The Power of Nightmares
(episode 2): The Phantom
VictoryThe Power of Nightmares
continues its assessment of
whether the threat from a
hidden and organised terrorist
network is an illusion. Part
two, the Phantom Victory looks
at how two groups, radical
Islamists and
neo-conservatives with
seemingly opposing ideologies
came
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The Power of Nightmares
(episode 2): The Phantom
VictoryThe Power of Nightmares
continues its assessment of
whether the threat from a
hidden and organised terrorist
network is an illusion. Part
two, the Phantom Victory looks
at how two groups, radical
Islamists and
neo-conservatives with
seemingly opposing ideologies
came together to defeat a
common enemy. On 25 December
1979, Soviet forces invaded
Afghanistan. Moscow was able
to install a friendly
government in a neighbouring
country but at a price. The
invasion gave a common cause
to an extraordinary alliance
of radical Islamists in
Afghanistan and around the
world and to the
neo-conservatives in the US.
It was a key battleground of
the Cold War. Washington
provided money and arms
including even Stinger
missiles capable of shooting
down Soviet helicopters. But
it was Islamic Mujahideen
fighters who would fire them.
Among the many foreigners
drawn to Afghanistan was a
young, wealthy Saudi called
Osama Bin Laden.Long before
9/11, he would have been seen
by neo-conservatives in
Washington as one of their
foot soldiers, helping fight
America's cause. After nearly
10 years of fighting, Soviet
troops pulled out of
Afghanistan. Both the
neo-conservatives and the
Islamists believed that it is
they who defeated the 'evil
empire' and now had the power
to transform the world. But
both failed in their
revolutions. In response, the
neo-conservatives invented a
new fantasy enemy, Bill
Clinton, focusing on the
scandal surrounding him and
Monica Lewinsky. Meanwhile,
the Islamists descend into a
desperate cycle of violence
and terror to try to persuade
the people to follow them. Out
of all this comes the seeds of
the strange world of fantasy,
deception, violence and fear
in which we now live.VISIT:
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