It is possible that these events will push the administration into a more aggressive and reckless stance by late December 2003 and January 2004. (11/3/03)Late 11/9/03 into early 11/10/03, Iraq time;
Late 11/10 and 11/11/03, followed by considerable grief and devastation through 11/14;
Morning 11/17/03 through early afternoon, Iraq time;
All of 11/21/03;
Late 11/30, early 12/1/03, Iraq time;
All of 12/11 through 12/15/03.
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On the days 12/27 and 12/28/01, bus and rail service were halted between the two countries, the airspace was closed between them, and India moved short-range ballistic missiles to the border. On 1/6/02, India claimed to have shot down a Pakistani spy plane. On 1/12/02 Musharraf gave a conciliatory speech outlawing all terrorist groups. Following the speech, tensions slowly eased.
After a hugely successful military campaign to oust the Taliban from Afghanistan, the military got bogged down in the final battle at Tora Bora and the ongoing and fruitless search for Osama bin Laden and Muhammed Omar.
After 11/10 events began to move very quickly in the war in Afghanistan, with Kabul and other areas falling far more quickly than expected. The Northern Alliance ignored Bush's insistance that they not enter Kabul after its capture. Between 11/24 and 11/27/01 a surprise uprising occured in a prison at Mazar-e- Sharif, which turned into a ferocious battle. Several hundred Taliban and their foreign supporters were killed.
The frightening consequences of the anthrax attack grew significantly during this period, with several more people infected, two further casualties, and an increasing number of locations contaminated. In Afghanistan, an important leader of the Northern Alliance was assassinated.
The period from 9/20 through 10/2 saw a significant build-up of military preparedness in and around Central Asia, but the actual military activity in Afghanistan began on October 10.
During September President Bush aggressively called for a War on Terrorism in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. As Commander-in-Chief he called forth the military and began an assault on the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan. By the end of October the country was mired in confusion about anthrax bioterrorism, and the military progress in Afghanistan was not as dramatic as expected.
Particularly volatile and dangerous will be the last few days of March and the first two weeks of April when transiting Mars (23-24 Sagittarius) and transiting Uranus (23 Aquarius) are both activating the Israeli progressed Mars (23 Virgo). Transiting Uranus during this period will also be square to the Israeli Sun (23 Taurus). Another exceptionally perilous time is likely to be June and early July, when first Mars, then Jupiter, then Uranus each cross the 23-24 degree area of their respective signs, again setting off the progressed Mars square to natal Uranus. Virtually the entire period from late March through July will see intensified conflict and tension due to the station of Uranus at 24 degrees Aquarius, but the noted dates are likely to be particularly precarious.