The Foreign Relations Committee said US troops were within reach of Bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora, when calls for US reinforcements were rejected, allowing the terrorist leader to walk free.
The report outlines how the failure to capture Bin Laden at his most vulnerable has had lasting consequences, and laid the foundations for the prolonged Afghan insurgency.
The failure to capture the terrorist leader in the three months after the September 11th attacks in 2001 may have led to the reinvigorated insurgency seen today, the report asserts.
'On or around 16 December [2001], two days after writing his will, Bin Laden and an entourage of bodyguards walked unmolested out of Tora Bora and disappeared into Pakistan's unregulated tribal area,' the report says. He is still believed to be somewhere in that area today.
Senator John Kerry requested the report, which came as President Obama prepares to send as many as 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
The report outlines how the failure to capture Bin Laden at his most vulnerable has had lasting consequences, and laid the foundations for the prolonged Afghan insurgency.
The failure to capture the terrorist leader in the three months after the September 11th attacks in 2001 may have led to the reinvigorated insurgency seen today, the report asserts.
'On or around 16 December [2001], two days after writing his will, Bin Laden and an entourage of bodyguards walked unmolested out of Tora Bora and disappeared into Pakistan's unregulated tribal area,' the report says. He is still believed to be somewhere in that area today.
Senator John Kerry requested the report, which came as President Obama prepares to send as many as 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
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