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U.S. forces in Afghanistan came so close to discovering Osama bin Laden in the winter of 2004-2005 that his supporters were on the verge of killing him to prevent his capture. Bin Laden's entourage, ordered to kill the al-Qaida chief and themselves to avoid capture, were about to take the drastic action using a special code word when nearby U.S. troops moved off in a different direction