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...Soviets began an invasion that was to last nearly a decade and chill U.S.-Soviet relations for years. By the law of unintended consequences, the U.S. decision to back an anti-Soviet guerrilla force of mujahedin was to rebound disastrously with the rise of Islamic terrorism, when Osama bin Laden eventually found in the shattered Afghanistan a vital haven. --By Johanna McGeary
Azzam's killers have never been identified. But the man who gained the most from his demise was his deputy, Osama bin Laden, who took over the role of first among the jihadis. The Saudi aristocrat had been the chief financier of Azzam's organization and a devoted follower since the early 1980s, when he came under Azzam's influence while studying at Jeddah University. Disagreement between master and protege over the shape of a post-Soviet Afghanistan led to a parting of ways in early 1989, and soon bin Laden went off to found al-Qaeda. With Azzam dead...
...with Saddam in Kuwait and threatening the Saudis, the U.S. realized the error of its ways and dispatched half a million troops to help free Kuwait from the grip of its neighbor Iraq. Surely, we assumed, the response among Muslims would be one of gratitude. Instead we got Osama bin Laden's homicidal fury at the "desecration" of the holy lands by "infidels" that has led to escalating terror against all things Western...
...hour later. Locals guess that Ansar has 800 footsoldiers. "That's an underestimate," says Mark, "the numbers we've seen reinforcing their positions indicates they had a much larger pool than that to draw on. It's taken everyone by surprise." He sees the influence of Osama bin Laden. "The tactics are so clearly al-Qaeda trained," says Mark, pointing to Ansar's way with propaganda and terrorist strikes behind the lines, even its manner of mutilating prisoners. "I recognize it from the Chechnya-Georgia border, the border area between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and on the Macedonian border. It screams...
...Mohammed's cooperation has improved investigators' understanding of al-Qaeda's command-and-control structure. Sources say he has explained that at any time, the organization has open-ended plans for as many as two dozen attacks - mostly ideas proposed by field operatives and sanctioned and financed by Osama bin Laden's inner circle...