[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Skybird

usinfo.state.gov - Don't tell me you seriously expect the US authorities to admit their role in it so easily, AL! there is a reason why secret services are called secret services.

The link has often been described in according books. But you must not like them, of course.

Funny. Plenty of independent books and experts quoted verbatim in this US Government response. You must not like them, of course.

Refering to your link, also note that I did not talk of widespread conctacts between the CIA and Arabs going to Afghanistan, but contacts do Bin Laden only.

Very simply, the USG's response denies your claims, whether limited to Bin Laden specifically or Al Qaeda in general.

EDIT: OT - Heh heh!