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| Bin Ladens escape blamed on geriatric Bush hawks |
| 2009-12-09 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] The former US defense chief and his top commander withheld the correct military generalship and reinforcements required for the capture of al-Qaeda's number one, says a high-profile US report. As al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was "within the grasp" of the US servicemen, former defense secretary, Donald Henry Rumsfeld and former commander of the United States Central Command, General Tommy Franks refused to authorize them to block his escape route and disallowed the extra deployment needed for an effective assault, read a recent Senate report. Bin Laden, consequently, escaped from his alleged eastern Afghanistan hideout to neighboring Pakistan, the report continued. The former secretary had reportedly argued that extra logistics on the ground could turn the locals against the forces. The US invaded neighboring Afghanistan in 2001, alleging bin Laden's capture and associating the ruling Taliban regime with al-Qaeda, which Washington accuses of engineering the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The failing mission has been invariably used as an excuse for prolonging the war. The US-led counterinsurgency operations have so far left many thousands of Afghan civilians dead while failing to enable the elimination or capture of any key militant leader. The report reasserted the widely-questioned justification, claiming that the alleged blunder had "altered the course of the conflict in Afghanistan and the future of international terrorism, leaving the American people more vulnerable to terrorism, laying the foundation for today's protracted Afghan insurgency." Now divested of their authority, many former administration officials have, meanwhile, been depicted in various such reports as the culprits behind the US-led interventionism worldwide and the ensuing bloodshed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Compare wid PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUMS > THE REAL MUSLIM UMMAHS' ENEMY - THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE HOUSE OF SAUD??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 21:23 |
| #7 General Tommy Franks isn't afraid to release his DOD records, just saying, Senator |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-09 19:08 |
| #6 With Bin Ladin, we do not want him, we want who he talks to here in these United States. And then find with whom the couriers were working with. Until then, He blabbers on if he lives. Brain Science? |
| Posted by: newc 2009-12-09 18:42 |
| #5 Bin Laden's care has been signed over to the eternal care unit - he's dead Jim. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Ebberens7700 2009-12-09 11:03 |
| #4 Deacon - it is what Sen. Kerry said; it's from a "senate report" as the article notes. Since we're going back in time I wouldn't be surprised if it also describes in detail various swift boat incursions into Cambodia in the early 70's. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-12-09 08:44 |
| #3 As soon as I got to the paragraph attacking General Franks I quit reading. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-09 07:56 |
| #2 Forgot the link. Again. Mod: It's been fix |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-12-09 07:20 |
| #1 This is almost verbatim what "Lurch" Kerry said a few days ago. Seems Iran Press has his speech and doctored it a bit. This is also why I am a vocal proponent of the separation of Lurch and State. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-12-09 07:15 |