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Friends and colleagues,
As part of the nine-part brownbag series on 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan,
tomorrow's event will focus on recent attempts to marry the drug war with
the war on terrorism and place these policies in historical perspective. If
you cannot attend, the audio portion of the series will be archived on the
web at http://dc.indymedia.org/audio/ later this week.
-Sanho
The Institute for Policy Studies & the Washington Peace Center present:
CIA, Drugs, and Afghanistan
Tuesday, November 27
12:30-2:30 at
the Institute for Policy Studies
733 15th St., NW, Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
Screening of documentary "An Unholy Alliance" followed by speakers and
discussion.
"An Unholy Alliance"
As part of the justification for the war in Afghanistan, the US and British
governments have pointed to role of opium in funding the Taliban. In
attempting to marry the war on terrorism with the war on drugs, proponents
have glossed over the West's blind-eye policy during the 1980s when our
erstwhile allies in the mujahideen used opium to fund the war against Soviet
occupation. This documentary deals with the relationship between
unconventional warfare and the illicit drug trade. Focusing on the role of
opium in funding the CIA-backed mujahideen fighters as well as the CIA's
involvement in opium trade during the Indo-China war, the film features
interviews with authors Alfred W. McCoy (The Politics of Heroin: CIA
Complicity in the Global Drug Trade), former DEA agent Michael Levine (The
Great White Lie and Deep Cover), and the late Eqbal Ahmad (former IPS
fellow). "An Unholy Alliance" is the second episode of a three-part 1996
Australian documentary on the history of opiates called Dealing with the
Demon.
Speakers:
Jason Vest is Washington, DC-based independent journalist who reports on
defense, foreign policy, intelligence and human rights issues. A former
staffer at US News & World Report and the Village Voice, Vest has also
written for In These Times and The Nation; currently he's a contributor to
The American Prospect, AlterNet, the Voice and, most recently, The Atlantic
Monthly.
Sanho Tree is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and director of
the Drug Policy Project at IPS. He has also worked as a military and
diplomatic historian and was former associate editor of CovertAction
Quarterly.
For information on future Tuesday afternoon forums and evening classes on
the war visit our website at www.ips-dc.org or call (202) 234-9382
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Sanho Tree 202/234-9382 ext. 266 (voice)
Fellow, Drug Policy Project 202/387-7915 (fax)
Institute for Policy Studies 202/494-8004 (mobile)
733 15th St., NW, #1020 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Washington, DC 20005 http://www.ips-dc.org
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