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Article: Sources say bin Laden gave Taliban $100 million
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- October 14, 2001
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AMERICA AT WAR
Sources say bin Laden gave Taliban $100 million
By BOB WOODWARD
Washington Post
Sunday, October 14, 2001
Washington -- Osama bin Laden has provided an estimated $100
million in cash and military assistance to the ruling Taliban in
Afghanistan over the last five years, making bin Laden the single
greatest supporter of the Afghan regime, according to intelligence
information presented recently to President Bush and his senior
national security advisers.
As a result of the new information, government sources said, the
CIA has concluded that bin Laden "owns and operates" the Taliban,
highlighting the pervasive influence that bin Laden and his al-Qaida
forces exert within ...