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Bin Laden
By Denis Mueller
The attacks Tuesday on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have shook Americans to their very soul. While we don't know who did these cowardly acts, and may never know for certain, one thing remains clear, it was an well-organized attack. Some of the early evidence points to the terrorist Osama Bin Laden. But just who is Bin Laden and how did he get so powerful?
Bin Laden was born on March 10, 1957. He was born into a life of privilege and was one of 50 children fathered by Muhammad Bin Laden, one of Saudi Arabia's richest construction magnates. As a young man he was a frequent visitor to the bars in Beirut and made quite a name for himself as a free-spending, fist-fighting youth. He graduated from King Abdul Ariz University with a degree in civil engineering.
On Christmas day 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan at the request of the Afghanistan government. The United States quickly condemned this military intervention, and in protest, decided to boycott the 1980 Olympics that were being held in Moscow. Bin Laden joined others in the Arab world in a fight against the Soviet Union and godless communism. Soon, they found themselves allied with the American CIA.
The CIA, with the aid of both Congress and President Reagan, gave billions of dollars of aid to the rebels. In fact, some of the same people who are now in power were part of that campaign. For the Soviet Union, the intervention in the mountainous country was a disaster. It, more than the American military build up, was responsible for the collapse of Communism.
Professor Rashid Khalidi of the University of Chicago said, "It was like a cauldron, a blast furnace, which shaped not just the organization but the beliefs. What shaped and formed Bin Laden was that war. He and his comrades were the recipients of billions of dollars in training and assistance."
Bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia a national hero and began to form alliances with other militant organizations. His alliance with the United States ended with the Gulf War. Now, he became deeply religious and turned on the United States. We had help creating him but our pact with Bin Laden turned into a pact with the devil.
Bin Laden is believed to be behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and subsequent attacks on American embassies and military installations in the Middle East.
If there is anyone to blame for this tragedy, it is the CIA. First, they create this nut, give him billions of dollars of aid and then fail at their job as an intelligence agency by not having a clue about what was happening Tuesday. I ask you, why do they exist? President Kennedy wanted to destroy them after another of their boners, the Bay of Pigs invasion. President Truman stated that signing the bill that authorized their existence was the worst mistake of his presidency. They had no idea just how weak the Soviet Union was and were caught by surprise when it collapsed. They are useless and should be replaced. Like all other Americans, our heart goes out to the families of the victims.