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Censorship story…

Declassified UK have a good record, processing and releasing stories as they are brought up from the 30-year cellar.
It’s not going down well even among MPs, at least some of them.

This was a good one from Declassified 2021, about Margaret Thatcher’s support for the terrorist(-ic) Mujahideen.
The story was actually the censorship of the story, even though it was time for it to be released.

Margaret Thatcher’s support for Afghan jihadists covered up by UK censors

A Cold War-era file on Margaret Thatcher’s support for the Afghan mujahideen is being censored by today’s British government, Declassified has found. The papers could detail secret UK support for Afghan fundamentalists who were later designated as terrorists for backing Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

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Was this in fact secret? I thought the whole schtick was well-known ie Mujahedeen as vector for anti-USSR campaign.

EDIT: hadn’t clicked thru, now have, and I think the top article was, indeed, saying so. Sort of.

A glance at Declassified’s current top stories makes it clear they aren’t playing cricket like the First Team. Roll out those As Tested On Truckers perimeter fences… yay: all looks good. For the 0.01

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