"...the tale of how U.S. policy in the last phase of the Cold War relied on the Saudi connection, Pakistan, and militant Islam to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. ...Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Ghost Wars, is a masterful account that tell us all we need to know. I interviewed Coll for Conversations in March 2005 link Read the interview and then the book. Also see the Conversations with History Research Gallery on Militancy and Moderation in Islam link especially the interview with Ahmed Rashid at link
blog [Conversations With History]
~From blowback to blow up. (Watch the videos or click on the titles to access the transcripts.)
Posted by Cieciel at July 22, 2005 10:29 AM