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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
U.S. Forces Missed Chance to Get Bin Laden - Report -- New York Times WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report, written by staff working for the Democratic majority on the committee, said...
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ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
(ChattahBox) — According to a new Senate Foreign Relations Committee report Osama bin Laden was within reach of US troops in Afghanistan but military leaders were doubtful and made the decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force. The Senate report examines Osama bin Laden’s escape through the mountains of Tora Bora in [...]
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Newshoggers (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Commentary By Ron Beasley There are many things you can blame the Bush administration for but not capturing Osama bin Laden is not one of them. Senate Report Explores 2001 Escape by bin Laden From Afghan Mountains As President Obama vows to “finish the job” in Afghanistan by sending more troops, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has completed a detailed...
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The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader was cornered in Afghanistan's Tora Bora mountain region in December 2001 . The report, released Sunday, said the situation in Afghanistan presented greater problems today because of the failure to nab bin Laden eight years ago . Bin Laden had written his...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Osama Bin LadenThe United States military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to Reuters the report, written by staff working for the Democratic majority on the committee, said the al Qaeda leader‘s escape was...
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Political Wrinkles (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
---Quote--- WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders...
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Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Washington (CNN) - President Obama got some political cover Sunday for his upcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan. A report released by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader was cornered in Afghanistan's Tora [...]
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was within the grasp of US forces in Afghanistan in late 2001, a US Senate report says.
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has a new report on Afghanistan . The report states categorically that bin Laden was hiding in Tora Bora when the U.S. had the means to mount a rapid assault with several thousand troops at least. It says that a review of existing literature, unclassified government records and interviews with central participants "removes any lingering doubts and makes...
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Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Had the US not missed its chance to nab Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001, there's a “good chance we would not have forces or need to have forces there," Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin told Face the Nation . Given the current situation, however, Politico reports that...
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Osama bin Laden was within the grasp of US forces in late 2001 and could have been caught if then-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld hadn’t rejected calls for reinforcements, a hard-hitting US Senate report says. The report indicates this happened about Dec. 2001, after 9/11, but before the start of the Iraq War. With bin Laden dead, they [...]
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader in force, a Senate report says. The...
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South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says. The report asserts that the failure to kill or capture bin Laden at his most vulnerable in December 2001 has had lasting consequences beyond the fate of one...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Osama bin Laden was within reach of US troops in Afghanistan when military leaders made the decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report has said.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.
