fighters to defend Afghanistan's borders.
www.september11news.com /DailyTimeline.htm   (1314 words)

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