Bin Laden Narrowly Avoids Capture By French
by TChris
Those sneaky French! Just when we learn to order freedom fries, it turns out the French are on our side after all.
France's senior military officer said today that Osama bin Laden had on several occasions narrowly escaped capture by French troops working alongside American forces in Afghanistan, although he conceded that Mr. bin Laden's capture would not in itself suffice to dismantle Al Qaeda.
He said that 200 French special forces troops were participating alongside American forces in Afghanistan in the hunt for Mr. bin Laden. "Our men have not been far," he said. "On several occasions, I even think he slipped out of a net that was well closed."
Will President Bush be suitably chagrined if the French, of all people, capture bin Laden?
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