Bush Admin Passed On Chance To Raid Meeting Of Al Qaida Leaders
New York Times MARK MAZZETTI July 7, 2007 06:38 PM
The target was a meeting of Al Qaeda's leaders that intelligence officials thought included Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy and the man believed to run the terrorist group's operations.
But the mission was called off after Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the defense secretary, rejected the 11th-hour appeal of Porter J. Goss, then the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said. Members of a Navy Seals unit in parachute gear had already boarded C-130 cargo planes in Afghanistan when...
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2005 operation called off after officials said it could jeopardize relations.
The target was a meeting of Al Qaeda's leaders that intelligence officials thought included Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy and the man believed to run the terrorist group's operations.
But the mission was called off after Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the defense secretary, rejected the 11th-hour appeal of Porter J. Goss, then the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said. Members of a Navy Seals unit in parachute gear had already boarded C-130 cargo planes in Afghanistan when...
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2005 operation called off after officials said it could jeopardize relations.
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