lbo-talk-digest V1 #5000

[Chris Doss]

The Dilip Hiro article at the Nation site suggests that the US also thought 
that the growth of fundamentalism would be useful in destabilizing the 
southern flank of the USSR.

Yes...The Voice of America (the propaganda station par excellence) was
broadcasting into Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc., trying to foster Islamic
extremism and ultranationalism.

Chris Doss
The Russia Journal