U.S. Aborted Raid on al-Qaida in 2005

[jon1856]

One of the many interesting points in this "leak" is that it claims that Pres Bush many not have known of the operation or even the planning of it.
Can make one wonder just who is running the Country and how--Dick?
U.S. Aborted Raid on al-Qaida in 2005


By MARK MAZZETTI,
The New York Times
Posted: 2007-07-08 14:10:23
Filed Under: World
WASHINGTON (July 8) - A secret military operation in early 2005 to capture senior members of Al Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal areas was aborted at the last minute after top Bush administration officials decided it was too risky and could jeopardize relations with Pakistan, according to intelligence and military officials.

The target was a meeting of Qaeda leaders that intelligence officials thought included Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s top deputy and the man believed to run the terrorist group’s operations.

But the mission was called off after Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the defense secretary, rejected an 11th-hour appeal by Porter J. Goss, then the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, officials said. Members of a Navy Seals unit in parachute gear had already boarded C-130 cargo planes in Afghanistan when the mission was canceled, said a former senior intelligence official involved in the planning.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288546,00.html

[PrettyBoy]

This war seems as though it can't be won, because having a war on terror is an intangible thing. These groups are like cancer. They've spread terror cells all over the place including here in the United States. How is it possible to win a war on terror?