It is sad how the Soviets/Russians seem to have set up so much of the terrorism in the world. Of course one has to wonder what they have going today that will hurt us in 10 years.
""The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU – also called Islamic Movement of Turkestan – IMT) was formed in Tajikistan - with the help from the local authorities and, also importantly, with the Russian army and border guards keeping an eye on the process", the former members of the IMU living in Iran said to the Ferghana.ru journalists."
I still believe that the PLO was a Soviet created terror group and that Radical Islam was designed as a tool by the Communists to wipe out Democracy. I think what the Soviets didn't see was the genie being let out of the bottle with no way to cork it.
Ultimately the Soviets figured that the final battle would be between Marxism and Radical Islam.