IP: Funding of terrorism?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:01:23 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Harry Hochheiser <hsh () cs umd edu>
> To: dave () farber net
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> Dave:
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> you may have seen this, but it seems particularly relevant given Herb
> Schorr's comment on funding of terrorism...
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4257158,00.html
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> Blowback chronicles
> Giles Foden on the murky deals that fuelled international terrorism
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> During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, US officials passed
> billions in funding and training to the mojahedin. The CIA, in
> particular while under the direction of William Casey - head of the
> agency during the Reagan administration - was the main manager of
> these operations. With the Russian withdrawal in 1989, the CIA
> "celebrated its victory with champagne". So says Unholy Wars:
> Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism (Pluto Press,
> £12.99), the definitive account by ABC journalist John Cooley.
> ......



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