Pelton,RobertYoung

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Author of "The World's Most Dangerous Places," accusing the United States of killing "thousands and thousands" of people in Afghanistan. Pelton who "discovered" John Walker (->), also known as American Taliban, handed him over to the US forces, but doubted that Al-Qaeda ever existed or was as big terrorist organization as the US government and media describe it. He made these observations during an interview with Mark Scheffler which was published by salon.com. Pelton said, "we created a bogeyman called al-Qaida, which is sort of similar to the term "Mafia," sort of an all-encompassing term. Pelton suggested that the United States should fight against Pakistan and Saudi Arabia where the people and the governments are helping the terrorists