Air strikes on Afghanistan: Taliban - Red tape prevented American forces killing Mullah Omar, claims magazine Taliban

From: The Independent - London | Date: October 15, 2001| Author: Andrew Buncombe in Washington | Copyright information

THE AMERICAN military missed a prime opportunity to kill the Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, seven days ago because of bureaucracy in the chain of command, The New Yorker magazine said.

Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, was said to be enraged by the bungling and was "breaking doors", the magazine stated.

As America entered the second week of its bombing campaign against targets in Afghanistan last night, it was reported that Mullah Omar, who is both the military ...

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