the Taliban pretty much eliminated poppy growing and had the farmers growing food, but after the invasion production shot right back up
this heroin is routed through Turkey and supplies ~80% of Europe's needs according to Sibel Edmonds and others
never seriously looked into the gap between the Iran-Contra drugs for guns scandle and Afghanistan, but i'd bet my ass this shit never stopped - simply too much money in it and the CIA certainly uses some of that money to fund off the book illegal operations without congressional oversight
Whats interesting as well, is that Russia creddits much of it's drug problem to narco-terrorism. The middle east has lots of oil, sure. But it is the poppy fields (for medical and street uses, both) that make the region a very valuable bit of land.
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xeemee ago
what was one of the first things the U.S. military was tasked with when they invaded Afghanistan?
the Taliban pretty much eliminated poppy growing and had the farmers growing food, but after the invasion production shot right back up
this heroin is routed through Turkey and supplies ~80% of Europe's needs according to Sibel Edmonds and others
never seriously looked into the gap between the Iran-Contra drugs for guns scandle and Afghanistan, but i'd bet my ass this shit never stopped - simply too much money in it and the CIA certainly uses some of that money to fund off the book illegal operations without congressional oversight
Sciency ago
Whats interesting as well, is that Russia creddits much of it's drug problem to narco-terrorism. The middle east has lots of oil, sure. But it is the poppy fields (for medical and street uses, both) that make the region a very valuable bit of land.