Afghan poppy industry eludes U.S. control

cnn.com — In a small district in southern Afghanistan, U.S.-backed Afghan drug forces opened fire on farmers who were blocking roads and throwing rocks to protest the destruction of their poppy fields earlier this year. Scores were injured in the firefight.Undeterred by the violence, a group of angry farmers gathered around Masood Azizi, the Afghan official Sep 10, 2007 View in Crawl 4