In case anybody needs a reminder about who lost OBL...

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U.S. Concludes Bin Laden Escaped at Tora Bora Fight
Failure to Send Troops in Pursuit Termed Major Error

By Barton Gellman and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, April 17, 2002; Page A01

The Bush administration has concluded that Osama bin Laden was present during the battle for Tora Bora late last year and that failure to commit U.S. ground troops to hunt him was its gravest error in the war against al Qaeda, according to civilian and military officials with first-hand knowledge.



Here's the link from the 2002 WaPo article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62618-2002Apr16¬Found=true

What was said privately in the after-action report is especially damning, and gives profound insight into why Tommy Franks is out whoring for the Chimperor.

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1. Damn...

This damn thread didn't want to post until about the third try... :wtf: is going on here at DU?