Um Bin Laden's group of mujahadeen fighters did receive CIA funded equipment and money to resist the Soviets. It was the Taliban who never received any US support - mainly because they did not organize until after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > You know that's a proven lie. > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Grant makes the right point: Al Quaeda - who we trained and funded >> (especially Reagan and Bush) - make the decision in the 90s that in >> order to overthrow the local governments they first needed to get rid >> of the US. So they went on a propaganda campaign to convince the >> neighborhood that the dictators were due to US influence > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
