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Originally Posted by timhaughton
If you believe it costs millions to fight the Soviet Union, you could be forgiven for your point of view.
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No where have I said that.
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CIA puts in billions, OBL puts in millions, see the discrepancy? Factor of a thousand difference. That's why he needed the CIA's cheque book.
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OBL went to Afghanistan of his own accord, with his own money, working for/with Azzam. Using his own money he funded his own group. Did OBL's group work out of Pakistan? I'm sure. Did they take/purchase weapons from the ISI? Most likely. Did the CIA even know who he was prior to 1991? No.
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Unless of course you're calling the people who I quoted liars. In that case, it's just a difference of opinion, and that's OK.
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Liars? More like people looking to make a connection to the CIA regardless of the facts. If they took the time to do some research they'd find the CIA had contacted one person in Afghanistan AFTER the Soviets left. Later this very same person is killed by al-Qaeda on Sept 9, 2001.
Here's the bigger question, "Why does OBL issue a fatwa in
1998 against a nation thousands of miles away, when Russia/Soviet Union has been killing Muslims(Chechnya/Afghanistan) for decades?