The Taliban grew up in the desperately poor outskirts of Pakistan. As
they grew in power because of their ruthless tactics they spread over
the border into neighboring Afghanistan during the years of the Soviet
occupation. The United States CIA gave them guerilla training equipped
them with military hardware including Stinger missiles which changed the
course of the Afghan's war. One of the prominent students was a rich
Saudi named Osama bin Laden. His parents were billionaires in the
construction business. Osama backed the Taliban group financially when
he became upset at the US for using air bases in Saudi Arabia during the
Desert Storm war to save Kuwait and Saudi from Iraqi invasion. The
Taliban was to become his weapon and his power base. These terrorists
from Pakistan then went to war against the native Afghans after they
were finished expelling the Soviets. They now occupy all but 15% of
Afghanistan and are committing acts on the populace that show that they
couldn't care less about Islam. Islam, the Moslem religion is just a
shield for their actions. These people commit rape, torture, and murder
at will to terrorize any population they seek to subjugate. That is
until they tried their tactics on the United States this time. Before
this they attacked the administration of BJ Clinton. They knew he was in
fact a weak president and would let them continue their terror with
little more than token retaliation. This time however they attacked a US
led by a President with solid credentials and a powerful array of
legitimate advisors. Suddenly the terrorists are afraid from what I am
beginning to see a week after their attack. Pakistan is doing what we
told them to do or risk bombing of their own country. The Taliban is
suddenly saying that although Osama bin Laden has been "their guest"
they would like him to leave Afghanistan "voluntarily". And the US has
said that is not good enough and the retaliation is now on the way