Originally Posted by project_naughty

Hi idiots.

Before I do what I do now I was an intelligence analyst for a number of years. I do know what I am talking about. I don't get Fox News in my country either.......

The USA supplied the Afghan Mujahidin with Stinger missiles with a limited shelf life (meaning that they could only be used for a limited period before they would "break" and could not be fired). These were not supplied to bin Laden but to another faction of the Muhajidin which was somehat more friendly. Almost all of the unused Stingers were bought back anyhow.

Saddam, (as well as being a major financier of international terrorism for decades), co-operated specifically with an al Qaeda group which installed itself within the Kurdish area of Iraq. This group (Ansar al Islam) were to take care of Saddam's "Kurdish problem" and were supplied with arms and backing on this basis.

Sorry to fact-check your asses like this on a public board but stupidisimos like you need to get your heads out of your asses. Fucking idiots.