DAR AL HARB - U.S.A.- WASHINGTON D.C.: DID THE UNITED STATES PASS UP A RAID ON AL QUEDA?!?

Report: U.S. Passed On 2005 Al-Qaida Raid
By Staff

Top White House officials called off a secret military operation in 2005 to capture senior al-Qaida members in Pakistan, The New York Times reported.

The mission -- in Pakistan's tribal areas -- was called off at the last minute after Bush administration officials concluded it was too risky and that it might jeopardize relations with Pakistan, intelligence and military officials told the newspaper.

The operation was intended to strike a meeting of al-Qaida leaders that intelligence officials suspected included Ayman al-Zawahiri, a top deputy to Osama bin Laden who was believed to be responsible for running the organization.



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1) Report: U.S. Passed On 2005 Al-Qaida Raid