Int'l Issues US aims to stay in Afghanistan for heroin

Imon Yourside · 12-06-2013, 02:00 AM

The United States wants to stay in Afghanistan in order to keep its profitable heroin business in the country, a political analyst says.

“The only reason the United States would stay there frankly is to keep its multi-hundred-billion-dollar heroin business going. The business of Afghanistan has always been heroin. There’s no other reason the US was involved,” senior editor at Veterans Today Gordon Duff told Press TV on Thursday.

“The people of Afghanistan have made it very clear they don’t want the United States there,” he added.

Washington and Kabul have not yet reached an agreement over a security deal under which the United States can keep as many as 10,000 troops in the country.

Without an agreement, all American troops should leave the country by the end of 2014.

“When the United States went into Afghanistan in 2001, Afghanistan had ended almost every aspect of narcotics production,” Duff said. “As of last week, Afghanistan was producing 98 percent of the world’s… heroin.”

The United Nations reported last month that Afghanistan produced record levels of opium in 2013.

Cultivation of opium poppies, which are processed into heroin, rose 36 percent, amounting to 209,000 hectares.

Afghanistan remains the world’s largest opium producer – last year accounting for 75 percent of the world’s heroin supply.

AGB/AGB

With permission
Source: Press TV

http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-ne...an-for-heroin/

Eleazar · 12-06-2013, 09:16 AM

listopencil · 12-06-2013, 01:03 PM

Duff said. “As of last week, Afghanistan was producing 98 percent of the world’s… heroin.”

Afghanistan remains the world’s largest opium producer – last year accounting for 75 percent of the world’s heroin supply.

So, which is it?

**alpha_omega** · 12-06-2013, 01:04 PM

Poppies...poppies will put them to sleep.

CoMoChief · 12-06-2013, 01:08 PM

Our military has been growing opium there for years. It's a giant cash crop. We're not leaving Afghanistan anytime soon folks. As long as their are weapons, oil, gold, opium in that region, we're not leaving. People really need to understand that and these "deadlines" to get out of Iraq/Afghanistan the president and his admin spew out are nothing but ****ing lies, and people need to understand that too. This isn't a left vs right thing. The military industrial complex along w/ NATO and Al-Qaeda are being used to take over the regions resources, and take over their governments so they can put in their own shit-eating puppets, play countries off of one another and causing a WW3 is still in the cards. Lots of double crossing. Everyone over there hates Obama w/ a ****ing passion ...its a horrible ****ing mess we've gotten ourselves into that dates back to the 60's.

cosmo20002 · 12-06-2013, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

US aims to stay in Afghanistan for heroin

OMG!

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Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

The United States wants to stay in Afghanistan in order to keep its profitable heroin business in the country, a political analyst says.

Oh.
Never mind.

Dayze · 12-06-2013, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Our military has been growing opium there for years. It's a giant cash crop. We're not leaving Afghanistan anytime soon folks. As long as their are weapons, oil, gold, opium in that region, we're not leaving. People really need to understand that and these "deadlines" to get out of Iraq/Afghanistan the president and his admin spew out are nothing but ****ing lies, and people need to understand that too. This isn't a left vs right thing. The military industrial complex along w/ NATO and Al-Qaeda are being used to take over the regions resources, and take over their governments so they can put in their own shit-eating puppets, play countries off of one another and causing a WW3 is still in the cards. Lots of double crossing. Everyone over there hates Obama w/ a ****ing passion ...its a horrible ****ing mess we've gotten ourselves into that dates back to the 60's.

yep

**BigRedChief** · 12-06-2013, 08:03 PM

Heroin? Really? We want to be drug dealers? Chump change

We are after the TRILLION $'s worth of minerals you idiots. GEEEZZZ

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/wo...anted=all&_r=0

**Bowser** · 12-06-2013, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Heroin? Really? We want to be drug dealers? Chump change

We are after the TRILLION $'s worth of minerals you idiots. GEEEZZZ

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/wo...anted=all&_r=0

Cover story for the heroin business.

-King- · 12-06-2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Cover story for the heroin business.

jerryforeverrice80 · 12-07-2013, 03:34 PM

i thought the CIA was the drug dealers for the USA.

Imon Yourside · 12-07-2013, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jerryforeverrice80

i thought the CIA was the drug dealers for the USA.

Much like Elvis Grbac they can't grow it and deal it.

**Rain Man** · 12-07-2013, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Heroin? Really? We want to be drug dealers? Chump change

We are after the TRILLION $'s worth of minerals you idiots. GEEEZZZ

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/wo...anted=all&_r=0

That article claims that lithium is big because it's a key ingredient in BlackBerries.

listopencil · 12-07-2013, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That article claims that lithium is big because it's a key ingredient in BlackBerries.

Afghanistan. Come for the heroin, stay for the lithium.

Sannyasi · 12-07-2013, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That article claims that lithium is big because it's a key ingredient in BlackBerries.

Its also vital in the construction of cassette tapes.

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Imon Yourside WhatUneed2Hear Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: AllSoulsMatter Casino cash: $9183181	US aims to stay in Afghanistan for heroin The United States wants to stay in Afghanistan in order to keep its profitable heroin business in the country, a political analyst says. “The only reason the United States would stay there frankly is to keep its multi-hundred-billion-dollar heroin business going. The business of Afghanistan has always been heroin. There’s no other reason the US was involved,” senior editor at Veterans Today Gordon Duff told Press TV on Thursday. “The people of Afghanistan have made it very clear they don’t want the United States there,” he added. Washington and Kabul have not yet reached an agreement over a security deal under which the United States can keep as many as 10,000 troops in the country. Without an agreement, all American troops should leave the country by the end of 2014. “When the United States went into Afghanistan in 2001, Afghanistan had ended almost every aspect of narcotics production,” Duff said. “As of last week, Afghanistan was producing 98 percent of the world’s… heroin.” The United Nations reported last month that Afghanistan produced record levels of opium in 2013. Cultivation of opium poppies, which are processed into heroin, rose 36 percent, amounting to 209,000 hectares. Afghanistan remains the world’s largest opium producer – last year accounting for 75 percent of the world’s heroin supply. AGB/AGB With permission Source: Press TV http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-ne...an-for-heroin/
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CoMoChief Super Bowl LIV Champions Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $9672254	Our military has been growing opium there for years. It's a giant cash crop. We're not leaving Afghanistan anytime soon folks. As long as their are weapons, oil, gold, opium in that region, we're not leaving. People really need to understand that and these "deadlines" to get out of Iraq/Afghanistan the president and his admin spew out are nothing but **ing lies, and people need to understand that too. This isn't a left vs right thing. The military industrial complex along w/ NATO and Al-Qaeda are being used to take over the regions resources, and take over their governments so they can put in their own shit-eating puppets, play countries off of one another and causing a WW3 is still in the cards. Lots of double crossing. Everyone over there hates Obama w/ a ing passion ...its a horrible *ing mess we've gotten ourselves into that dates back to the 60's. __________________ Last edited by CoMoChief; 12-06-2013 at 01:20 PM..*
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