Heroin Kills
Posted by papundits on 08/04/2007
August 4th, 2007 Posted By Pat Dollard.
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The Taliban is financed in large measure by Afghanistan’s poppy crops. Afghanistan is almost the world’s sole supplier of heroin. With Hamid Karzai’s brother on the Drug Lords’ payroll, just what is going on in Afghanistan?
WASHINGTON (AP) – Afghanistan will produce another record poppy harvest this year that cements its status as the world’s near-sole supplier of the heroin source, yet a furious debate over … how to reverse the trend is stalling proposals to cut the crop, U.S. officials say. …
Used with Permission and Many Thanks to Pat Dollard
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, heroin, poppy, al-Qaida, NATO, Counter-narcotics agents, State Department, Camp David, President Bush
