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In all the debates, John Kerry criticized Bush for allowing Osama bin Laden to escape at the battle of Tora Bora in December 2001 by relying on unreliable local proxy forces.(Brief Article)

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* In all the debates, John Kerry criticized Bush for allowing Public races to get dollars by deadline Osama bin Laden to escape at the battle of Tora Bora in December 2001 by relying on unreliable local proxy forces. There is a pinch of truth to this charge--the locals on the ground entered into constant negotiations with the Taliban and al-Qaeda remnants that may have allowed more of them to escape than would have otherwise. But there is no guarantee that bin Laden was present at Tora Bora. The reliance on local ...

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