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How about another fun one? : Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the jihadis
by readhn 7y ago
How about another fun one? :
Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the jihadists, in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of its client, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The program leaned heavily towards supporting militant Islamic groups that were favored by the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in neighboring Pakistan, rather than other, less ideological Afghan resistance groups that had also been fighting the Marxist-oriented Democratic Republic of Afghanistan regime since before the Soviet intervention.[1] Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken;[2] funding officially began with $695,000 in 1979,[3][4] was increased dramatically to $20–$30 million per year in 1980 and rose to $630 million per year in 1987.[1][5][6] Funding continued after 1989 as the mujahideen battled the forces of Mohammad Najibullah's PDPA during the civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992).[7]
- mzs 7y agoHuh? Unlike the article I submitted, this has nothing to do with cyber, computers, hackers, tech… so I fail to see why you commented about it here o_O Instead here's "another fun one" where OSINT computer DBs were searched* to reveal how one country made an offer to a prisoner to assassinate someone in another country. * https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/12/06/identifying-the-berlin-bicycle-assassin-russias-murder-franchise-part-2/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/12/06/ide...
- GhettoMaestro 7y agoWeird... it is almost as if the Russians invaded Afghanistan and then we used it as an opportunity to shove a spear right in their stomach. But yeah, I forgot, United States Government (USG) = bad. Rest of world = good. NPC re-programming complete.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. Last thing we need here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- saiya-jin 7y agoThis is well known, no big mystery revealed. I mean Rambo 3 basically revolves around this in its own cartoonish ways