were effectively stood down from capturing bin Laden and forced to watch him airlifted to the safety of Pakistan.
So, I wonder, did they
all go on a murder/suicide spree so soon after returning, or had they seen too much, were talking about it, and needed silencing?
From
The Fayetteville Observer, August 2, 2002:
A Special Forces soldier says that troops had Osama bin Laden pinpointed in Afghanistan in November, but
leaders took too long to decide to go after him and he slipped away.
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The soldier, who said he was on the ground at Tora Bora when bin Laden was located, agreed to talk about the incident on condition that his name not be used.
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a Special Forces team captain on the ground would not give approval to go after bin Laden because there was no specific mission order to do so, the soldier said.
While the Army was deciding what to do, Special Forces soldiers saw two Russian-made helicopters fly into the area where bin Laden was believed to be, load up passengers and fly toward Pakistan.
"I said, 'There he goes,'" the soldier said.http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story-archive.php?Template=terrorism&Story=37935