Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2359-1001463889-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 17:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10569 invoked by uid 510); 26 Sep 2001 00:26:16 -0000 Received: from n22.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.72) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 00:26:16 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2359-1001463889-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by cj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Sep 2001 00:25:57 -0000 X-Sender: azb@llnl.gov X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 26 Sep 2001 00:24:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 4713 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2001 00:24:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 26 Sep 2001 00:24:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp-1.llnl.gov) (128.115.250.81) by mta2 with SMTP; 26 Sep 2001 00:25:54 -0000 Received: from poptop.llnl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-1.llnl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3/LLNL-gateway-1.0) with ESMTP id RAA06639 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:25:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catalyst.llnl.gov (catalyst.llnl.gov [128.115.222.68]) by poptop.llnl.gov (8.8.8/LLNL-3.0.2/pop.llnl.gov-5.1) with ESMTP id RAA17981 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:25:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010925172124.00d5ed80@poptop.llnl.gov> X-Sender: e048786@poptop.llnl.gov X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <200109251129.EAA22908@big.all.net> From: Tony Bartoletti <azb@llnl.gov> 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 17:26:53 -0700 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] [fc:Flood.of.cheap.Afghan.heroin] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fascinating sidebar, if that is what it is. If the Taleban choked off 3/4 of the world's Heroin/Opium supply, was this a good thing for drug traffickers (much higher prices, greater profits) or not? What is the dollar value in worldwide traffic here? I would guess it would make bin Laden's supposed $300M pale in significance. ____tony____ At 04:29 AM 9/25/01 -0700, you wrote: >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." Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov> Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94551-9900 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JNm9_D/33_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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