Did Kerry has been a longtime critic of the operation at Tora Bora?
A U.S. Senate report says top military leaders during the Bush administration had an opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in December 2001 in Afghanistan, but they failed to send enough American troops to attack his hideout. The report, by staff of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, concludes that U.S. special forces, CIA officers and Afghan troops had chased the al Qaida leader and his deputy, Ayman al Zawahri, to the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan, but former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the top U.S. military commander, General Tommy Franks, rejected requests for a massive contingent of American troops to attack the area. At the time, top officials said there was not conclusive evidence bin Laden was in the cave complex and there were fears that a large U.S. troop presence could spark a backlash among locals. The U.S. military mainly relied on air strikes and Afghan militias and bin Laden escaped into Pakistan. The Senate report concludes that removin
Article: Kerry rips Tora Bora operation Article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) Article date: June 24, 2002 CopyrightCopyright 2002 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Ads by Google For Whom the Bell Tolls: Sensational analysis! Read how even the Jihadists can win over USA if.. gmaitra.com Foreign Policy Magazine Subscribe to in-depth coverage of the most important world events. www.foreignpolicy.kable.com WAR ON TERRORISM Kerry rips Tora Bora operation Turning to Afghan forces an ‘enormous mistake,’ Democratic senator says Associated Press Monday, June 24, 2002 Washington — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said Sunday that the war in Afghanistan was only partly a military success because of the “enormous mistake” of sending Afghan forces into the mountains after entrenched al-Qaida fighters rather than using t
Kerry has been a longtime critic of the operation at Tora Bora, and repeatedly raised the issue during his failed 2004 campaign for president. … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNE-VoB1kYA97qW6KTFxFrUvT7QKoA&cid=1479379464&ei=n7sSS7jqDo7s8gTlusyeAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.voanews.com%2Fenglish%2Fnews%2Fasia%2FReport-Blames-US-Military-Leaders-for-Missing-Bin-Laden-in-2001-78086347.
