Nov 5, 1979, Iran people rush the U.S. embassy after the fuel crisis.
Clemency- lenience, mercy.
1956- Soviets crushed a Hungarian uprising.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov- Chairman of the KGB, Soviet politician.
Hafizullah Amin- Afghan policeman who came to power after ordering the death of his predecessor Taraki. KGB assassinated him believing he was a CIA agent. He desired to build a “Great Ottoman” empire.
1979 low point for U.S.-Pakistan relations. Pakistan lost half its territory 8 years earlier with war with India. Communist armies were being slaughtered by Jihad. CIA still wondered if arming the rebels would provoke Russia.
November 4, 1979- Iran Hostage crisis.
KGB invades on November 16, 1979. Five days after the Jemat student embassy sacked the U.S. embassy in Islamabad. Three weeks after students besieged the Tehran embassy.
November 22, 197- Students burn Islamabad (Pakistan) Embassy
Soviets crush Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Geneva Accords April 4, 1988-withdrawal of Soviet. Zia Pakistan General killed in plane crash August 17, 1988
Saudi and U.S. funds made ISI Pakistan’s most powerful institution.
Mosoud- Afghan military leader during the Soviet invasion. Assassinated September 9, 2001.
Panshir is in Northeast Afghanistan.
Azzam- Palestinian Sunni Islamic Scholar assassinated on November 24, 1989, in a car bomb, with two of his sons.
Bin Laden used the death to take over the jihad and renamed it Al Queda.
The fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989 changed the geopolitical context. Najibullah,(Soviet Puppet?) Afghan president 1987-1992 no longer had the protector of Hegemonic communism rule.
Kekmatyar- Afghan warlord and politician. Founder and current leader of Hezb-e Islami. Afghan Prime minister before Najibullah. CIA funded the rebels through ISI.
Nov 5, 1979, Iran people rush the U.S. embassy after the fuel crisis.
Clemency- lenience, mercy.
1956- Soviets crushed a Hungarian uprising.
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov- Chairman of the KGB, Soviet politician.
Hafizullah Amin- Afghan policeman who came to power after ordering the death of his predecessor Taraki. KGB assassinated him believing he was a CIA agent. He desired to build a “Great Ottoman” empire.
1979 low point for U.S.-Pakistan relations. Pakistan lost half its territory 8 years earlier with war with India. Communist armies were being slaughtered by Jihad. CIA still wondered if arming the rebels would provoke Russia.
November 4, 1979- Iran Hostage crisis.
KGB invades on November 16, 1979. Five days after the Jemat student embassy sacked the U.S. embassy in Islamabad. Three weeks after students besieged the Tehran embassy.
November 22, 197- Students burn Islamabad (Pakistan) Embassy
Soviets crush Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Geneva Accords April 4, 1988-withdrawal of Soviet.
Zia Pakistan General killed in plane crash August 17, 1988
Saudi and U.S. funds made ISI Pakistan’s most powerful institution.
Mosoud- Afghan military leader during the Soviet invasion. Assassinated September 9, 2001.
Panshir is in Northeast Afghanistan.
Azzam- Palestinian Sunni Islamic Scholar assassinated on November 24, 1989, in a car bomb, with two of his sons.
Bin Laden used the death to take over the jihad and renamed it Al Queda.
The fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989 changed the geopolitical context. Najibullah,(Soviet Puppet?) Afghan president 1987-1992 no longer had the protector of Hegemonic communism rule.
Kekmatyar- Afghan warlord and politician. Founder and current leader of Hezb-e Islami. Afghan Prime minister before Najibullah. CIA funded the rebels through ISI.