Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2330-1001417316-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:30:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 3071 invoked by uid 510); 25 Sep 2001 11:29:34 -0000 Received: from n2.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.52) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 25 Sep 2001 11:29:34 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2330-1001417316-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.223] by hi.egroups.com with NNFMP; 25 Sep 2001 11:29:14 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 25 Sep 2001 11:28:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 36650 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2001 11:28:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 25 Sep 2001 11:28:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Sep 2001 11:29:13 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id EAA22908 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:29:13 -0700 Message-Id: <200109251129.EAA22908@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Flood.of.cheap.Afghan.heroin] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Flood of cheap Afghan heroin FROM STEPHEN FARRELL IN ISLAMABAD AFGHAN farmers are ready to swamp world markets with heroin amid signs that the Taleban has dropped its ban on opium growing. The ban was imposed by Mullah Muhammad Omar last year, leaving many farmers ruined. But the sudden halving of the price of raw opium to $250 a kg suggests the decree has been reversed. Even if it remains in place, desperate farmers are expected to resume planting next month while Taleban security forces are engaged elsewhere. One source confirmed last night: "There has definitely been a decrease in the price of opium in Afghanistan in recent days. This would happen either because people expect an increase in supply or a decrease in demand, and if there is one thing from Afghanistan which is guaranteed to have an international demand, it is opium." Afghanistan produced 75 per cent of the world's opium last year and Mullah Omar's ban was seen as one of the few attempts by a pariah regime to gain credit with the international community. Its enforcement was ruthless and efficient. UN figures show that Afghanistan's opium production was 4,600 tonnes in 1999, but this is thought to have dropped to 100 tonnes this year. The respite, however, may prove short-lived. One Western source said: "The farmers have to decide by mid-October if they are going to plant. The more we move into a campaign the more incentive they have to cultivate poppies." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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