<P>Your evidence? They tolerated a-Q, with whom they shared some social and religious views. I do not know of evidence that there were orders going either way. I just finish reading Dilip Hiro's seemingly fair and comprehensive book, War Without End, with a good chapter on Afghanistan, and extensive discussion of the relationship between the T and a-Q. Nothing he says offers any support for a puppet relationship on either party's part. jks
<P> <B><I>Bradford DeLong <jbdelong@uclink.berkeley.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">>Or, if you believe certain unspeakable defectors to our cause, they were<BR>>puppets of Al Qaeda.<BR><BR>But they were puppets (or perhaps masters) of Al Qaeda.</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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