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Commission cites missed chances at binladen 1998 1999 Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4638761§ion=news http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4638761§ion=news Commission Cites 'Missed' Chances at Bin Laden Tue Mar 23, 2004 05:56 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The national commission probing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America said on Tuesday that the Clinton Administration had several opportunities to try to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. None was pursued, out of fear of civilian deaths or for lack of confidence in the intelligence. According to the report, these opportunities included: -- December 1998 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Intelligence suggested that bin Laden was at a specific location and missile strikes were prepared. But Clinton's advisers decided not to recommend a strike because no one had seen bin Laden in a couple of hours. -- February 1999. Intelligence reports put bin Laden near a hunting camp in the Helmand province of Afghanistan used by visitors from the United Arab Emirates. Preparations were made for a possible strike but none was launched. CIA officials told the commission that policymakers were concerned that a strike might kill an Emirati prince or other senior officials who might be with bin Laden or nearby. One CIA official was quoted as saying, "... this was a lost opportunity to kill bin Laden before 9/11." -- May 1999 in Kandahar. Sources reported in great detail about the location of bin Laden over five nights. "At the time CIA working-level officials were told that strikes were not ordered because the military was concerned about the precision of the source's reporting and the risk of collateral damage," the report said. -- July 1999, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Intelligence was apparently too sketchy to support a cruise missile strike. © Copyright Reuters 2004.

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