Northern No-Fly Zone Al-Qaeda Camp

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Senate committee members praised Powell's U.N. presentation at Thursday's hearing, but Sen. Joseph Biden, the panel's leading Democrat, questioned why U.S. warplanes have not bombed a camp in northern Iraq run by a group that U.S. officials say is linked to the al Qaeda terrorist network. Powell had said in his Wednesday presentation that the group was making ricin and other poisons there. Powell said he did not want to discuss possible military actions in an open session.

I don't want this being a "I told you so, it's a conspiracy!" thread. I just find it odd that the US hadn't bombed this target (located in the norther no-fly zone, patroled and controlled by UN aircraft). The fact that he didn't justify his reasonings behind this because he didn't want to 'discuss possible military actions in an open session' was a little disappointing to me.