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Also, they were trying to turn Osama over in the spring of 2001. The US was not very amenable to that.
After 9/11, they offered to turn Osama over if the US would provide evidence that he did it. (Chomsky says the US "didn't have any".)
Then they offered to turn Osama over to a neutral country for trial.
After the bombing started, they offered to turn over Osama with no conditions at all.
No dice. But 4000 al Qaeda and Taliban soldiers were allowed to fly out of Kunduz airport into Pakistan, with no interference from the USAF. And then Osama and 1600 al Qaeda were allowed to walk out of Tora Bora into Pakistan--even though the trail crossed a substantial highway which could have brought US troops in from Jalalabad. The US only bombed one of the trails.
So the USA refused to accept Osama. But then after invading ostensibly to get him, they let him go--along with 5500 soldiers.