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A special report by Hal Bernton, Mike Carter, David Heath and James Neff · June 23 - July 7, 2002
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TIMELINE
 | Gulf War: U.S. sets up presence in Saudi Arabia.
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February: Civil war starts in Algeria.
Fall: Ahmed Ressam leaves Algeria
for France. |
Feb. 26: World Trade Center bombed.
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Feb. 20: Ressam arrives in Montreal.
Dec. 24:
Air France plane hijacked in Algiers, Algeria.
Plane is recovered in Marseille, France. |
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March: Terrorist hunter Jean-Louis Bruguiere discovers Canadian cell.
Spring: Osama bin Laden, expelled from Sudan, moves to Afghanistan.
September: Taliban takes over Kabul. |
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February: Bin Laden issues fatwa urging Muslims to kill Americans.
March: Ressam trains in Afghan terrorist camps.
August: U.S. embassies bombed in Tanzania and Kenya. U.S. bombs al-Qaida camps in return. |
| Dec. 14: Ressam arrested
in Port Angeles. |
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April 6: Ressam convicted on
9 terrorism and bomb-related charges.
June 23: Ressam agrees to cooperate with federal authorities.
Sept. 11: Terrorists slam planes into World Trade Center, Pentagon. |
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