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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:32 AM Original message |
Afghan poppy farmers expect record opium crop and Taliban will reap reward |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. When the Taliban was in power, they supressed opium production |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The Taliban only banned opium for one year, in 2000. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. What you're saying is COMPLETELY false. Please don't spread the |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Completely false? What part? |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The Taliban spent its tenure trying to get afghanis to rid themselves of |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Once they were successful, the bush regime stepped in to get the heroin |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Your sources? |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Google is your best friend. Try this string... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Wait a minute... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I made no allusion to special sources. It's all about knowing the facts. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. yup. there was a glut in the market... |
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MacDuff (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!! |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The heroin labs are in Turkey and northern Iraq |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's too bad there's not a way to get pharmacuetical companies to buy |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. So where do you suppose they will be sending this ? |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you serious? |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No, he's not serious |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thanks |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Sorry Ariana |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. no need for sorry |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Majority of Afghan's crop goes to Europe |
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noel adamson (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Thanks Tempest...it is cheap and plentiful here on the west coast... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I'm sure small amounts of heroin make it to the U.S. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. In order to have hundreds of thousands of police in amerika |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Besides who else would they fill their prisons |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Its "operation get some dumb white men" w/ no teeth |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. NO. The taliban has always been opposed to poppy production. They WILL NOT |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The Taliban have been benefiting since the war |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Absolute misinformation. The taliban is not in the heroin trade and never |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. He's been right more times than wrong |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You've got a pretty strong opinion on this topic. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I checked fiske's articles and didn't see this association made. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yes, you are missing something |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I would be interested in reading the fiske articles, I can't find them... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. What is truly known about the Taliban is sketchy at best |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. The UN has never ever stated that the TALIBAN was a source for heroin. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Afghanistan has never been a large source of heroin |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Here's the basis for my position... The taliban are like the amish or the |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Perhaps you will find this one of interest. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thanks, you're right.. this reiterates my position very well, and I don't |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. It won't be the Taliban's doing because they're not in power |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. You must have missed this |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. it should be legalized anyhow |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Let's legalize the most addictive drug known to man and keep pot |
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frankenforpres (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. legalized for pharmaceuticals |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, if only they would have a bumper HASHISH crop... |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Is that why Afghanistan is getting safer and more Democratic every day? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. A record opium crop and a new CIA director |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. What makes you think we did? Or, rather, Bushco did? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Good point. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-11-06 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Right. The TALIBAN will reap reward. How soon we forget the Taliban |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. The Taliban may have claimed to have a zero tolerance |
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Peter Frank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
45. ,,,"the US missed out on a way to recoup some of its costs" |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. Another victory in the war on drugs. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. YES...Dope is in more demand here in the US then every before! |
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