French special forced 'denied permission' to kill bin Laden?

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Just been on the ITV news, 4 members of a French special forces unit serving in Afghanistan 4 years ago claimed to have been within a couple of hundred yards of Osama bin Laden. They radio'd to US high command for permission to take him out, and were met with silence so he escaped. The French Army deny this happened, but as ITV pointed out, thats normal for special forces related questions.

What do we think? USA want bin Laden alive? USA want to kill him themselves? The French dudes are making it up? Let the speculation begin.

 

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The French Army is still in Afghanistan and has been since not long after 9/11

According to the same ITV news article yesterday, there aren't any French special forces left though. Its now just the regular army for rebuilding activities.