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...Gist: In a rare and personal report on the much-speculated-upon Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, former Delta Force commander Dalton Fury attempts to lay to rest the inconsistencies, inaccuracies and falsities which he says were perpetuated amid the hunt for Osama bin Laden in December 2001. Fury blames an "excitement-starved general public," a clueless intelligence community, an even more clueless press corps and the need to keep Delta Force operations classified for a misguided account of the operation that he calls "fantastic and exciting stuff, but utter hogwash...
...When the raid was all over, I could not help but think that here we were in Tora Bora a year after our first violent attacks in these mountains, but instead of having bin Laden within reach, as we did back then, we were now grabbing any little person who might have spoken to him at some time. ...The intel on Osama bin Laden remained...
...major landholders,” said Seidel, who is an urban planner. “A third large educational institution in Cambridge is going to bring benefits but also requires we think carefully about how we develop that relationship.”—Staff writer Bora Fezga can be reached at bfezga@fas.harvard.edu—Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu...
...overwhelmingly” attractive pull.“I’m tired but exhilarated,” said Christopher S. H. Paik ’09. “It’s Octoberfest—Rocktoberfest.”—Staff Writer Bora Fezga can be reached at bfezga@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff Writer Hee Kwon Seo can be reached at hkseo@fas.harvard.edu...
...which begs the question, is it worth the ghost hunt we've been on since September 11? There has not been a credible sighting of Osama bin Laden since he escaped from Tora Bora in October 2001. As for al-Qaeda, there are few signs it's even still alive, other than a dispersed leadership taking refuge with the Taliban. Al-Qaeda couldn't even manage to post a statement on the Internet marking September 11, let alone set off a bomb...