September 11 News.com - April / May / June 2002 Photo Timeline - 2002 News Timeline of Sept. 11th, 2001 Related Events.

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April 16, 2002

The Last WTC Steel
Beam Still Standing
at Ground Zero

April 2002 Photo Timeline

Assassins attempt to kill Afghanistan's Defence Minister.

Four U.S. soldiers killed in a demolition accident near Kandahar.

Al-Jazeera TV broadcasts another video with Osama bin Laden.

Palestinian suicide bombers continue to rock Israel while Israeli
troops continue their siege of Palestinian areas.

Four Canadian soldiers are killed and eight others wounded when
a U.S. fighter jet drops a bomb on Canadian troops near Kandahar.

Donald Rumsfeld tours the Afghanistan region, General Franks
meets with Egypt's Mubarak and Bush meets Saudi Prince Abdullah.

April 26, 2002

Donald Rumsfeld
Speaks to troops
at Kyrgyzstan Base

April 6, 2002 U.S. Soldier at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan	April 8, 2002 Assassins Attempt to Kill Afghanistan's Defence Minister Mohammad Fahim In the Streets of Jalalabad	April 12, 2002 Palestinian Suicide Bombings Continue Against Israeli	April 15, 2002 Osama bin Laden Video Broadcast on Al-Jazeera TV	April 15 , 2002 Meyers & Rumsfeld Confirm Four U.S. Soldiers Killed in Demolition Accident
April 6 , 2002 U.S. Infantry Return From Caves		April 12 , 2002 Recovering Victims of Suicide Bombing at Jerusalem Market	April 16 , 2002 German Police Guard al-Qaeda Suspect at Frankfurt Court	April 16, 2002 Casket of U.S. Soldier Killed Near Kandahar Arrives in Ramstein, Germany
April 17 , 2002 Hamid Karzai & Exiled King Zahir Depart Rome	April 17 , 2002 Afghan Leader Karzai & Zahir Arrive in Kabul	April 18 , 2002 Canadian General Says Four Soldiers Killed in Friendly Fire	April 19, 2002 Locusts in North Afghanistan Worst in Thirty Years	April 19, 2002 Four Canadians Killed by U.S. Friendly Fire Depart Kandahar
April 20, 2002 PM Jean Chrétien Views Caskets of Canadian Soldiers	April 21, 2002 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Meets U.S. General Franks in Cairo	April 25, 2002 President Bush Meets Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah in Crawford, Texas	April 26, 2002 Firemen Continue to Work at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center	April 28, 2002 Edmonton Memorial for the Canadians Killed in Afghanistan
April 26, 2002 New York City Firemen and Police Rake Through the WTC Debris at Ground Zero	April 26, 2002 U.S. Troops Land at a Philippine Beach With Filipino Troops for Terrorist Training South of Manila	April 27, 2002 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Speaks to U.S. Troops at Bagram Base North of Kabul During a Tour of Afghanistan and Neighboring Areas	April 28, 2002 Afghan Leader Hamid Karzai Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul	April 29, 2002 Palestinian Body Removed From the Church of Nativity In Bethlehem
				April 30, 2002 Four al-Qaeda Troops Killed in East Afghanistan

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May 16, 2002

Condoleezza Rice
Defends Bush's
9/11 Hijacking
Knowledge

May 2002 Photo Timeline

More al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners arrive at an expanded
prison facility at a U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Israel releases 13 Palestinian militants for exile to European
countries and ends the siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.

Islamic militants kill 34 Indian soldiers and their families in an
ambush in Kashmir sparking widespread rumors of impending war.

The White House defends it's actions based on FBI and CIA reports
indicating a potential terrorist hijacking threat months before 9/11.

Bush meets with Germany's Schroeder in Berlin, signs a nuclear
treaty with Russia's Putin in Moscow, then flies to France and Italy.

A ceremony at Ground Zero marks the end of 8 and 1/2 months
of recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site.

May 23, 2002

U.S. President Bush
Addresses the
German Parliament
in Berlin

May 1, 2002 Palestinian Funeral in Gaza Strip for Four Civilians	May 1, 2002 U.S. Commandos Attack in Eastern Afghan Mountains	May 2, 2002 More al-Qaeda Prisoners Arrive in Guantanamo Bay	May 7, 2002 Canadian Soldiers Find 14 Bunkers in Tora Bora Caves	May 7, 2002 Canadian Sniper in Tora Bora Mountain Range
May 10, 2002 13 Palestinian Militants Leave Bethlehem Church	May 10, 2002 Cleanup Efforts Continue at Ground Zero	May 10, 2002 The Last WTC Steel Beam at Ground Zero	May 13 , 2001 A Dust Storm Engulfs Kandahar	May 15, 2002 New Delhi Protests After 34 are Killed in Kashmir Raid by Islamic Militants
			May 13 , 2002 U.S. Forces Raid Kills Five al-Qaeda
May 16, 2002 New York Post Headlines Claim President Bush Knew About 9/11 Hijacking Threat From FBI & CIA Reports Presented as Late as August 2001, One Month Prior to 9/11 Attack	May 16, 2002 Press Secretary Ari Fleischer and Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Respond to 9/11 Prior Knowledge	May 17, 2002 Indian Troops Face Pakistan	May 22 , 2002 U.S. Soldiers and New York City Police Patrol the Brooklyn Bridge After Possible Threat to NYC Landmarks	May 23 , 2002 President Bush Meets the Press With German Chancellor W. Schroeder in Berlin
	May 15, 2002 U.S. Gen. Franks Meets Canadian Troops in Kandahar	May 20, 2002 British Royal Marines in SE Afghanistan	May 23, 2002 ISAF German Door Gunner at Kabul Airport	May 23 , 2002 Air Force One Arrives at Moscow Military Airport
May 24, 2002 U.S. President Bush and Russian President Putin at Kremlin Media Conference	May 24 , 2002 Putin & Bush After Nuclear Treaty Signing	May 25, 2002 Pakistan - India Border Ceremony	May 26, 2002 Aerial View of Cleanup at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center	May 26, 2002 Construction Begins on a New Train Station Structure at New York's Ground Zero
	May 24, 2002 Fireman Museum Flag - 346 Names of 9/11 Firemen	May 26 , 2002 Bush & French President Chirac at Elyess Palace
May 27, 2002 U.S. President Bush at the American Cemetery in Normandy on Memorial Day	May 28, 2002 NATO Summit Leaders Welcome Putin in Rome	May 28, 2002 Pope John Paul II Greets U.S. President Bush at the Vatican in Rome	May 28, 2002 American Flag is Removed From the Last Steel Beam at Ground Zero	May 28, 2002 Ironworkers Prepare to Take Down the Last Steel Beam Still Standing From the World Trade Center
	May 28, 2002 Bush Meets With Pope John Paul II
May 28, 2002 Ironworkers Place a Black Shroud Over the Last Steel Beam to be Removed From Ground Zero	May 30, 2002 Last WTC Steel Beam is Removed at WTC Ceremony	May 30, 2002 After 8 & 1/2 Months a Ceremony at Ground Zero Marks the End of Recovery and Clean-up Efforts at the WTC Site	May 30, 2002 Rudy Giuliani Embraces Crowd at WTC Ceremony	May 30, 2002 Port Authority Honors Missing WTC Victims
	May 30, 2002 Firemen Salute at WTC Ceremony		May 30, 2002 Press Gallery Platform at WTC	May 30, 2002 Flag Draped Stretcher Signifies Missing Victims

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June 2, 2002

Ground Zero
Ceremony
Honors WTC
Victims

June 2002 Photo Timeline

A ceremony is held at Ground Zero below the WTC's Steel Beam
Cross Memorial.

Turkish troops replace British troops in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The U.S. Postal Service issues a commemorative stamp featuring
the WTC image of firemen raising the American flag.

President Bush meets with Israel's Sharon and Egypt's Mubarak.

President Bush announces the formation of the Home Security
Advisory Council.

President Bush meets with world leaders at the G-8 Summit in
the Kananaskis wilderness near Calgary, Canada.

Israel attacks the West Bank after a series of suicide bombings.

June 6, 2002

President Bush
Announces
Homeland
Security Cabinet

June 1, 2002 President Bush at West Point Class of 2002 Graduation	June 2, 2002 Ground Zero Ceremony at WTC Steel Cross	June 2, 2002 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Ground Zero Memorial Service for WTC Victims	June 4, 2002 Russian President Putin Meets with Afghanistan PM Karzai at Regional Security Summit in Kazakhstan
June 2, 2002 American Flag Waves Beside WTC Steel Cross	June 2, 2002 White Doves Released at WTC Ceremony
June 4, 2002 Turkish Troops Arrive at Kabul Airport to Replace British Soldiers in the Afghan Capital	June 6, 2002 Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Leaves Ramallah Compound After Weeks of Siege by Israel	June 6, 2002 U.S. & British Soldiers in Atalay Afghanistan	June 8, 2002 U. S. President Bush Meets With Egypt's President Mubarak at Camp David in Maryland
		June 8, 2002 Children Play in Kabul's Ruins
June 7, 2002 "Heroes of 2001" U.S. Postal Service Stamp Released	June 10, 2002 President Bush Meets With Israeli PM Sharon in the Oval Office	June 11, 2002 President Bush Announces Homeland Security Dept.	June 12, 2002 Bush Holds First Homeland Security Council Meeting
June 13, 2002 Afghan Leader Karzai Wins Loyal Jirga Presidential Elections	June 14, 2002 New York City Policemen March During a Flag Day Parade Near the World Trade Center Site	June 20, 2002 Vatican City Archbishop Sandri at a Ground Zero Ceremony	June 22, 2002 Fireman's Hat Shows Photo of FDNY Fireman Vernon Cherry at NYC Funeral for Cherry
June 13, 2002 MC130 Crash Kills Three U.S. Soldiers in S.E. Afghanistan
June 25, 2002 President Bush Gets White Hat at Calgary Airport	June 25, 2002 Canadian PM Chrétien Greets Bush at Summit in Kananaskis	June 27, 2002 Russian President Putin and Bush at Kananaskis G-8 Summit	June 27, 2002 British PM Tony Blair and Bush at Kananaskis G-8 Summit
June 29, 2002 Rocket Attack Hits Kabul Airport	June 29, 2002 Palestinian Police Station in Hebron Destroyed by Israel	June 29, 2002 Israeli Bulldozer Searches Police Station for Terrorists	June 29, 2002 Pakistan Releases Flyer With Most Wanted Terrorists