TIMELINE OF EVENTS
■ Dec. 1 — Northern Alliance turns over custody of John Walker Lindh, American who fought with the Taliban.
Dec. 5 — Three American soldiers killed by “smart” bomb dropped by B-52 near Kandahar.
Dec. 8 — U.S. Capitol reopens to tourists after two-month closure due to anthrax outbreaks.
■ Dec. 9 — B-52s drop bombs on alQaida caves in Tora Bora region.
Dec. 10 — Marines move back to American embassy in Kabul after 12year absence.
Dec. 11 — First criminal charges in Sept. 11 attacks brought against Zacarias Moussaoui.
Dec. 22 — British citizen Richard Reid allegedly tries to blow up Miami-bound jet using shoe bomb.
Dec. 28 — Bush signals bin Laden may never be caught, saying, “Our objective is more than bin Laden.”
2002
Jan. 4 — U.S. military loses first member to hostile action when Army Special Forces sergeant killed near Khost, Afghanistan. Jan. 6 — Joint
Task Force spokesman Maj. Stephen Cox, a Marine from Chattanooga, arrives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where alQaida detainees are held.
Jan. 9 — Seven Marines killed when tanker plane crashes into mountain in Pakistan.
■ Jan. 18 — Fort Campbell troops leave for Kandahar.