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  Russ Feingold: Timeline on Fixing our Flawed Iraq Policy
September 27, 2002 – Feingold calls on the administration to clarify its plans regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and to advise Congress and the American people of the commitment that the U.S. is prepared to make in a post-invasion Iraq and the effect of that commitment on the fight against terrorism.
September 26, 2002 – On the floor of the United States Senate, Feingold states that the fight against terrorism must remain a top priority and that the administration's "discussion draft" of a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq is unacceptable.
September 5, 2002 – Feingold states that he is pleased that the President has decided to seek Congressional approval but still contends that the administration has not made the case for war with Iraq.
www.feingold.senate.gov /issues_timeline.html   (4724 words)

  
 frontline: teacher center: teachers guide: roots of terrorism| PBS
Afghanistan's last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, took the throne at the age of 18 after his father, Mohammad Nadir Shah, was assassinated.
The new state of Pakistan to Afghanistan's south saw the Durand Line as its border, but the Afghan government disagreed, arguing that it had been established under British pressure and that it was inappropriate because it divided the Pushtun people between the two countries.
The withdrawal of Britain from South Asia and the rise of the Cold War brought Afghanistan gradually under the shadow of the Soviet Union in the 1950s, as the United States government was unwilling to match Soviet influence in the country.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/afghanistan/timeline.html   (1896 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)

  
 USAID Afghanistan: Weekly Report for July 31 - August 06 , 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On July 29, Alonzo Fulgham arrived in Kabul to begin his one-year post as USAID Mission Director for Afghanistan.
During a visit to Bamiyan in late July, Afghan President Karzai met with students who informed him that they were in need of more 8th and 9th grade textbooks.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance released total domestic revenue totals for the first 3 months of Afghan calendar year 1384.
www.usaid.gov /locations/asia_near_east/afghanistan/weeklyreports/080605_report.html   (800 words)

  
 CBC News In Depth: Afghanistan
Boneca is the 17th Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan since the first battle group was sent to the country in February 2002.
Rahman was accused in Afghanistan of converting to Christianity, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence and suspicion that he may be mentally ill. Many clerics in Afghanistan had called for him to be put to death.
Abdul Rahman, 41, is jailed in Afghanistan and faces the death penalty unless he agrees to convert back to Islam, said the judge at the Shariah court.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/afghanistan/timeline.html   (4291 words)

  
 The Debate: Did oil influence America's decision to invade Afghanistan? Were the true motives for war declared? Read ...
The war on Afghanistan was sold to the public as a reaction to the attacks on 11 September 2001.
Afghanistan is one of the world's poorest countries, where such an enormous sum sum of money would have had extraordinary value.
The leader of the new US-controlled interim government in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, was a key collaborator in the conspiracy to construct the major gas and oil pipe-line in the region, which was the hidden agenda of the US-led invasion.
www.thedebate.org /thedebate/afghanistan.asp   (2807 words)

  
 Afghanistan: pipelines, poppies, al-Qaeda and control of Eurasia
But the reality, kept secret until now, is very different: it was July 3, 1979 when President Carter signed the first directive on the clandestine assistance to opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
Afghanistan produces 75% of the world's opium, says the UN During the 1990s, five or six provinces in Afghanistan were cultivating opium poppy.
www.oilempire.us /afghanistan.html   (3451 words)

  
 NationMaster - Statistics on Afghanistan. 860 facts and figures, stats and information on Afghan economy, crime, ...
Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in December 2001
Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in October 2001
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www.nationmaster.com /country/af-afghanistan   (419 words)

  
 Iraq War Timeline : Resources : Wage Peace Campaign : AFSC
12, 2002- President Bush addresses the opening of the UN General Assembly, challenging the body to confront the “grave and gathering danger” of Iraq ­ — or become irrelevant.
July 13, 2003- Iraq's interim governing council, composed of 25 Iraqis appointed by U.S. and British officials, is inaugurated.
July 17, 2003- U.S. combat deaths in Iraq reach 147, the same number of soldiers who died from hostile fire in the first Gulf War.
www.afsc.org /iraq/guide/war-timeline.htm   (1669 words)

  
 CNN.com - Qadir: Afghanistan's 'most important' Pashtun - July 6, 2002
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir, who was assassinated Saturday by gunmen in Kabul, led a life of shifting alliances aimed at protecting Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun clan.
He was one of three vice presidents chosen by last month's grand council to serve in the Cabinet of President Hamid Karzai, and was a former governor of Nangarhar province.
Last year, Haq returned to Afghanistan in October as an envoy of deposed Afghan King Zahir Shah, trying to lure defectors from the Taliban.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/07/06/qadir.bio/index.html   (401 words)

  
 UN Involvement in Afghanistan - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
Despite these initiatives, Afghanistan remains a “failed state.” The authority of President Hamid Karzai, victor in the presidential election of October 2004, barely extends beyond Kabul’s suburbs and warlords are once again in control of most of the country.
While Afghanistan faces its deadliest phase of violence since 2001, a UN Security Council mission report warns that growing insurgency, corruption, impunity, increased opium trade and weak governance cause “despondency and disillusionment” among Afghans.
The absence of a strong central government in Afghanistan has rendered the voluntary disarmament of various groups in conflicts problematic, as they are reluctant to give up power amid instability and lawlessness in order to protect their own interests.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/afgindx.htm   (2956 words)

  
 History of Computing Industrial Era 2000+
In 2002 English is the Internet's main language, but it may not rule the digital waves for long.
The merger is expected to generate cost synergies of approximately $2.0 billion in fiscal 2003, the first full year of operations; fully realized synergies are expected to reach a run rate of approximately $2.5 billion by mid-fiscal 2004.
On 23 August 2002 a US judge rejected a claim by "Maz Technologies that they had, in 1998, obtained a fairly generic patent covering the encrypted storage of documents.
www.thocp.net /timeline/2002.htm   (2914 words)

  
 Taliban Timeline
This is the second attempt on Karzai's life this year—in July, security forces found a car filled with explosives.
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.
www.infoplease.com /spot/taliban-time.html   (1969 words)

  
 CNN.com - Australia mulls Afghan troop plea - Jul 7, 2005
Australia was one of the first countries to commit forces to Afghanistan as part of the U.S.-led action against the al Qaeda terrorist group and their Taliban hosts in 2001.
But Australia withdrew its special forces troops from Afghanistan in 2002 after they completed their mission there.
Howard, who is due to meet Bush in Washington on July 16, told Australian radio on Thursday that the cabinet would make a decision on the troop commitment next week.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/australia.afghanistan/index.html   (430 words)

  
 "Oh Lucy! - You Gotta Lotta 'Splain' To Do"
Yet on July 14, 2001 he was allowed to leave Dubai on a private jet, and there were no Navy fighters waiting to force him down.
A more complete timeline listing crucial events both before and after the Sept. 11 suicide attacks, which have been blamed on bin Laden, establishes CIA foreknowledge of them and strongly suggests that there was criminal complicity on the part of the U.S. government in their execution.
July 2001 - The G8 summit at Genoa, Italy is surrounded by anti-aircraft guns, and local airspace is closed off after Italian and Egyptian officials (including President Hosni Mubarak) warn American intelligence that airliners stuffed with explosives might be used to attack President Bush.
www.fromthewilderness.com /free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html   (6721 words)

  
 2002
The nation's Hispanic population nymbered 38.8 million in July 2002 [a third of Latinos are under 18], according to population estimates released Wednesday [6/18/2003].
This represented a sharp increase from the 2,013 wounded in 2002.
The 10 percent number comes from 2002, the most recent year for which figures are available, and the situation is probably even worse now, said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, president-elect of the heart association and professor of medicine at the University of Colorado.
mirrorh.com /timelinead22.html   (14252 words)

  
 Afghanistan, 2002 Timeline
Kandahar governor wounded; gunman wore army uniform the new Afghan army.
The United States military is pouring fresh troops, attack helicopters into an area of eastern Afghanistan
Osama is in between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the head of BND foreign intelligence network said in a newspaper interview
www.mapreport.com /years/2002/countries/afghanistan.html   (535 words)

  
 CNN.com - Australia commits to Afghan force - Jul 12, 2005
Howard said the latest deployment decision, taken by the Cabinet on Tuesday, was in response to recent requests from the Karzai administration, which is facing a resurgent Taliban guerrilla movement in parts of the country, ahead of September 18 parliamentary elections.
Howard is due to meet Bush in Washington on July 16 during a visit to the United States between July 15-19, and will then travel to London to meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair between July 20-24.
Howard said on Friday it was the goal of terrorists to disrupt planning and cooperation between allies in the war on terror.
edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/australia.afghanistan   (692 words)

  
 USAID Afghanistan: Chronology of Major Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Afghanistan - Complex Emergency Situation Report #3 (FY 2003)
Afghanistan - Complex Emergency Situation Report #2 (FY 2003)
Afghanistan - Complex Emergency Situation Report #1 (FY 2003)
www.usaid.gov /locations/asia_near_east/afghanistan/timeline.html   (913 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.
This timeline is meant to be a comprehensive resource for anyone attempting to understand 9/11 and the “war on terrorism” in general.
One of the strengths of this timeline is that it contains important nuggets of information that have been rescued from the obscurity of back page reporting and placed in their proper historical contexts.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /project.jsp?project=911_project   (3090 words)

  
 September 11 News.com - Daily September Timeline & Chronology of Events Since September 11, 2001.
September 11 News.com - Daily September Timeline & Chronology of Events Since September 11, 2001.
Department warns governments will be isolated if they tolerate or assist terrorist groups.
Taliban say they are dispatching 300,000 fighters to defend Afghanistan's borders.
www.september11news.com /DailyTimeline.htm   (1314 words)

  
 contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
17 December 2001: New York City soldiers in Afghanistan
19 July: President Bush salutes the 10th Mountain Division
the cause of hundreds of civilian deaths in Afghanistan sparks debate
www.warchronicle.com /afghanistan/contents.htm   (38 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Plea Bargain -- July 15, 2002
But at the end, we felt that a 20-year sentence was a very tough sentence, a strong sentence that represented certainly a firm punishment.
When you get into a situation where you're trying to reach a plea agreement, you have to select some counts that represent the core charges of the case and obviously you are going to drop other charges as part of that agreement.
We felt the charges that were selected, the charge of providing support to the Taliban, given the Taliban's role in providing and offering sanctuary to and protection to al-Qaida, in controlling Afghanistan, al-Qaida's base, and the carrying of the explosives, represented the core of what our case was all about.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/july-dec02/plea1_7-15.html   (1618 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.
2002 July - Vice-President Haji Abdul Qadir is assassinated by gunmen in Kabul.
Fierce fighting ensues as the forces try to extend government control in areas where Taleban influence is strong.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1162108.stm   (1392 words)

  
 September 11 News.com - July / August / September 2002 Photo Timeline - 2002 News Timeline of Sept. 11th, 2001 Related ...
September 11 News.com - July / August / September 2002 Photo Timeline - 2002 News Timeline of Sept. 11th, 2001 Related Events.
Afghanistan leader Karzai escapes an assassination attempt in the
More September 11, 2002 News and Photo Archives in Many September 11 News Sections.
www.september11news.com /2002Timeline3.htm   (401 words)

  
 England, 2002 Timeline
The coffin has made its final journey from Westminster Abbey to Windsor where she will be laid to rest alongside George VI See World Royal Timeline
Smoke poured from a fourth-floor window in the midst of celebrating the 50-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II See World Fire Timeline
Welsh archbishop Rowan Williams is a outspoken opponent of U.S. policies in Afghanistan and Iraq
www.mapreport.com /years/2002/countries/england.html   (631 words)

  
 Lie By Lie: July 20, 2002
The money comes from a supplemental appropriation for the war in Afghanistan that Congress previously approved, Bob Woodward reports in "Plan of Attack."
Carl Oberg wrote: There is no doubt in my mind that W...
Erick S. wrote: I am amazed by this Timeline of lie...
www.motherjones.com /bush_war_timeline/archives/2002/07/july_20_2002.html   (442 words)

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