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To: Stevefoder who wrote (160317)	3/10/2006 12:40:31 AM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 793972

The Taliban and al Qaeda were joined at the hip. "The Taliban's Military Forces... The Arabs, deployed mostly on front lines north of Kabul, number an estimated 500 to 600 and form part of Osama bin Laden's `055 Brigade'..." - Janes.com "...bin Laden was able to forge an alliance between the Taliban and his Al-Qaeda organization. It is understood that Al Qaeda trained fighters known as the 055 Brigade were integrated with the Taliban army between 1997 and 2001." - Reference.com