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December 16, 2001
 Al-Qaida Holdout Reported Fallen
After nine weeks of siege, Afghan tribal leaders claimed victory over al-Qaida guerrillas at their last stronghold in Afghanistan. But Osama bin Laden was nowhere to be seen, and U.S. officials said the fighting around Tora Bora was far from finished...
December 15, 2001
 Broadcasts Suggest U.S. Troops Near bin Laden
American forces heard Osama bin Laden giving orders over short-range radio in the Tora Bora area of eastern Afghanistan this past week during all-out assaults on the rugged mountains and caves where he is believed hiding...
 'I'm Going There': One Cop's Tale of Sept. 11
David Leclaire reaches into the two plastic bags and pulls out what's left of the police uniform he wore on Sept. 11. The shirt, once blue, is gray with dust. The pants, once sharply creased, are cutoffs now, torn at the knees...
British Newspaper Reports London Targeted
A British newspaper said it has found a notebook at an al-Qaida training camp in southern Afghanistan that contained a terrorist "blueprint" for an attack on London. The Observer said, "terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden have drawn up plans..."
 Bin Laden's Options Dwindle
U.S. commanders believe they are quickly narrowing Osama bin Laden's options for escape from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Yet even as U.S.-backed tribal forces advance in the rugged Tora Bora region, no one seems certain whether bin Laden is even there...
 Senate Office Still Tainted with Anthrax
Equipment problems delayed the pumping of a second round of poison gas into an anthrax-tainted Senate office building. Officials expected to go ahead with the operation after reaching the high humidity level needed in the ventilation system...
 Trade Center's Last Standing Piece Comes Down
With a crash and a large dust cloud, a 50-foot tall section of steel -- the last standing piece of the World Trade Center's facade -- was brought down. Workers spent much of the morning cutting away at the base of the building facade...
 American Taliban Taken to Ship
John Walker, the 20-year-old American Taliban fighter who surrendered to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was moved to a Navy ship in the Arabian Sea, U.S. officials said. He is "safe and being well cared for," Gen. Tommy Franks, the U.S. war commander, said...
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 Nuclear Scientists Linked to Bin Laden Freed
Two nuclear scientists who had been detained on suspicion of sharing technical information with Osama bin Laden have been freed. Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Abdul Majid worked for Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission...
Assets Frozen at Two Muslim Charities
Federal agents armed with search warrants scoured the offices of two suburban Chicago Muslim organizations that government officials said are suspected of funding terrorist activities. The Global Relief Foundation and the Benevolence International Foundation...
Tape's Arabic Version Changes Few Minds
An Arabic-subtitled version of terror suspect Osama bin Laden's latest videotape did little to change Arab minds about the authenticity of the Pentagon-released tape, Arab analysts said. The tape, complete with a full transcript in Arabic...
 Last al-Qaida Pocket Offers to Surrender
Besieged al-Qaida fighters offered again to surrender as a new report surfaced that Osama bin Laden could be in the region. Opposition commanders feared the offer was just another ploy, and U.S. bombers kept up a relentless attack from the air...
December 14, 2001
 Bush Renews Vow to Take bin Laden "Dead or Alive"
With Osama bin Laden reportedly cornered in Afghanistan, President Bush is renewing his vow to take the suspected terrorist "dead or alive." Asked about reports bin Laden is surrounded in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the president promised...
 More Anthrax Found in Senate Building
Trace amounts of anthrax were found in a fumigated Senate office building, and officials said that they would try again to kill the lingering spores with chlorine dioxide gas. Environmental Protection Agency technicians planned to begin the new fumigation operation...
 Bush Demands Arafat Crackdown on Terrorists
His belated peace initiative near collapse, President Bush demanded Friday that Yasser Arafat clamp down on terrorists. "Now is his time to perform," Bush said. Applying a diplomatic squeeze on the Palestinian leader, Secretary of State Colin Powell urged European governments this week not to invite Arafat to visit...
 Soldiers Mourned, Honored at Memorial
Two of the three Green Berets killed in Afghanistan were remembered by mourners in opposite sides of the country as men who fulfilled their childhood ambitions of becoming soldiers but whose lives were cut short by the war on terrorism...
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