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"kangarooistan" <grandpa@kangarooistan.com.au> wrote in message 
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> The growth in Afghanistan's opium crop began in earnest after the
> overthrow of the Taleban by US-led and Afghan forces in 2001.

The Yanks have to fund their war somehow.

Worked for them during the VietNam years.



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> Record for Afghan poppy planting
> BBC News, UK - 10 hours ago
> The growth in Afghanistan's opium crop began in earnest after the
> overthrow of the Taleban by US-led and Afghan forces in 2001.
> Afghan opium trade booming: US ABC Online
> Afghan opium still thriving: US report Times of India
> US drug report cites Afghan rebel-opium poppy link Reuters South
> Africa
> The Associated Press - CNN
> all 196 news articles >>
> .
> Clashes over Afghanistan poppy fields kill 26
> Guardian, UK - 28 Feb 2008
> Photograph: Rahmat Gul A militant ambush on forces destroying
> Afghanistan's opium poppy fields sparked clashes that killed 25
> Taliban fighters and a ...
> 29 Taliban killed protecting Afghan opium: police AFP
> State Department Pushing Aerial Poppy Eradication in Afghanistan World
> Press Review
> 29 Taliban killed in opium-linked violence: Afghan police AFP
> The Canadian Press - The Associated Press
> all 315 news articles >>
>
> Bernama
> .
> Afghanistan's Helmand -- a tough battleground
> Daily Times, Pakistan - 6 hours ago
> The intensity of the fighting is tied to Helmand's lucrative illegal
> opium crop: the province produces most of Afghanistan's opium which
> accounts for 90 ...
> Harry is one of Our Boys The Sun
> all 3,243 news articles >>
> .
> Afghan opium output 'hit highs'
> Financial Times, UK - 2 hours ago
> By Daniel Dombey Opium production in Afghanistan hit "historic highs"
> last year, with a harvest valued at more than $4bn, more than a third
> of that ...
> US warns Mexico on drugs boom Financial Times
> all 2 news articles >>
> .
>
> PRESS TV
> Governor of volatile Afghan province removed from post
> International Herald Tribune, France - 11 hours ago
> AP KABUL, Afghanistan: The governor of volatile Helmand province was
> removed from his post Friday after a year of record opium production
> and ...
> Helmand governor 'transferred' Daily Times
> Helmand governor moved from job BBC News
> all 8 news articles >>
> .
> Canada.com
> Thriving Taliban Drugs Show Afghan Woes
> The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
> A report Friday on drugs -- it said Afghanistan now produces 93
> percent
> of the world's opium poppy -- comes hand in hand with the resurgence
> of
> Taliban ...
> US Warns of Steadily Rising Violence in Afghanistan U.S. News & World
> Report
> The Europeans Have Other Priorities Strategy Page
> Taliban called growing threat in Afghanistan Baltimore Sun
> United Press International
> all 142 news articles >>
> 2008 State Department Report Targets Afghan Opium, Mobile Payments ...
> Counterterrorism Blog, NJ - 48 minutes ago
> Afghanistan grew 93 percent of the world's opium poppy, according to
> the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Opium poppy
> cultivation expanded ...
>
> Orangeburg Times Democrat
> 2 Polish Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
> The Associated Press - 27 Feb 2008
> The $400 million figure appeared to be the opium's estimated street
> value once it was trafficked outside Afghanistan. Helmand, the front
> line of the ...
> Nato soldiers killed in bomb attack The Press Association
> Two Polish NATO soldiers die in Afghanistan Action 3 News
> 2 Polish soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan CBC.ca
> GulfNews
> all 259 news articles >>
> Thriving Afghan opium crop hampers development: IMF
> Reuters Canada, Canada - 20 Feb 2008
> By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A thriving Afghan opium
> crop earned farmers about $1 billion in 2007 and together with a
> resurgence in violence ...
> Afghan farmers earn millions from opium
> Reuters UK, UK - 20 Feb 2008
> The IMF said it was not well qualified to comment on Afghanistan's
> opium production, and cited figures from the United Nations Office on
> Drugs and Crime ...
>
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