Gust Avrakotos
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Gust L. Avrakotos (1938 – December 1, 2005) was a case officer and division chief for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Avrakotos is best known for the massive arming of Afghan Mujahideen in the 1980s in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Avrakotos's partnership with Charlie Wilson in this operation was chronicled in the book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, by George Crile. Avrakotos is an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Institute of Technology, which is now a part Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, by George Crile, ISBN 0-87113-854-9.
- Obituary in the Washington Post
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