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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4980431" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Bin Ladin was based there to hide from the West, but most Al-Qaeda operatives were Muslims from across the Muslim world.  Bin Ladin himself was from a prominent Saudi family and most of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis.  This is widely known.  And Bin Laden was part of the effort to defeat the Soviets.  When we invaded Iraq the people we were primarily fighting were Al-Qaeda which not only included mostly Iraqis but also Muslims from around the world including from the U.S. and Europe.  They most likely included some Taliban but most were from other countries.  Afghanistan will give these people a safe haven but we've a lot more to worry about with our own government having an open border policy which most likely has let some Muslim extremists in already.</p></blockquote><p></p>