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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
As far as I know, and what I've seen reported repeatedly was that the CIA funded the mujahadeen directly and this included Bin-Laden.
http://www.newhumanist.com/osama.html
(not sure how unbiased this site is)
"Between 1986 and 1989, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia each sent $500 million annually to fund the mujahideen, and private Saudi benefactors, including Bin Laden, sent a total of $240 million each year. Despite the wartime alliance among the U.S., Saudi Arabia and the mujahideen, following the conclusion of the Afghan war Bin Laden and the mujahideen focused their energies on their next target: the United States." (Ref: http://www.ajc.org/Terrorism/Briefin...id=221&pid=737)
And if you don't believe those, how about MSNBC?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/190144.asp?cp1=1
Mr Mephisto
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The way I understand it we had to funnel the money through Pakistani Intelligence because if we funded the cause directly it would take away from the Arab-Muslim nationalism thing.