[kj] 24 million people....................

[Alexander Smith]

Well, it was a flippant comment not meant to be taken entirely 
seriously.

That said, Bin Laden wasn't armed by the CIA. The mujahideen might've 
been, but they are not necessarily one in the same (Northern Alliance 
commander Ahmad Shah Masood -- who OBL had assassinated -- was also a 
veteran of the war against the Soviets). Bin Laden's riches come from 
his inheritance of his father's business, who did business globally 
(not just in the US).  Suggesting that the United States were directly 
funding Osama Bin Laden is an inaccuracy.

Bin Laden has assuredly never set foot on Yank shores. Dr. Ayman Al 
Zawahiri, his second-in-command, has, but not Bin Laden.

How Bin Laden feels towards the U.S. is indeed felt by many others -- 
not least due to the idiocy of our current administration's handling of 
"the War on Terror".

Alex in NYC


On Tuesday, September 27, 2005, at 06:17 PM, muTe_ wrote:

> On 9/28/05, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Bin Laden's never been to the States either -- and look how he feels
> about it.
>
> Alex in NYC
>
>
> Prove me wrong, but he was armed by the CIA, and made his major 
> business in the US for decades... In the past ten years I'm pretty 
> sure, he hasn't been there, but before it. BTW what he feels now is 
> felt by many other.
>
> non us freak
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