"The United States Strategic Command (Stratcom) produces a document mentioning that the US backed some of al-Qaeda’s forerunners. The document, an after-action report for Stratcom’s Global Guardian exercise in 2001, contains summaries about terrorist groups from around the world. Its section on al-Qaeda states: “The group was originally brought together from elements of various insurgent military groups which have fought continuously in the Middle East since the 1980s. Some of these groups had US backing in the past.” Al-Qaeda was formed in 1988 (seeAugust 11-20, 1988) by Arabs who had fought for the US-sponsored mujaheddin in the Soviet-Afghan war (see 1985-1986 and 1986-1992). [US STRATEGIC COMMAND, 12/4/2011]"
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a120401StratcomAlQaeda#a120401...http://www.scribd.com/doc/54400368/FOIA-11-023-Response-Pgs-260-290
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