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Ep. 583: Richard Clarke Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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1979: A Trigger Year for the Middle East and Islamic Extremism

"I want to give people a great education, a non-political education about where we stand in the world today," he says. "A lot of people take 1979 as a trigger year." The same year Russia invaded Afghanistan was when Jihadi fighters from throughout the Arab world got together and fought in Afghanistan. From there, things began to change. It took a while, but I think the seeds were planted in 1979".

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