Doctors Without Borders Pulls Out Of World Humanitarian Summit, Says It No Longer Has Hope

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113. "...and that was a handful of Saudi criminals."

al Qaeda had grown much larger then that under the protection of the Taliban.

The 055 Brigade (or 55th Arab Brigade) was an elite guerrilla organization sponsored and trained by Al Qaeda that was integrated into the Taliban army between 1995 and 2001.
Estimates on the strength of the 055 Brigade vary, however it is generally believed that at its peak it comprised somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 personnel. The 055 Brigade suffered heavy losses during the 2001 war in Afghanistan and many were captured by the United States. Those that survived retreated with Osama bin Laden to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area where they regrouped with the intention of waging a protracted campaign. According to Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts the brigade was a unit of foreign fighters in Afghanistan under the command of Osama bin Laden. JTF-GTMO analysts said that, under bin Laden's command, the 55th Arab Brigade was integrated into the Taliban's military.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/055_Brigade


"President Obama did indeed capture the "mastermind" of the attack using International Law Enforcement Intelligence, and Seal Team 6. That is what worked."

It only worked because the invasion killed most of the 055 Brigade and drove bin Laden into hiding across the border. Certainly would not have worked prior to that.