“Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. al-Qaeda, literally “the database”, was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians. ” ......Robin Cook, The Guardian, 2005 (He died 2 weeks later....death declared a heart attack)
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:53:53 +0000
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