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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he received money and supplies through the CIA without the Pakistanis knowing it, Massoud had no contact with the CIA during what decade because of the CIA agreement with Pakistan?

2. The ISI Afghan operations director's plans to cut Soviet supply lines were frustrated when Afghan rebels refused to take part in suicide missions for what reason?

3. Such attacks continued world-wide and U.S. intelligence saw a new terrorist generation had emerged by what point?

4. When did the Soviets attack bin Laden's camp at Jaji which established him as a warrior with Arab jihadists?

5. What city was a haven for noted radical Carlos the Jackal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Schroen roll the jeep into the lake at the end of Chapter 1?

2. Where were Schroen's assignments in the decade subsequent to the embassy riots in Islamabad in 1979?

3. What weapons systems did the CIA Afghan program provide in late 1985?

4. What joke quickly circulated about James Woolsey, the CIA director, being unable to get an appointment with Clinton?

5. How did Ahmed Badeeb sneak through Pakistani customs with over $1.8 million in U.S. cash?

6. How was Abdul Haq introduced?

7. What was their response when Tomsen sought Saudi funding to reinforce his alternative "shura" composed of independent rebel Afghan commanders outside ISI control, but where Massoud held a strong role within the movement?

8. How were the Panjshiris seen by 1994?

9. Why did Ahmed Shah Massoud join the Muslim Youth Organization while he was a student at Kabul Polytechnic Institute?

10. How did the 1994 assassination attempt on bin Laden transpire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reasonably should have been expected to have been done differently regarding American policy to al-Qaeda during the months that led up to 11 September 2001?

Essay Topic 2

What was the new secret two-track policy Peter Tomsen finalized toward the Afghan war subsequent to the Soviet troop withdrawal?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the Saudis view Abdurrab Rasul Sayyaf as the most important rebel during the war with the Soviets?

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