U.S. Bombers Miss Osama Bin Laden By Two Weeks

December 13, 2001 ::

"U.S. bombers sent up huge plumes of smoke along a mountain ridge near the eastern village of Tora Bora.

The range of hills and valleys is home to networks of caves harbouring an unknown number of Al-Qaida fighters and possibly Bin Laden, the man Washington blames for the September 11 attacks on the USA."

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