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Guantanamo Detainee Says Bin Laden Escaped Tora Bora

HeadlineMar 24, 2005

In news on Afghanistan–the Associated Press has obtained a Pentagon document that states as fact that a detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay helped Osama bin Laden escape from the Tora Bora region in December 2001. The alleged escape played a central role in last year’s race between President Bush and John Kerry. Senator Kerry repeatedly accused the Bush administration of making errors at Tora Bora that allowed Bin laden to escape. President Bush and Vice president Cheney countered by asserting that commanders never knew whether bin Laden was there when U.S. and allied Afghan forces attacked the area. According to the Associated Press, the Pentagon document is the first definitive statement from the government that bin Laden was at Tora Bora and evaded U.S. pursuers.

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