"Bin Laden was located by British signals intelligence experts in a series of caves at Tora Bora in the White Mountains, 25 miles southwest of Jalalabad; but the assault on the caves was badly botched and risk aversion mentality won the day. A combined force of SAS and SBS commandos was just 20 minutes behind Bin Laden, but they were pulled off to allow US troops to go in for the kill. It took several hours for the Americans to get there, by which time he had escaped."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article729856.ece

>america

At least you got him eventually America, you know, after trillions of dollars spent, countless American and Coalation lives, countless civilian lives, allowing your President to put acts such as the patriot act because of him, but at least you got him.