I would suggest that is much easier for everyone
to conveniently ignore the facts, when they are inconvenient.
"It is true that Chechen warlord Khattab, a Jordanian-born militant leader killed in 2002, met bin Laden while both men were fighting the 1979-89 Soviet occupation of Afghanistan...'
Hmm, let's see, that would be about when Carter and Reagan were supporting the Afghan resistance, wouldn't it?
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