JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Now we turn to the war on terrorism, and the first transfer of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. CNN's Bill Hemmer phoned in this report from Kandahar.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A few moments ago here at the Kandahar airport, a giant cargo plane touched down, the first one we have seen flying here in three hours' time. It may be an indication that the threat perhaps was extinguished at the perimeter here at the air base. It was about three hours ago when the first shipment of detainees, 20 of them, were lined up, filed out of the detention facility on to a waiting C-17. Once that C-17 taxied down the runway with its cargo on hold, flares were shot up in the air. The U.S. Marines tell us they perceived a threat on the perimeter, possibly probing in three different locations on this air base. Immediately the runway was shut down, after that initial plane cleared the airspace. It has fallen dark here and it is still quiet. The all-clear has not been sounded. We're still waiting for more word on what the threat may or may not have been on the perimeter of the air base. Overhead, covert gunships still patrol the area in Kandahar. Bill Hemmer, CNN, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Relative Calm Returns to Kandahar Airport