Bin Laden 'within grasp' in 2001

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Bin Laden 'within grasp' in 2001
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Sun, 11-29-2009 - 9:17am
 The US military missed an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, when he was "within grasp" in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan in December 2001, a US report has concluded.

The Senate foreign affairs committee report, released on Sunday, said that the failure to move in on Bin Laden when he was at his most vulnerable had "enormous consequences".

"Removing the al-Qaeda leader from the battlefield eight years ago would not have eliminated the worldwide extremist threat," the report said.

"But the decisions that opened the door for his escape to Pakistan allowed bin Laden to emerge as a potent symbolic figure who continues to attract a steady flow of money and inspire fanatics worldwide.


"The failure to finish the job represents a lost kill Osama opportunity that forever altered the course of the conflict in Afghanistan and the future of international terrorism."


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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/11/2009112952242397256.html

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Sun, 11-29-2009 - 9:53am
I am not surprised. Sometime in 03 I remember some military people telling me the same thing.

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Sun, 11-29-2009 - 10:24am
Oh yes I remember. Now it's 'official'.
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Sun, 11-29-2009 - 11:24am
Yawn .... love how they said was within grasp in the Tora Bora mountains, kind like its a movie theatre or a bowling alley.
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Mon, 11-30-2009 - 8:56am

Our government never wanted to "catch" Bin Laden.

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Mon, 11-30-2009 - 9:49am

Well said.


Yes it was a 'mystery' how the Bin Ladens were spirited out of the country so promptly. Even before

 


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