[inquest]

Just thought I'd stir things up a bit. I've heard rumblings of this story before, but this is the first "mainstream" account of this angle.

[LarryM]

This is no different than the US funding fundamentalists fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Bin Laden came back to bite us. The fact that all these washed-up intelligence "analysts" are beating up on Israel is just a tactic to divert attention from their failures with Bin Laden.

[Shermy]

Looking on the web, this same exact article was printed verbatim on February 24, 2001 except for the first three paragraphs.

[jaz.357]

My UNCLE JOHN said this whole thing started thousands of years ago when AKBAR sold ABRAHAM a SHEEP. The sheep died. ABE wanted his money back. Akbar said SCREW EWE. And the feud has gone on longer then the HATFIELDS annd the McCoys!

[SJackson]

Just thought I'd stir things up a bit. I've heard rumblings of this story before, but this is the first "mainstream" account of this angle.

Nothing much to stir up, nothing secret and it's been known for years.

Article could just as easily read Analysis: Al Quaida history tied to US.