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>Eric Alterman wrote:
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>> Does it make sense to blame the destruction of the World Trade Center
>> on a $500 million nonlethal aid program that took place more than
>> twenty years ago?
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>Where on earth does he get this figure? According to Ahmed Rashid, the US
>gave the Mujahedeen between 4 and 5 billion dollars between 1980 and 1992,
>and organized matching funds by Saudi Arabia and European countries so
>that the Mujahadeen received a total of over US$10 billion during that
>period. And most of it was lethal.
Alterperson was referring to the aid given before 1980, as part of the strategy Zbiggy described to draw the Soviets in.
Doug