29 Nov 2009

Catch Bin Laden

The PM voiced anger that Al Qaeda's leader is still at large EIGHT years after the 9/11 attacks on New York.

And he warned that British lives are at risk because Bin Laden is still free to mastermind terror attacks on the UK. Mr Brown delivered his message in a phone call this weekend to Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari. The PM said Pakistan must throw its full weight behind the war on Islamic fanatics.  (The Sun)

binladenDonald Rumsfeld had the chance when he was US defence secretary in December 2001 to make sure Osama bin Laden was killed or captured, but let him slip through his hands, a Senate report has found.

The report by the Senate foreign relations committee is damning of the way George Bush's administration conducted the aftermath of its bombing campaign in Afghanistan, saying it amounted to a "lost opportunity". It states that as a direct result of allowing the al-Qaida leader to flee from his Tora Bora stronghold into Pakistan, the American people were left more vulnerable to terrorism, and the foundations were laid for today's protracted Afghan insurgency. (The Guardian)