Thang 9/1995, tai Nha Trang da dien ra mot cuoc hop Hoi dong An ninh quoc gia quan trong do Tong thong Bill Clinton va Giam doc Co quan Tinh bao trung uong (CIA) John Deutch chu tri de ban ve viec tran ap nan khung bo, tieu diet cho bang duoc nhan vat dung dau to chuc khung bo quoc te Al-Qaeda - Osama bin Laden. Tu chu truong cua cuoc hop nay, mot don vi hanh dong dac biet co ten goi Don vi dac biet san tim Bin Laden (BLIS) duoc thanh lap vao ngay 1/1/1996.
Viec chon lua mot chuyen gia chong khung bo am hieu ve cac quoc gia Hoi giao cung nhu cac phong trao Hoi giao cuc doan va nhay ben trong "danh hoi" chinh xac ve huong di chuyen, tron tranh hay xuat hien cua Bin Laden cung da khien CIA phai dau dau. Cuoi cung, Michael Sheuer, chi huy Bo phan theo doi cac to chuc Hoi giao cuc doan cua Trung tam Chong khung bo (CTC) cua CIA duoc chon lam nguoi dung dau BLIS. Theo danh gia cua David Cohen, nguoi dung dau CTC thi Sheuer la mot chuyen gia xuat sac ve the gioi Hoi giao, dac biet la doi voi cac to chuc cuc doan mang tinh chat khung bo quoc te co can cu dat tai Pakistan va Afghanistan . BLIS co van phong chinh khong dat tai tru so cua CIA o Langley ma nam trong mot trung tam huan luyen cua CIA o ngoai o thu do Washington . BLIS co day du cac bo phan nhu phan tich, thu nhan tin hieu thong tin va hinh anh tu ve tinh, may bay do tham va dac biet la mot doi hanh dong co ten goi "Gia dinh Mansion" tap trung nhieu diep vien CIA va nhan vien FBI chuyen san lung Bin Laden khap noi tren the gioi. Nhung thanh vien cua Gia dinh Mansion deu o do tuoi tu 25-35, tung phuc vu trong cac chuyen nganh dieu tra, phan gian, thu thap thong tin tu 5 nam tro len, khong vi pham khuyet diem, san sang hy sinh tinh mang de bao ve an ninh quoc gia. Gia dinh Mansion duoc chia thanh cac nhom hanh dong nho co ten goi Alec bien che tu 5 den 7 doi vien, chuyen hoat dong tai cac khu vuc ma Al-Qaeda va Bin Laden thuong xuat hien o nhung vung nhu Dong chau Phi, vung vinh Aden va nhat la tai cac quoc gia Nam A nhu Pakistan, Afghanistan. Chi vai thang sau khi duoc thanh lap, BLIS da thu duoc mot ket qua dang khich le khi mot tro ly cua Bin Laden ten Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl dau thu voi Su quan My o quoc gia Tay Phi Erythree. Al-Fadl tung song tai My vao thap nien 80 va duoc Al-Qaeda tuyen dung vao nam 1991, den nam 1992 tro thanh tro ly cua Bin Laden. Tu khai bao cua Fadl, BLIS biet rang tu cuoi nam 1995, Bin Laden da bi mat roi Sudan den Afghanistan de mo cac can cu huan luyen duoi su bao tro cua Taliban. Vi vay, BLIS quyet dinh trien khai diep vu Jawbreaker 1 tung cac nhom Alec den Pakistan roi bi mat tham nhap vao Afghanistan de truy tim Bin Laden. Dau nam 1998, cac no luc san tim Bin Laden cua BLIS da mang lai ket qua khi mot nhom Alec phat hien mot can cu nguy trang cua Al-Qaeda gan thanh pho Kandahar , Afghanistan va duoc CIA dat ten la Trai Tarnak. Day duoc xem la so chi huy chinh cua Al -Qaeda tai Nam A va cung la noi tru ngu cua Bin Laden cung mot so nhan vat chop bu cua Al-Qaeda. Trai Tarnak co dien tich chung 80 ha duoc nguy trang boi cac khu dan cu it nguoi.
Cu vai dem, Bin Laden lai xuat hien tai day sau do lai bo di. De tiep can Bin Laden va tieu diet y, BLIS de ra hai phuong an: mot la tan cong chop nhoang tu mat dat; hai la tan cong bang ten lua hanh trinh tu cac tau chien de san bang Trai Tarnak va giet Bin Laden. Trong khi CIA con can nhac giua hai phuong an thi xay ra vu danh bom khung bo cua Al-Qaeda vao Su quan My tai Kenya va Tanzania vao ngay 7/8/1998. Giam doc CIA George Tenet quyet dinh chon phuong an huy diet Al-Qaeda tren dien rong. Ngay 20/8/1998, 40 ten lua hanh trinh Tomahawk va Cruise duoc phong tu cac tau chien My da hau nhu san bang Trai Tarnak gay thiet hai nang cho Al-Qaeda. CIA hy vong Bin Laden cung bi tieu diet trong dot tan cong nay. Nhung chi 4 ngay sau khi xay ra vu tan cong, Bin Laden da xuat hien tren Internet va tuyen bo thanh chien voi My. That bai cua diep vu Jawbreaker 1 da khien Sheuer phai roi chuc vu chi huy BLIS va duoc thay the bang Richard Rich, mot tro ly than tin cua giam doc CIA . Den thang 1/2000, BLIS quyet dinh trien khai tiep diep vu Jawbreaker 2 khi nam bat duoc thong tin ve viec Al-Qaeda se to chuc mot hoi nghi cap cao tai thu do Kuala Lumpur cua Malaysia va do Bin Laden chu tri. Tuy nhien, vao phut cuoi, hoi nghi cap cao nay da bi dinh hoan khi Canh sat Malaysia bat giu Khalid al-Mihdar, phu trach cac hoat dong cua Al-Qaeda tai Dong Nam A. Vu bat giu Al-Mihdar da khien Bin Laden khong dat chan den Malaysia. Sau khi xay ra vu khung bo vao nuoc My ngay 11/9/2001, CIA khong chi tuyen bo cuoc chien toan dien voi Bin Laden ma con de ra mot chien luoc moi la phoi hop san tim va tieu diet Bin Laden tu mat dat va tren khong. Theo chien luoc nay, BLIS se tung cac nhom Alec hoat dong rong khap lanh tho Afghanistan de truy tim dau vet cua Bin Laden. Neu phat hien va xac dinh dau vet Bin Laden se goi may bay khong nguoi lai vu trang tan cong tieu diet ngay. Tuy nhien, viec thay doi chien luoc nay van khong mang lai ket qua cho du BLIS co trien khai tiep cac diep vu Jawberry 3, 4 va 5. Thang 5/2006, CIA quyet dinh giai the BLIS mot phan do gap qua nhieu that bai trong viec san tim va tieu diet Bin Laden va phan khac do My quyet dinh sap nhap cac don vi hanh dong cua CIA, trong do co don vi Gia dinh Mansion cua BLIS vao luc luong dac biet My va lay ten goi la cac don vi TRODPINT nham tang cuong suc manh va hieu qua trong viec san tim va tieu diet Bin Laden. (theo ANTG) |
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