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How Bin Laden Escaped in 2001—The lessons of Tora Bora
Tora Bora
In 2001, a small U.S. special operations force had won extraordinary victories in Afghanistan and closed in on Bin Laden before high-level blunders allowed him to escape into Pakistan.
Yaniv Barzilai
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Dec. 15 2013
6:45AM EST
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Yaniv Barzilai
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