Robin Cook Quotes:
Ocupation: British Politician
Life: February 28, 1946 - August 6, 2005
Birthday: February 28
Death: August 6
Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.
source: "The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means" by Robin Cook, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2005. 
topic: Agency, Occupation, Als, Miscalculations, Mujahideen
