SCN: Correlation between drug use and terrorism

[Joe Mabel]

Don't be silly. Fundamentally, a junkie is just another victim, but surely you 
don't think someone is out there doing good works with the money derived from 
the heroin trade, do you? Indeed, quite apropos, Afghanistan is one of the 
world's leading producers of raw opium (the so-called Northern Alliance 
probably being even more opium-friendly than the unlamented Taliban). From 
there, as it is refined and before it makes it to the veins of seef-destructive 
Ammricans, it most likely passes through the hands such lovely folks as the 
Chinese Triads.

This is not particularly the nature of drugs: it's the nature of valuable black 
market commodities. In Africa, terrorists generally finance themselves on 
diamonds (think the recently deceased Jonas Savimbi, or for that matter any of 
the so-called governments of the Congn/Zaire). 

I realize that the fact that Bush says something decreases the probablity 
that it is true, but in this case I believe he is right. Of course, he would 
never admit that prime examples of the drug/terror connection are cocaine in the 
US support of the Nicaraguan contras of the Eighties or the network of 
"anit-communist" ex-Kuomintang generals (and their heirs) who still function as 
warlords in the "Golden Triangle" of Indochina.

--------------------
Joe Mabel

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, patrick fisher wrote:

> Then it must be treason to be a junkie.
> 
> P
> 
> 
> --- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> > Well, W. should know. After all, his dad was CIA, and whowhas a greater  cord of 
> > financing terror with drug money. Sure the two can be related: the CIA aren't 
> > the only people who understand that selling drugs is a grrat way to finance oer 
> > illicit activity. Not that all drug sales are terror-related or vice versa, but 
> > illicit activities tend to cluster - just like interlocking directorates of 
> > corporations!
> > 
> > Years ago I had a (rather druggie) friend who had bumper stickers made up that 
> > said "Stop contra aid: boycott cocaine".
> > 
> > I don't advocate (or particularly oppose) drug use but much as I would recommend 
> > buying locally grown organic produce, I would recommend that if you are going to 
> > buy drugs, stick to locally grown organic dope. Or grow your own.  Responsible 
> > consumerism applies just as much when you are living outside the law. And 
> > there's simply no such thing as "good folks" producing Heroin or cocaine. If you 
> > are buying that shit, it's just a question of which evils you are supporting, 
> > and you'll probably never know.
> > 
> > --------------------
> > Joe Mabel
> > 
> > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Patrick Fisher wrote:
> > 
> > > I can't believe this:
> > > 
> > > Drugs and Terror: Understanding the Link and the Impact on America 
> > > 
> > > "It's so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs
> > > finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists, that terrorists use
> > > drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit
> > > drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."
> > > President George W. Bush 
> > > 
> > > There is an undeniable link between acts of terror and illicit drugs. Law
> > > enforcement officials around the world have long recognized this close
> > > connection, but a changing world and recent events have made this link
> > > more relevant in the daily lives of all Americans. The bottom line is
> > > simple: terror and drug groups are linked in a mutually-beneficial
> > > relationship by money, tactics, geography and politics. Americans must
> > > understand that our individual choices about illicit drug use have the
> > > power to support or undermine our nation's war on terrorism.
> > >  
> > > http://www.theantidrug.com/drugs_terror/understanding_impact.html
> > > 
> > > There is always some kind of link to anything. Is someone who is hooked
> > > and loaded on heroin really going to go to this site and get real
> > > patriotic and quit?
> > > 
> > > It's a stretch.
> > >  Patrick
> > > Webmaster
> > > Seattle Community Network
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