Heroin from Afganistan could be funding attack!

RCMP officals are currently investigating the smuggling of heroin into Toronto from Afghanistan. Canadian authorities are trying to determine if al-Qaida supporters are smuggling the drugs through Pearson airport with the eventual sale to raise cash for use against the U.S. and its elections in two weeks.

The police concerns stem from three seizures in the last two weeks of 28.5 kilos of heroin, worth about $13.5 million. Police said they haven't seized this much heroin in years.

Does this prove that Canada is a gateway for terrorists to hit the US? Or perhaps Canada is now considered a difficult obsticle, a security asset to help protect America which terrorists must over come when attempting to attack the US?

Plus I thought Afgan heroin was a thing of the past?

Here's an excellent article regarding your assumptions. It's true that the drug trade is help funding this war. See for yourself.

FTW, October 10, 2001 - The governments of the United States and Britain - along with a lap-dog mainstream media all too willing to regurgitate falsehoods - are feeding us a line of demonstrably inaccurate lies about the Taliban and opium. We are being warned of a "new flood" of al-Q'aeda opium as the war expands. As British Prime Minister Tony Blair boasts, "We will bomb their poppy fields," he neglects to mention that there aren't any poppy fields in Taliban controlled areas to bomb. This outrageous deception of the public, in an effort to stir up support for the war effort, is further evidence that most of the rest of the government's line following the attacks of September 11, is simply not credible.

A simple side-by-side comparison of reports from the UN and the U.S. government, along with major media stories from before and after the Sept. 11 attacks exposes the lie.

Even the U.S. State Department (www.state.gov/www/regions/sa/facts_taliban_drugs.html) acknowledges that in July 2000, Mullah Omar of the Taliban ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in all Taliban controlled regions of Afghanistan. That State Department Fact Sheet, published after Jan 1, 2000, however, expresses U.S. disbelief in the ban's effectiveness. This position is, however, flatly contradicted by some very credible sources, including Secretary of State Colin Powell. He gave the Taliban $43 million this May to replace the income lost to Afghani farmers as a result of the ban. Their wheat crops had failed due to the drought and they had no money from opium harvests to buy food. The middlemen who had stockpiled the opium had income. But the farmers, who had harvested in the summer of 2000, had already been paid.

In February 2000 citing reports from Agence France-Presse, the AP, and UPI, FTW published a story describing the Taliban's successful destruction of their poppy crop. We viewed this at the time - possibly incorrectly - as a move by the Taliban to take $90 billion in drug cash out of the western banking system. That sales remained stable, however, is reflected in the fact that heroin prices fell only slightly in 2000. Had Afghanistan stopped selling altogether, then Western Europe, which gets its opium from Afghanistan, would have seen a steep increase in prices. It did not. So why then did Powell give Afghanistan the $43 million? I wish I knew.

FULL STORY: www.fromthewilderness.com...

The Drug Trade is also used to fund the U.S. economy. It's one of the main reasons why we declared war on Afghanistan.

So who's controlling the Afgan poppy cultivation and who's pocketing the profits?

Afgans, Americans or Terrorists?

Please someone correct me I am wrong.

Wasn't Osama Bin Laden responsible for destroying poppy fields? Now he is AWOL, the trade is picking up again.

Again please correct me if I am wrong, I just remember hearing this.

Never mind, I just read the above post "properly".

[edit on 18-10-2004 by Kriz_4]

Originally posted by syntaxer
So who's controlling the Afgan poppy cultivation and who's pocketing the profits?

Afgans, Americans or Terrorists?

The Americans are. Or more specifically the C.I.A.

No, no, you gopt it a bit wrong.

The heroin that comes from Afghanistan is used to fund the CIA black projects.

The Saudi oil well money is used for funding terrorism.

Upon further investigation i found the following,

Only 1% of the international opium profits come to Afghan farmers and dealers.

Wow, that leaves 99% of opium profits going unaccounted for, somebody is getting rich huh..

dont forget those commercials that claim if you smoke pot, youre funding terrorism....... God now that I think about it, I might be personally responsible for 911......omg what have I done?!!! NOOOOOO!

Originally posted by krackel
dont forget those commercials that claim if you smoke pot, youre funding terrorism....... God now that I think about it, I might be personally responsible for 911......omg what have I done?!!! NOOOOOO!

Gotta love those! If the government is serious about the link, it should do the right thing and legalize. ZZZZap there goes the terrorist funding.

Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
No, no, you gopt it a bit wrong.

The heroin that comes from Afghanistan is used to fund the CIA black projects.

Well, that too but I can guarantee you it's also used to fund the U.S. economy.

Originally posted by mrmulder

Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
No, no, you gopt it a bit wrong.

The heroin that comes from Afghanistan is used to fund the CIA black projects.

Well, that too but I can guarantee you it's also used to fund the U.S. economy.

IMO It makes sense to me that the highest consumer of heroin and crued oil be in control of the source. It's called being cost effective in my mind.

Controlling the #1 natural resource of Aganistan (opium) and Iraq (oil) makes sense to me when you're a country suffering from addiction

Makes you wonder who's bringing the munchies?

think of the good thing if ur living in the US of A ur country is getting lots of money in its pocket which it prob will spend over sea's

Originally posted by syntaxer
Upon further investigation i found the following,

Only 1% of the international opium profits come to Afghan farmers and dealers.

Wow, that leaves 99% of opium profits going unaccounted for, somebody is getting rich huh..

Not quite. "Internationaly" Afganistan does not produce 100% of the opium That is why they only recieve 1%.

Originally posted by syntaxer

Does this prove that Canada is a gateway for terrorists to hit the US? Or perhaps Canada is now considered a difficult obsticle, a security asset to help protect America which terrorists must over come when attempting to attack the US?

Plus I thought Afgan heroin was a thing of the past?

Heroin was a thing of the past with the Taliban in charge. Now guess who's in charge? Here's a clue: business has never been better.

you guys are kidding right? heroin never was a big deal in south texas until the mid nineties. when Osama was getting big.

heroin has been relatively absent from media and word-of-mouth since the invasion, in fact, i've heard friends say it is very hard to get. the taliban may have banned it in their areas, but it was still being grown quite well in the territories of the northern alliance, who admit they grew it to fund their artillery. one of the largest areas of poppy growth is said to be in western china somewhere, why does no one mention that?

Originally posted by fledgling666
you guys are kidding right? heroin never was a big deal in south texas until the mid nineties. when Osama was getting big.

heroin has been relatively absent from media and word-of-mouth since the invasion, in fact, i've heard friends say it is very hard to get. the taliban may have banned it in their areas, but it was still being grown quite well in the territories of the northern alliance, who admit they grew it to fund their artillery. one of the largest areas of poppy growth is said to be in western china somewhere, why does no one mention that?

No not kidding. The Taliban were systematically destroying the harvets. Taliban are now considred "terrorists" even though they were put in Government by you know who.

One of the reasons we chose to then remove the Taliban was womens rights. Womens right are as worse as they ever were.

[edit on 20-10-2004 by Kriz_4]