https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/08/july7.development
The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means
Robin Cook (former UK Foreign Minister that “died suddenly” after writing this in 2004)
“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-Qaida, 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. Inexplicably, and with disastrous consequences, it never appears to have occurred to Washington that once Russia was out of the way, Bin Laden’s organisation would turn its attention to the west.”
“Robin Cook (former UK Foreign Minister that “died suddenly” after writing this in 2004)”
I meant to type 2005
Is there any terrorist act since WWII that can’t be linked to the CIA?
They’ve been protected by the various laws about state secrets.
I wonder if the CIA is a little bit scared when they contemplate the end of this protection?
So Osama wasn't an Isaac Asimov fanboi?
“Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA”
That’s a lie.
There were TWO distinct mujahedeen groups fighting the Russians in Afghanistan.
There was the Arab mujahedeen, which was equipped and funded by Iran, and the Arab states.... THIS was the group that bin laden was part of. This group is what later became the taliban and al qaida.
The group that was funded, equipped, and trained by the West was the Afghan Mujahedeen. This group later became the Northern Alliance.
Both mujahedeen groups fought each other almost as much as they fought the soviets.
And al qaida means The Base, NOT “The Database”🙄