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To: jayhawk969 who wrote (18)	8/26/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: jayhawk969	Respond to of 765

Excerpts from Saudi newslines: The Afghan jihad was backed with American dollars and had the blessing of the governments of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He received security training from the CIA itself, says Middle Eastern analyst Hazhir Teimourian. However, after the Soviet withdrawal, the "Arab Afghans", as Mr bin Laden's faction came to be called, turned their fire against the US and its allies in the Middle East. __________________ Some experts say he is part of a new international Islamic front created over the last few months, bringing together Saudi, Egyptian and other groups. Their rallying cry is the liberation of Islam's three holiest places - Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. ______________________ According to BBC correspondent Rob Simpson, he has been able to rally around him forces of up to 3,000 fighters. Mr bin Laden's power stems from the fact that "he can operate across boundaries with relative impunity," according to Dr Gordon Adams of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Mr bin Laden has laid out his case against the United States in a series of fatwas, or religious edicts, faxed to the outside world from his hideout, deep within a cave in Afghanistan. "We - with God's help - call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it," read a February fatwa.