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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (68146)	1/23/2003 5:57:55 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The US policy is to use mercenary states for various purposes, including when necessary providing funds and training, such as with the Paki/Afghans/Saudi/Yemenite soldiers, in terrorist techniques. Chomsky goes into this, and while I disagree w. him on a number of things, he's right on target about that. "Understanding Power", in the first 60 pages or so As you would have to agree, the Afghani terrorists were a military operation against Russia, well funded and well planned, by the US. Casey even wanted to go over the border and invade Russian terroritory. This was a military and political goal, using terrorist, i.e. "asymmetric" techniques, and killing civilians where it'll cause political damage. But it was state-organized, not some wacky character in the desert. The issue is whether that funding and planning ever stopped. The intel groups of course say, "sure it did, what happened was just a mistake, honest, if you don't believe us, just ask us."