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Fact #6
The Drug War Made 9/11 Possible
America’s drug war abroad has caused decades of slaughter in countries like
Columbia and Mexico. This collateral damage has not dampened America’s
enthusiasm to rid the world of chemical pleasure.
Perhaps a better understanding of its own tragedy might. The masterminds of
9/11, al Qaeda, were sheltered and abetted by the Taliban that controlled
Afghanistan from 1996-2001. The Taliban was largely financed by opium and in
1999 Afghanistan produced three times more opium than the rest of the world
combined.
In Spring 2001 the United States gave the Taliban $43 million as a reward for
“cracking down” on opium production, (despite knowing it protected Bin Laden).
It later was learned that the Taliban merely cut back because the country was
producing so much opium that heroin prices were tanking.
The opium trade continues to fuel the Taliban and al Qaeda remnants but the
United States government has a plan. In 1995 it sent 17 DEA agents to
Afghanistan to train anti-narcotics forces.
All information taken from You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos, Book I by Robert R. Arthur. Detailed documentation of sources can be found therein.
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