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Afghanistan, Northern Alliance, Taliban and the late 70's???

post #1 of 6
4/16/08 at 7:26pm
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Ok I saw a history channel special about this whole incident regarding the rise of Osama the Taliban, our role in it and the USSR.

My question is can someone summarize what happened? The program skipped around so much and was talking about the northen alliance, mujahadeen/bin laden fighting the ussr with the cia funding them.
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post #2 of 6
4/16/08 at 7:33pm
I don´t have a few weeks spare to summarize. But I have a very intriguing book
 for you, written by the guy who was a high op at ISS during that time. Surely a bit onesided given the nature of conflict, but very telling and informative to get the backgrounds. If you want to get to know more about the roots of the situation we are in that is.

ETA: Or just hit Wikipedia for a lazy way out and click through the history.
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post #3 of 6
4/16/08 at 8:00pm
Just watch Rambo III. It sums the whole thing up pretty well.
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post #4 of 6
4/16/08 at 8:13pm
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Originally Posted by Gabe Powers View Post
Just watch Rambo III. It sums the whole thing up pretty well.
Sylvester Stallone taking down communism for the second time, God bless America.
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post #5 of 6
4/16/08 at 8:15pm
It's true, Stallone single handedly killed eleventy billion communists.
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post #6 of 6
4/16/08 at 8:19pm
In Rocky IV he killed their pride, in Rambo III he just plain killed 'em all. But, you always have to keep your eyes out for Ivan, that pinko fuck will sneak up on you out of nowhere.
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