# THE RETALIATION?!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935 "2001-09-11T22:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935/1 "2001-09-11T22:04:36Z")
CNN reports tracer fire and explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan. Have we nailed down Bin Laden? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935/2 "2001-09-11T22:14:04Z")
Well, since there’s a civil war going on there, I’d say it’s too early to speculate, but since it’s a military target, (I think I heard ammunition dump), I’d say it’s certainly a strong possibility… ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935/3 "2001-09-11T22:15:17Z")
I hope so, but I’m afraid the coward isn’t there. And it’s not sure \*\* who\*\* attacked Afghanistan, right? ---
**Author:** ![jonfromdenver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jonfromdenver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonfromdenver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935/4 "2001-09-11T22:21:41Z")
i just heard a reporter say, “government officials **believe** that this was not a U.S. attack.” what the hell is that? they don’t know? they said that it wasn’t from the pentagon, but could’ve been another agency. our country has some killer organization skillz… ---
**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retaliation/80935/5 "2001-09-11T22:24:09Z")
It must be Massoud – if we were around there, you would have heard reports from a neighboring country of our planes flying overhead, and we wouldn’t have dropped just one bomb on an ammo depot.