Noam Chomsky says in Failed States that Prof. Alfred McCoy and Prof. Peter Dale Scott, and by implication in context of Kosovo, Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, are pre-requisites for any experts such as every single one who mentioned opium in Francis Fukayama's Nation-Building.
In Fukayama's collection of papers from Rand and left hand of Rockefeller apologists for right hand, opium and heroin are the elephant in the tent. On TV last night, CSPAN, panel of Radio Liberty and USIA and State Dept experts on Afghanistan, a questioner asked,"Opium is the elephant in the tent with respect to Afghanistan. What can be done?" A State Dept official, Breitbaum or something, disingenuously answered as if the question had been about Taleban funding itself by opium. He said,"We have not discovered a significant degree of their funding being from opium; they had friends already", dodging the issue of CIA and Pak heroin junta liberating the poppies in 2001 and originally having made Afghanistan the world's largest opium producing region during the "Contra Crack" era, after doing the same thing to Burma and Laos during the Vietnam war. Russell Opium Trust(ROT), Air America, al-CIA-duh, the elephant in the tent. -Bob Dodds --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, RoadsEnd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Alamaine, IVe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: August 16, 2006 1:09:08 PM PDT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ctrl] Afghan opium cultivation hits a record > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_OPIUM_BOOM? > > SITE=CODER&SECTIO > > N=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-08-16-14-28-05 > > > > Afghan opium cultivation hits a record > > > > By FISNIK ABRASHI > > Associated Press Writer > > > > > > AP Photo/RODRIGO ABD > > > > World Video > > > > > > > > > > > > KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit > > record levels - up by more than 40 percent from 2005 - despite > > hundreds > > of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The > > Associated Press. > > > > The increase could have serious repercussions for an already grave > > security situation, with drug lords joining the Taliban-led fight > > against > > Afghan and international forces. > > > > A Western anti-narcotics official in Kabul said about 370,650 acres of > > opium poppy was cultivated this season - up from 257,000 acres in > > 2005 - > > citing their preliminary crop projections. The previous record was > > 323,700 acres in 2004, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and > > Crime. > > > > "It is a significant increase from last year ... unfortunately, it > > is a > > record year," said a senior U.S. government official based in > > Kabul, who > > like the other Western officials would speak only on condition of > > anonymity because of the sensitive topic. > > > > > > > > > > > > Final figures, and an estimate of the yield of opium resin from the > > poppies, will be clear only when the U.N. agency completes its > > assessment > > of the crop, based on satellite imagery and ground surveys. Its > > report is > > due in September. > > > > The U.N. reported last year that Afghanistan produced an estimated > > 4,500 > > tons of opium - enough to make 450 tons of heroin - nearly 90 > > percent of > > world supply. > > > > This year's preliminary findings indicate a failure in attempts to > > eradicate poppy cultivation and continuing corruption among provincial > > officials and police - problems acknowledged by President Hamid > > Karzai. > > > > Karzai told Fortune magazine in a recent interview that "lots of > > people" > > in his administration profited from the narcotics trade and that he > > had > > underestimated the difficulty of eradicating opium production. > > > > > > > > Latest News > > Afghan opium cultivation hits a record > > > > Al-Qaida havens raided in Afghanistan > > > > Al-Qaida suspect killed in Afghanistan > > > > Picture bleak for women in Afghanistan > > > > Afghanistan denies U.K. terror plot link > > > > > > PHOTO GALLERY > > > > > > Afghanistan > > > > Buy AP Photo Reprints > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime estimate that opium accounted > > for 52 > > percent of Afghanistan's gross domestic product in 2005. > > > > "Now what they have is a narco-economy. If they do not get corruption > > sorted they can slip into being a narco-state," the U.S. official > > warned. > > > > Opium cultivation has surged since the ouster of the Taliban in late > > 2001. The former regime enforced an effective ban on poppy growing by > > threatening to jail farmers - virtually eradicating the crop in 2000. > > > > But Afghan and Western counternarcotics officials say Taliban-led > > militants are now implicated in the drug trade, encouraging poppy > > cultivation and using the proceeds to help fund their insurgency. > > > > "(That) kind of revenue from that kind of crop aids and abets the > > enemy," > > Chief Master Sgt. Curtis L. Brownhill, a senior adviser to the head of > > the U.S. Central Command, during a recent visit to Afghanistan. "They > > count on having that sort of resource and money." > > > > Afghanistan has seen its deadliest bout of fighting this year since > > U.S.- > > backed forces toppled the Taliban for harboring Osama bin Laden. > > Officials believe the insurgency, most vicious in the south - > > Afghanistan's main poppy belt - includes die-hard Taliban, warlords > > and > > drug lords and smugglers. > > > > Fears of fanning the insurgency has constrained efforts to destroy the > > poppy crops of impoverished farmers - particularly in Helmand, > > where the > > area being cultivated for poppies has increased most sharply. The > > province now accounts for more than 40 percent of the poppy > > cultivation > > nationwide. > > > > "We know that if we start eradicating the whole surface of poppy > > cultivation in Helmand, we will increase the activity of the > > insurgency > > and increase the number of insurgents," said Tom Koenigs, the top U.N. > > official in Afghanistan. > > > > He said the international community needs to provide alternative > > livelihoods for farmers, but warned against expecting quick > > results. "The > > problem has increased, and the remedy has to adjust," he told > > reporters > > recently. > > > > Since the fall of the Taliban, the international community, led by the > > U.S. and Britain, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to > > combat > > the drugs trade. > > > > There have been some successes. Nangahar province, with the help of a > > strong governor and police chief, reduced opium output by 96 > > percent in > > 2005. Since March, anti-drug police units have raided 10 drug labs > > throughout the country, seizing 2,700 pounds of heroin and nearly > > 1,763 > > pounds of opium. > > > > Next week, the Afghan government will present a wide-ranging anti- > > drugs > > strategy. Officials are moving to amend laws, train judges and > > prosecutors, build high security prisons and establish special > > courts for > > drug barons and senior drug smugglers. > > > > This year's increased poppy cultivation follows a 21 percent drop the > > previous year, suggesting the government has not followed through on > > warnings to farmers against planting poppies. Although 37,065 acres of > > poppies were eradicated this year, according to the Ministry for > > Counternarcotics, a campaign by police to destroy crops fell short of > > expectation. > > > > Gen. Khodaidad, a top official at the ministry, said virtually all > > cultivated land in Helmand - including government-owned land - has > > been > > planted with opium poppies. > > > > "We expected a large number (crop) this year but Helmand unfortunately > > exceeded even our predictions," the U.S. official said. > > > > © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may > > not > > be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more > > about our > > Privacy Policy. > > > > Alamaine, IVe > > Grand Forks, ND, US of A > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > "All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a > > philosopher." - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) > > > > Don't ask about caste or riches but instead ask about conduct. Look > > at the flames of a fire. Where do they come from? From a piece of > > wood"and it doesn't matter what wood. In the same way, a wise > > person can come from wood of any sort. 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