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category: Other
summary: Discussions included the Mujahideen's willingness to field test new and esoteric
  weapons and return research reports with photos.
tags:
- Person
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[Tim Osman](/people/tim-osman/) was a figure involved in a worldwide support network for the [Mujahideen](/organizations/mujahideen/) in [Afghanistan](/places/afghanistan/). He met with [Ted Gunderson](/people/ted-gunderson/), [Ralph Olberg](/people/ralph-olberg/), and [Michael Riconosciuto](/people/michael-riconosciuto/) in early 1986 to discuss this network, which focused on the Afghanistan Resistance Movement against the Soviets.[^1]

Discussions included the Mujahideen's willingness to field test new and esoteric weapons and return research reports with photos. They also discussed the capture and/or defection of high-ranking Soviet military personnel with sensitive compartmentalized information, and the availability of their briefings. Other topics included a military joint venture in [Turkey](/places/turkey/) to produce specialized ammunition and a lobbying effort to legally obtain Stinger II missiles and their variants.[^1]

[Ralph Olberg](/people/ralph-olberg/) and Osman proposed an unprecedented leadership meeting in Washington D.C. to prove that their group represented the full leadership of the Mujahideen, addressing a "turf battle problem" with certain factions of the [CIA](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) and their group, MSH (Management Science For Health).[^1]

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.