Kerry Was Right!
Document: Guantanamo Inmate Was Bin Laden Commander
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Fox News
Story Link: Here
WASHINGTON — A terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for Usama bin Laden during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and helped the Al Qaeda leader escape his mountain hide-out at Tora Bora in 2001, according to a U.S. government document.
The document, provided to The Associated Press in response to a Freedom of Information request, says the unidentified detainee "assisted in the escape of Usama bin Laden from Tora Bora." It is the first definitive statement from the Pentagon that bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded U.S. pursuers.
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Franks, now retired, wrote in an opinion column in The New York Times last Oct. 19, "We don't know to this day whether Mr. bin Laden was at Tora Bora in December 2001." He added that intelligence assessments of his location varied, but bin Laden was "never within our grasp."
On several occasions in the days following publication of that column, Bush cited it on the campaign trail as evidence that bin Laden could have been in any of several countries in December 2001. "That's what Tommy Franks, who knew what he's talking about, said," Bush said on Oct. 27.
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Oh, and now we have a General who is lying or grossly uninformed too.
Yup, it's definitely a liberal conspiracy.
So, just how many lies is it going to take before America wakes up?
Document: Guantanamo Inmate Was Bin Laden Commander
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Fox News
Story Link: Here
WASHINGTON — A terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for Usama bin Laden during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and helped the Al Qaeda leader escape his mountain hide-out at Tora Bora in 2001, according to a U.S. government document.
The document, provided to The Associated Press in response to a Freedom of Information request, says the unidentified detainee "assisted in the escape of Usama bin Laden from Tora Bora." It is the first definitive statement from the Pentagon that bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded U.S. pursuers.
....
Franks, now retired, wrote in an opinion column in The New York Times last Oct. 19, "We don't know to this day whether Mr. bin Laden was at Tora Bora in December 2001." He added that intelligence assessments of his location varied, but bin Laden was "never within our grasp."
On several occasions in the days following publication of that column, Bush cited it on the campaign trail as evidence that bin Laden could have been in any of several countries in December 2001. "That's what Tommy Franks, who knew what he's talking about, said," Bush said on Oct. 27.
....
Oh, and now we have a General who is lying or grossly uninformed too.
Yup, it's definitely a liberal conspiracy.
So, just how many lies is it going to take before America wakes up?
posted by Mike at 9:27 AM
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