Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote, “In a briefing I received on July 24 [2001], I learned that Jordan’s King Abdullah had sent word that, in his view, Bin Ladin and his command structure in Afghanistan must be dealt with in a decisive and military fashion. To that end, he offered to send two battalions of Jordanian Special Forces to go door to door in Afghanistan, if necessary, to deal with al-Qa’ida. The offer was a wonderful gesture but would have to have been part of a larger overall strategy in order to succeed.”
– George Tenet with Bill Harlow, At the Center of the Storm, Page 156