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|| From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
|| [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Michael Pugliese
|| Many more hits to peruse...The late Abdul Haq was bitter
|| about the CIA
|| according to associates. Even a phone call to Robert McFarlane when the
|| Taliban troops were in persuit of him in his doomed mission
|| recently brought
|| only an unpiloted, armed drone.
|| Michael Pugliese
||
According to WSWS (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/haq-n02.shtml ):
"Haq had, since the collapse of the Najibullah government in 1992, fallen from favor within most US government circles. For some, he had become an object of derision and scorn, tagged “Hollywood Haq” for his penchant for self-promotion and showmanship and his lack of significant support among the Afghan people."
The CIA wasn't backing this operation; Mc Farlane is employed by a retired options trader called James Ritchie who is rooting for deposed king Zahir Shah. I suppose he thinks he can buy his private kingdom. Haq had pockets full of Ritchie's money to bribe chieftains with and little else: 20 men, few guns, no backing.