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andsoitis 3 hours ago

> bin Laden won

are his people better off or are they worse off?

shakna 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most of the funding for the campaign came via Saudi Arabian citizens [0], and they have absolutely benefited from the change in political power in the Middle East.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20060311045338/http://news.bbc.c...

wmf 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Was his goal to provide for his people? I thought his goal was to bring down the Great Satan.

SpicyLemonZest 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Al-Qaeda is larger and their allies in Afghanistan have further consolidated their rule. I might not call that "better off" but it's certainly in the direction bin Laden wanted things to go.