Bibob3d
03-03-2010, 03:18 AM
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Even by Afghan standards, it was a startling find: An opium packaging workshop, buried under donkey dung and old hay in a stable that U.S. Marines turned into a patrol base in southern Afghanistan.
Two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees nosing around the base found more than two kilograms (4.4 pounds) of opium, five large bags of poppy seeds, some 50 sickles, jugs and a large scale for measuring opium.
When the Marines leave the compound this week, though, they won't detain the old, bearded Afghan man suspected of owning the hidden cache. Instead, they'll hand him $600 in rent for using his place as a base.
It's a story that illustrates the shift in strategy to stall the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan. The more than 2-week-old military offensive on the town of Marjah — NATO's largest ever combined Afghan offensive — is a war on the Taliban, not drugs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_shifting_drug_war
Я чего-то не понимаю или где? Если в Афгане производиЦЦа дофига наркоты, от которой потом гибнут люди не только в Америке, но и по всему миру, какого хрена они ничего не делают с этой наркотой? :confused: В комментах кто-то предложил дать им выращивать food вместо наркоты. Why not do that ASAP? :confused:
Two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees nosing around the base found more than two kilograms (4.4 pounds) of opium, five large bags of poppy seeds, some 50 sickles, jugs and a large scale for measuring opium.
When the Marines leave the compound this week, though, they won't detain the old, bearded Afghan man suspected of owning the hidden cache. Instead, they'll hand him $600 in rent for using his place as a base.
It's a story that illustrates the shift in strategy to stall the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan. The more than 2-week-old military offensive on the town of Marjah — NATO's largest ever combined Afghan offensive — is a war on the Taliban, not drugs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100303/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_shifting_drug_war
Я чего-то не понимаю или где? Если в Афгане производиЦЦа дофига наркоты, от которой потом гибнут люди не только в Америке, но и по всему миру, какого хрена они ничего не делают с этой наркотой? :confused: В комментах кто-то предложил дать им выращивать food вместо наркоты. Why not do that ASAP? :confused: