The Bin Laden Files, Part 2/3: Take The Shot
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The CIA's Plan to Render Bin Laden
Bin Laden's operations were based out of a 100-acre former Soviet agricultural compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The CIA redeveloped relations with various Afghan tribal leaders it had supported against the Soviets. Trot Pint was designed to infiltrate the site late at night and extract Bin Laden to a cave outside the area. On May 28th 1998, Alex Station was ordered to stand down the operation. Two months later, two truck bombs went off at the entrance to the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya killing over 200 people.
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