Past in Perspective.

'When great truths are omitted, myths take their place and the nature and pattern of great power are never explained to the public. Instead, militarism presented as a morality play.' - John Pilger

On 11 August 1988, Osama bin Laden, Aiman al Zawahiri and Dr Fadl met in Peshawar to lay down the foundations of Al-Qaeda. Whereas bin Laden ensured the financial survival of the group, the other two were instrumental in conducting the operations and providing an intellectual and ideological framework upon which the group stands.

It took the back-to-back bomb blasts on the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on August 7, 1998, that world learned of Al-Qaeda's quest for terror. Prompted by the attacks, the US responded by attacking a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan and training camps in...

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