In the early days of the Afghan war, Osama was almost captured (or killed) at Tora Bora, where Canadians were tasked with digging up al-Qaida bodies in hopes that one might have been Osama bin Laden.
The feeling at the time was that British commandos had bin Laden holed up, and were poised to capture or kill him, but they were called off because the Americans wanted to do it, and the operation was put on hold for a couple of days.
In the interim, Pakistani helicopters reportedly flew in and removed Osama and his key leaders. That's essentially what Canadians soldiers who were there say.
Still, Osama bin Laden's future is the same as al-Zarqawi's. The only question is when. |