Tim Osman
Discussions included the Mujahideen's willingness to field test new and esoteric weapons and return research reports with photos.
Tim Osman was a figure involved in a worldwide support network for the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. He met with Ted Gunderson, Ralph Olberg, and 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 to produce specialized ammunition and a lobbying effort to legally obtain Stinger II missiles and their variants.1
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 and their group, MSH (Management Science For Health).1
Sources
- Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩
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