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To: Win Smith who wrote (49972)	10/7/2002 11:45:28 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

When I "connect the dots" I admit that I am merely speculating. I am drawing inferences which may or may not correspond with the actual facts.

To: Win Smith who wrote (49972)	10/8/2002 1:37:14 PM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 281500

Who do you think was running things in Afghanistan anyway, the CIA or Saudi Arabia? The show in Afgahnistan was "run" by lots of people. For a start, the CIA used, to a great degree, the Pakistan SIS, as an intermediary but were there on the ground also. The US provided weapons. The Saudis provided money and an islamist indoctrination program for the Afghan and Pakistani combattants. The Iranians, Iraqis, and probably some others, provided aid to favoured Afgan factions. It was the usual dog's breakfast you would find in a proxy war. It had unexpected consequences such as the participation of al Qaeda and others of same ilk in the Balkan conflict and the attacks on US assets in Africa, the Middle East and in New York and Washington. It was unfortunate the US had to choose, (I think they had no choice), an anti modernist regime to counter the Soviets in Afganistan because it gave these fruit loops an opportunity to get together, organize, train... Got to shut down the puter, something's wrong.