Re: historical questions

The Taliban did not exist in the time of the war against the USSR.




At 12:19 AM 9/16/01 -0400, C. Bandhauer wrote:
>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
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>on 9/15/01 10:50 PM, George Snedeker at snedeker@concentric.net wrote:
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>> 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?
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