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It had an overt U.S. operations side called [[al-Khifa]]. | It had an overt U.S. operations side called [[al-Khifa]]. | ||
While Azzam was assassinated in 1989, [[Obama bin Laden]] worked with the organization, and it is an indirect ancestor of [[al-Qaeda]]. | |||
Revision as of 10:11, 2 April 2009
Founded in Pakistan in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, the Services Office (Maktab al-Khadamat) both supported refugees from the Afghanistan War (1978-92) and channeled weapons and volunteers against the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was also an increasingly radical Islamist organization.
It had an overt U.S. operations side called al-Khifa.
While Azzam was assassinated in 1989, Obama bin Laden worked with the organization, and it is an indirect ancestor of al-Qaeda.