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Nato to Attack Afghan Opium Labs

news.bbc.co.uk — Nato has agreed its troops will be allowed to attack opium factories for the first time in Afghanistan.

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  • ghassan, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1First they gave themselves license to kill any suspected 'Terrorist', now a new license to exterminate any suspected 'Drug Dealer'! Will this ever end?
  • TheOther1, on 10/11/2008, -0/+4Get the US out of NATO now!
  • ChristPissed, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2George H.W. "Poppy" Bush will be livid.
  • twistaspliff, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Now our soldiers get to die fighting two illegal wars at the same time - Afghanistan and the War on Drugs (without Big pHARMa labels). Just f'ing GREAT!
  • twistaspliff, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1FTA:

    "Afghanistan supplies more than 90% of the world's illicit opium, the main ingredient of heroin."

    and...

    "He told them the Afghan opium trade is bankrolling the Taleban insurgency to the tune of $100m (£57m) a year."

    That's it? NATO must be spending more than that per day fighting this illegal war. This whole story smells like ***** to me. How could this country supply 90% of the world's opium without 'official' help getting the product out of the country right under the noses of all these troops? This sounds like the CIA cocaine running scam all over again.
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