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You know, terrorism in Afghanistan had everything to do with the support for the mujahidin by Saudi Arabia and by the CIA that sought to create an international religious extremist group to fight the Soviet Union.

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Jill Stein
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: May 14
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