Iraq now a transit route for Afghan heroin

[G_j]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4541387.stm

Lawless Iraq is 'key drug route'

Iraq's borders are hard to police

Drug smugglers exploiting internal chaos in Iraq have turned the country into a transit route for Afghan heroin, an influential drug agency says.

High levels of insurgent violence and porous borders have drawn traffickers to Iraq, according to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).

The board says Jordan has seized large quantities of drugs on the Iraq border.

Authorities in Afghanistan say their drug problem is so severe the country's existence could be threatened.

Drugs are transported through Iraq and into Jordan, where they are moved onto traditional trafficking routes into Europe.

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[chicagojoe]

1. That's all a part of that

"capitalism begets freedom" program.

[Hissyspit]

2. PNAC Genius! But I thought the President was AGAINST drugs...?

I have to laugh at this kind of stuff to keep from crying.

[tanyev]

5. They're against anybody ELSE profiting from drugs.

[Melynn]

3. I wonder how many neo-cons - BushCo characters are making money off smack

It happen during the Vietnam War and it is happening all over again.

History just repeats itself. Especially if the same bunch of thugs are in power.

[G_j]

4. don't forget

the Cocaine that flooded the country under Reagan/Bush.

[Melynn]

7. I forgot about that

It was during Reagan/BushCo that crack became popular. Crack was a marketing decision by the drug cartel to sell cocaine that was cheaper (by the hit) than coke and more addictive. Anyone remember Len Bias?

[G_j]

6. kick