Saturday, June 5, 2010

CIA Fight Against Communism Bolsters Radical Islam : NPR

CIA Fight Against Communism Bolsters Radical Islam : NPR: "The CIA's determination to roll back communism during the Cold War inadvertently allowed radical Islamists to gain a foothold in Europe, according to a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ian Johnson.
A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West details the Nazis' attempts to create a fifth column within the Soviet empire by becoming allies with Muslim minorities living in the Soviet Union."