Posted by paxvox on September 28, 2001, at 6:47:03
In reply to Re: Evil? » paxvox, posted by kazoo on September 28, 2001, at 1:36:17
> > ...we funded Bin Laden in the 80's.
>
> This is news to me.
> Can you provide evidence for this statement?
> A link to a site or printed matter reference?
> I'm interested.
> kazooI'm sure the hard data exists, though I have not directly researched it. I was refering to a CBS News story Dan Rather had, I think either late last week, or early this week. Basically, when the Soviets were over-taking Afghanistan in the late 1980's Bin Laden was one of the backers of the Afghan resistance force. We supplied money and weapons to them. Kinda like the Iran-Contra deal at about the same time.
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