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Although there isn't any evidence that the CIA directly supported the Taliban or Al Qaeda, some basis for military support of the Taliban was provided when, in the early 1980s, the CIA and the ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency) provided arms to Afghans resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the ISI assisted the process of gathering radical Muslims from around the world to fight against the Soviets.[9] Osama Bin Laden was one of the key players in organizing training camps for the foreign Arab volunteers, although his organization, Maktab al-Khidamat, was exclusively Saudi funded. The U.S. poured funds and arms into Afghanistan, and "by 1987, 65,000 tons of U.S.-made weapons and ammunition a year were entering the war."
If I renamed you Kelly, does that mean you are a new person?
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
No but renaming a person does not make them different. The Taliban has some mujahedin in them and the mujahedin were funded by the USA.
muhajdeen were Islamic radicals from around the world.
Although there isn't any evidence that the CIA directly supported the Taliban or Al Qaeda,
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
The Taliban has some mujahedin in them and the mujahedin were funded by the USA.
Although there
some basis for military support of the Taliban was provided when, in the early 1980s, the CIA and the ISI
y name tags or country of origin on their clothing stating "we are anything."
I don't see any name tags or country of origin on their clothing stating "we are anything."
Maulvi Yunis Khalis, a warrior as well as a writer, was head of the Peshawar-based Afghan Mujahideen Alliance at the time and was, therefore, heading the delegation to the US. Others accompanying him on the visit were Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani, Prof Sebghatullah Mojadeddi, Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani, Maulvi Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi and other lesser-ranked mujahideen leaders and commanders. It was during this White House meeting that President Reagan referred to the Afghan mujahideen as freedom fighters. He remarked that the Afghan mujahideen leaders were equivalent of the great Americans who founded and liberated America. After this meeting, the US assistance to the Afghan mujahideen was increased to enable them to put up a better fight against the Soviet occupying forces in Afghanistan.
Originally posted by GAOTU789
reply to post by THE_PROFESSIONAL
No as a matter of fact they aren't the same people. Not even close but please, don't let facts stand in the way of your agenda.
Originally posted by GAOTU789
Historical accuracy isn't that important eh?
The Taliban as an entity weren't in existence in 1985. They came about as an orginazied entity after the Soviets left.
edit on 11-8-2012 by GAOTU789 because: (no reason given)
Instead, they describe how troops “patrol” through and around the fields. In one instance, a US soldier even seems to be even helping with cultivation. In a recent report from Geraldo Rivera which aired in late April on Fox News, a USMC Lt. Col. indicated that US forces encourage the Aghans to grow different crops, however, out of fear of losing stability poppy cultivation is tolerated and even supported. In November 2009, the Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics
Afghanistan has been the greatest illicit opium producer in the entire world, ahead of Burma (Myanmar) and the "Golden Triangle" since 1992, excluding the year 2001.[1] Afghanistan is the main producer of opium in the "Golden Crescent". Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S. occupation started in 2001
and heres the link
Afghanistan is, by far, the largest grower and exporter of opium in the world today, cultivating a 92 percent market share of the global opium trade. But what may shock many is the fact that the US military has been specifically tasked with guarding Afghan poppy fields
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The Last Crusade
Hey, guys, don’t pick the poppies.
That’s the order from the Obama Administration to the 4,000 Marines presently engaged in Operation Khanjar or “Strike of the Sword,” an invasion of the Taliban infested Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.
The Marines of Bravo’s Company 1st Platoon sleep beside groves of poppies Troops of the 2nd Platoon walk through the fields on strict orders not to swat the heavy opium bulbs.