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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

what about the 911 attacks Saudi Arabia funded?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

what about

Is this the illustrious "whataboutism" I always see Westerners talk about? No! it can't be! You must be a Russian troll! ;)

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't Bin Laden a CIA asset during the 80s? Might be more curious to know why he was using the last dredges of the Operation Cyclone budget to bite the hand that fed him.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Saudi Arabia did not fund them, that's a lie. Osama bin Laden was already non-grata and had his citizenship revoked years before 2001. But he was still working with the CIA before 9/11.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Who was a CIA recruiter to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.