Word: mujahedin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...young man. But he was more pious than his brothers, and was deeply affected by the involvement of his family's company in rebuilding the holy mosques in Mecca and Medina. Then in 1979, just after he graduated from King Abdul Aziz University, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and mujahedin resistance fighters put out an international plea for help. Bin Laden responded by packing himself and several of his family's bulldozers off to central Asia. He was inspired, he said, by the plight of Muslims in a medieval society besieged by a 20th century superpower. "In our religion, there...
...town called Jaji, not far from the Pakistani border. To Arabs, it was one of the first demonstrations that the Russians could actually be beaten. A year later, bin Laden led an offensive against Soviet troops in the battle of Shaban. Vicious hand-to-hand fighting claimed heavy mujahedin casualties, but his men succeeded in pushing the Soviets out of the area...
...Bosnia and Croatia for failing to rid Bosnian soil of foreign fighters by last Friday's deadline. The U.S. is angry that Croatia has allowed some of its troops to remain inside Bosnia, and even more rattled that the Bosnian government has allowed half of the some 600 foreign mujahedin it believes were in the country to remain behind. The Pentagon fears anti-American terrorists are hidden within their ranks. Washington has threatened to cut off arms and military training for Bosnian forces if the Islamic freedom fighters aren't booted...
...when two grenades and a mortar fired from the direction of Serb-held territory exploded in an unoccupied area of Sarajevo only minutes after the signing ceremony had flickered off TV screens. On the same day, Bosnian government forces shot at a French helicopter, and Croat soldiers clashed with mujahedin, Islamic volunteers fighting on the side of the Muslims, and killed...
...mujahedin are another major concern. An estimated 2,500 to 4,000 of them--1,000 in the American sector-to-be--have been fighting in Bosnia on the side of their fellow Muslims but under the effective control of no one. Many are radical fundamentalists from such countries as Iran, Afghanistan and Syria who view all Westerners, especially Americans, with suspicion and hostility. Under terms of the peace treaty, all unauthorized foreign forces, including the mujahedin, are to get out of Bosnia within 30 days. Undoubtedly some will. But Pentagon officials are worried that others will go underground...