Soviets final withdrawal from Afghanistan began in 1988. Al Qaeda was founded in 1988

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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023112/0231126921.HTM

<snip>Inside Al Qaeda examines the leadership, ideology, structure, strategies, and tactics of the most violent politico-religious organization the world has ever seen. The definitive work on Al Qaeda, this book is based on five years of research, including extensive interviews with its members; field research in Al Qaeda-supported conflict zones in Central, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East; and monitoring Al Qaeda infiltration of diaspora and migrant communities in North America and Europe.

Although founded in 1988, Al Qaeda merged with and still works with several other extremist groups. Hence Al Qaeda rank and file draw on nearly three decades of terrorist expertise. Moreover, it inherited a full-fledged training and operational infrastructure funded by the United States, European, Saudi Arabian and other governments for use in the anti-Soviet Jihad.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan

<snip>The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving Soviet forces supporting Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule. The Soviet Union supported the government while the rebels found support from a variety of sources including the United States, Pakistan and other Muslim nations in the context of the Cold War. This conflict was concurrent to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.

The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began on December 25, 1979. The final troop withdrawal began on May 15, 1988, and ended on February 15, 1989. Due to the high cost and ultimate futility of this conflict for this Cold War superpower, the Soviet war in Afghanistan has often been referred to as the equivalent of the United States' Vietnam War.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. And of all of the people that could have led the Mujahideen and garner American financing

was Osama Bin Laden, whose family were close business associates of then Vice President Bush. Ain't that a coincidence.....

[madrchsod]

2. osama was double crossed

poppy and his crew double crossed osama and he`s been pissed ever since

[madokie]

3. poppy and his crew knew or had a pretty good idea what the response would be

poppy bush is evil much more evil than deadeye. he does his dirty work in the shadows, has been and will continue to as long as hes on this side of the grass