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Also, everybody is claiming that Liquid has no reason to be in Afghanistan or even the Middle East during this time of his life.

But in the briefing for MGS1, when discussing Liquid Snake, Campbell mentions he fought in the Gulf War with the SAS as a teenager. "His job was to track down and destroy mobile SCUD missile launching platforms."

He goes on to mention that Snake was in Western Iraq with a platoon of Green Berets, with Snake replying "I was just a kid myself back then."

And finally, Campbell states that "The details are classified, but it seems that originially he penetrated the Middle East as a sleeper for the SIS." That's the British Secret Intelligence Service.

Now since all this is taking place around the time that the Snakes are kids, there's no way to say that Liquid could not possibly be in the Middle East around this time.

In case anybody is interested, the full game script (including the briefing I am referring to) can be read here: http://au.ign.com/faqs/2004/metal-gear-solid-game-script-psx-506043