Didn't Reagan give Osama $1 million back in the 80's??

[Francine Frensky]

Remember back in the days, when the Soviets were invading Afghanistan and we were supportive of the "freedom fighters" on the Afghanistan side...and we gave a little known kid named Osama Bin Laden $1 million and some training to fight the Soviets?

Somebody clever get a link for this....and anytime a repub says it's all Clinton's fault, let's give em a history lesson.

[Greeby]

1. I don't think so, Osama is and was part of the 2nd richest family in Saudi

I think they were in the same business, but he was not a "creation" of the US government, as is often said. They just gave him the skills to win against a massive conventional force (great going guys :eyes: )

[Debau2005]

2. Do these help?

http://www.slate.com/id/2102243/

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/10/1425222

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5327833

http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo01282003.html

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. From the Democracy Now link. ".....billions of dollars"

Thursday, June 10th, 2004
Ghost Wars: How Reagan Armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan

During Reagan's 8 years in power, the CIA secretly sent billions of dollars of military aid to the mujahedeen in Afghanistan in a US-supported jihad against the Soviet Union. We take a look at America's role in Afghanistan that led to the rise of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda with Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.

[papau]

3. Reagan's gift to help Osama fix up his house in Pakistan doesn't count

just a house warming gift for the new digs

:-)