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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. Pakistan recognized the Taliban as its government without Sharif knowing, and days later the Taliban was expelled from where?

2. The CIA and State Department issued what alert shortly after bin Laden helped publish a joint manifesto?

3. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?

4. A commando raid on bin Laden was not pursued because it was thought that a failed attack with civilian casualties would yield what?

5. Plans were made for Ahmed to visit the U.S. when?

Short Essay Questions

1. What took place in the Oval Office meeting on 2 December 1998 in the early afternoon?

2. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

3. How did John Deutch become the CIA chief?

4. What support did CIA field operatives reportedly seek from the White House team of Richard Clarke?

5. Why did Schroen encounter difficulty recovering CIA Stinger missiles from the Taliban?

6. How did the Taliban take their final major prize taken in northern Afghanistan?

7. How did Prince Turki view the threat bin Laden posed?

8. How was Unocal introduced?

9. How had persistent Feminist Majority lobbying in opposition to the Taliban influenced the two most significant women in Clinton's administration?

10. Why was Nawaz Sharif in fear of his army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Central Intelligence Agency shape the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s?

Essay Topic 2

How has bin Laden's security consciousness hindered the CIA goal of capturing or killing him?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Hekmatyar-Tanai coup attempt? Does the evidence indicate bin Laden's involvement was as a semi-official Saudi intelligence liaison or an independent?

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