Special forces officer recalls team valor in Afghanistan
Capt. Jason Amerine recounts a dangerous mission deep into Taliban territory to link with Afghan fighters, secure trust, and defend Tarin Kot. He notes airstrikes, a deadly U.S. bomb, and losses suffered by his Green Berets as they fought alongside locals 60 miles north of Kandahar on November 16.
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White Mountains
al-Qaida
Richard B. Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Landstuhl
Germany
Jason Amerine
Amerine
Hamid Karzai
Counry
Capt
Ameline
Cody Prosser
U.S
Gray
America
Kandahar
Abandoned Kandahar Camp Yields Air Weekly and Al Qaida Link
Journalists find in ruins near Kandahar a chemistry text an Aviation Week issue and a Chemical Weekly copy at Osama bin Laden linked camp 12 miles south of Kandahar. The site shows an improvised obstacle course intact while buildings lie destroyed and photocopied papers scatter the courtyard. An al Qaida training video is alleged to have been filmed there.
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Tornak Farms
Afghanistan
Aviation Week
Chemical Weekly
Osama bin Laden
Kandahar
I Can
Bri
bin Laden
al-Qaida
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Kansas City, Mo
Abu Ghaish
Durbin
Intellience Committee
Jalalabad
Trade Towers
Pentagon
Sen
Richard Shelby
R-Ala
Intelligence Committee
Mohammad Atta
Sai Sen
Dianne Reinsein
D-Ca
Airline route cuts hit smaller cities after 9/11 fallout
Airlines shrink networks across the United States as post9/11 losses bite. Hartford loses nonstop to Denver and Los Angeles, Syracuse residents must change planes for Orlando, and Little Rock cannot fly nonstop to Chicago O’Hare. The industry foresees hundreds of flights cut and 116 routes eliminated as the Transportation Department probes service adequacy under federal aid guarantees.
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AAA
Transportation Department Inspector General
Britain to lead peacekeeping role in Afghanistan
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain could take a leadership part in an initial peacekeeping force for Afghanistan, with about 1,000 troops planned to deploy as a new interim government forms on December 22. U N diplomats noted Britain would spearhead the effort for months before handing the lead to Muslim nations.
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London
Iap
Britain
United Nations
Tony Blair
Colin Powell
Powell
Europe
Central Asia
Blair
10 Downing Street
U.N
NASA opens 3-D maps of Worth surface for scientists
NASA began providing scientists with portions of highly accurate 3-D maps of Worth's surface under a security embargo after the Sept. 11 attacks. Data from the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission are being downloaded for U.S. sites while foreign territories remain withheld. Public release of the maps is not yet allowed due to security concerns, though a California mosaic was shown at the AGU meeting.
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San Francisco
NASA
Worth
U.S
Seie
American Geophysical Union
California
Red Cross probes Taliban prisoner deaths in Afghanistan
The Red Cross said it is investigating reports that dozens of Taliban captives suffocated in shipping containers while being moved to Shibarghan prison in northern Afghanistan. The prison holds about 3,000 fighters and some needed medical care. A Times report cited claims of at least 43 deaths from wounds or asphyxiation during transfers from Kunduz.
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Geneva
International Red Cross
Afghanistan
Macarena Aguilar
International Committee of the Red Cross
Shibarghan
Aguilar
Associated Press
ICHC
New York Times
Jabarek
Northern Alliance
Kunduz
World remembers three months after 9 11 ceremonies
Three months after the hijackings that struck the World Trade Center Americans and allies paused for somber ceremonies from the White House to statehouses and embassies. President Bush spoke of innocent lives while sailors, police, and firefighters marked the moment with prayers and silence.
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White House
Outer Space
World Trade Center
Gary Sherrer
Kansas
Statehouse
Topeka
Bush
Washington
Capitol
Justice Department
Transportation Department
Pentagon
Rod Paige
Duke Ellington’School of the Arts
New York City
Sailors shop aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt for Christmas
Sailors in the 5,500 crew aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt near the Arabia Sea are buying gifts from the ship’s store and visiting vendors from Italy, Spain, Bahrain and Dubai. Store sales reach up to 30,000 dollars daily, with the Navy taking two percent of vendor revenue. Vendors screen goods for security and stay aboard for up to a week.
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Theodore Roosovelt
Arabia Sea
Eic.tulber
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Rooseve
Kennett
Salem
Roosevelt
Carr
Jon Kimbert
Italy
Spain
Bahrain
Dubai
Fem
T. T Limbert
Lt. Limbert
Houston
Navy
Sovis Times
Limbert
Kristen Cole
Gardner
Mass
United States
Anis
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