Document suggests bin Laden escaped at Tora Bora

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Military brief appears to contradict past Pentagon statements
From Mike Mount
CNN

Thursday, March 24, 2005 Posted: 10:56 PM EST (0356 GMT)



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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A document from the U.S. military appears to contradict the Pentagon's previous statements that it does not know whether al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden escaped U.S. forces at Tora Bora in Afghanistan in December 2001.

The legal document, which summarizes evidence against a terror suspect in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, states the prisoner "assisted in the escape of Usama Bin Laden from Tora Bora."

There is no date or time frame given.

Originally released after a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated Press, the document is now on the Pentagon Web site. Who wrote it and what level of information that person had is unclear.

The document is dated December 14, 2004. It is part of what the U.S. military calls Combatant Status Review Boards, a process to determine whether a detainee is an enemy combatant and should continue to be held or if he should be released.

Pentagon officials would not discuss the information in the document and the numerous others released with it, saying the statements were generated from classified information.

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Article show one of the reasons Tommy Franks retired he screwed up on capturing Bin Laudin!!! Bush military imeptness!!!

[ElectroPrincess]

1. Yes, and we should forward a copy to Tommy Franks (Ret General)

who swore up and down that Kerry was full of sh*t by stating that we let Bin Laden escape out of Tora Bora. I will NOT EVER forget Tommy Franks looking into the camera at the Republican National Convention and stating something *very close* to the effect - that there was NO credible evidence that Bin Laden was hiding in Tora Bora.

Any one gifted in video editing? It would be great to have the video of this "Medal of Freedom" Five Star Liar.

[CoffeeCat]

2. This Dick Cheney Quote (Fox News) suggests Tora Bora too!!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40439,00.html

A commander of the anti-Taliban forces in Tora Bora said he was certain bin Laden himself was among them, and Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that intelligence reports indicate bin Laden is in the area. Others speculate the elusive terror suspect may be hiding north of Kandahar.

"They were eager to send young men on suicide missions, but they appear to be holding up in caves," Cheney said on NBC's Meet the Press.

[leveymg]

3. If the detainee knows anything that contradicts the official story, he's

an Enemy Combatant and will continue to be held. Next case.

:(

[Zorra]

4. What a surprise....

[VegasWolf]

5. Do I smell a Medal of Freedom for some US general screwing up? n/t

[Moderator]

6. locking

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