Re: historical questions

Yes,
 The US funded bin Laden and a couple other groups including the Taliban to
fight the USSR.  I guess you could say the Cold War essentially destabilized
the area.  I'm curious what others have to say, particularly Khaldoun (if
you're out there reading).

Carina


on 9/15/01 10:50 PM, George Snedeker at snedeker@concentric.net wrote:

> what role did Bin Laden play in the Taliban war against Russia? was he on
> the U.S. payroll then? how did the cold war lead to the present crisis?
>