TY  - BOOK
AU  - COOLEY John K
TI  - Unholy wars: Afghanistan, America and international terrorism
SN  - 0745313280 (pbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - Pluto Press
KW  - AFGHANISTAN WAR
KW  - CIA
KW  - ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM
KW  - TERRORISM
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - FOREIGN RELATIONS
N2  - The author claims that CIA covert operations trained and equipped a quarter of a million Islamic mercenaries to oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Both sides are said to have used profits from drug sales to pay for the war. Following the end of the war both mercenaries and drugs have flowed outwards from Afghanistan to affect many parts of the world including the Philippines
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