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Document: Bin Laden Evaded U.S. Forces
Tue Mar 22, 6:24 PM ET
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON - A terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (news - web sites) in the 1980s and helped the al-Qaida 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 Osama bin Laden from Tora Bora." It is the first definitive statement from the Pentagon (news - web sites) that bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded U.S. pursuers.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=5&u=/ap/20050322/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bin_laden_afghanistan&sid=84439559
Document: Bin Laden Evaded U.S. Forces
Tue Mar 22, 6:24 PM ET
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON - A terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a commander for Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (news - web sites) in the 1980s and helped the al-Qaida 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 Osama bin Laden from Tora Bora." It is the first definitive statement from the Pentagon (news - web sites) that bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded U.S. pursuers.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=5&u=/ap/20050322/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bin_laden_afghanistan&sid=84439559
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