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Danish Foreign Affairs minister and Danish ambassador fist bump after meeting with Vance and Rubio (lemmy.world)
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[–] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

It was in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. In 1988 they were the good guys, and they had Osama Bin Laden in their ranks.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Binladen was a bagman delivering Saudi money to the muj. He didn't fight. And the muj (mostly) weren't the same as later jihadis. More often, local warlords and their private armies, not primarily religious nutters.

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