Saddam's captors turn their eyes on Bin Laden

The US is moving a secret commando unit from Iraq to Afghanistan to step up the hunt for Osama bin Laden, it was reported in Washington today.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2004 - 15:02

The US is moving a secret commando unit from Iraq to Afghanistan to step up the hunt for Osama bin Laden, it was reported in Washington today.

A Pentagon official told the Washington Times there were two reasons for repositioning parts of Task Force 121:

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