Posted on 08/02/2022 11:54:00 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
Short version: Osama bin Laden joined the Afghanistan Mujahideen to fight the Russian invasion. When it was over and the Russians left Afghanistan he let it go to his head. He got away with causing trouble until 9/11 largely due to his hero status, family connections, and Saudi and Arab politics. Then after 9/11 he was on the run until the SEALs got him.
>>In a word, no. Uncle Sugar did help Russia throw the German hordes back with copious supplies
Anyone here who hasn’t perused From Major Jordan’s Diaries should do so. Or at least just the preface and the tables in Chapter 9.
http://citizensnewswire.org/files/mjd.pdf
Special Report: The Truth About Zawahiri’s Russian Sojourn Died with Him
It’s not like the media or Western governments were all that curious anyway (at least not publicly)
https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/special-report-the-truth-about-zawahiris
Fanning publicity on history like this would probably upset a lot of alphabet agencies and others like CIA, FBI MI5 and 6, Interpol, etc.
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