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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:46:05 GMT, Jasbird <Jasbird@houdini.com>

typed:
><http://www.reason.com/sullum/091306.shtml>
>
>The Latest Dope
>Drug warriors are playing into the Taliban’s hands.
>Jacob Sullum, September 13, 2006
>
>After years of hard work by drug warriors in Afghanistan, the country no
>longer produces 87 percent of the world's illicit opium. Now it produces
>92 percent, according to the latest suspiciously precise estimate from
>the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
>
>On Tuesday, citing ties between opium trafficking and the Taliban
>insurgency, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa called upon
>NATO forces in Afghanistan to get more involved in efforts to stamp out
>the opium trade. This is exactly the right strategy to pursue if the aim
>is to alienate the Afghan people, undermine their government, and
>strengthen the insurgency.
>
>contiued ... <http://www.reason.com/sullum/091306.shtml>

just so, it is indeed high on the list of prime american foolishness.....

ps, your clock is running fast, please correct it

regards....

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