Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 23:03:37 -0400
Subject: Re: arundhati roy in the guardian
From: "bob brown" <vacirca-AT-charm.net>


well its gets better margaret! the nyt story on the taliban's wiping out the
poppy crop also says there are reports that the Taliban first stockpiled a
huge amount of opium  for sale after  the poppy fields were destroyed. it is
stored in different parts of the country and is being sold abroad by the
taliban to generaate hard cash, according to the Times bob  brown
--
"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)

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>From: Margaret Trawick <trawick-AT-clear.net.nz>
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: arundhati roy in the guardian
>Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2001, 6:28 PM
>

> Just to add to the confusion, I saw a show on TVNZ in which it was shown
> that the Taliban had destroyed all the opium crops in Afghanistan, to help
> the US in its "war against drugs", and now as a consequence of that the
> people had no cash crops to sell and no money with which to buy food.  And
> the Taliban was complaining that they had received no acknowledgment for
> this good thing they had done, of helping the US in its war against drugs.
> Margaret
>
>
>> i read that too, but cnn ran a story on the web saying that the money was
>> authorized for humanitarian aid only and went to aid agencies and the
> like, not
>> the government.... not sure whom to believe.
>> mark
>>
>> Malini Schueller wrote:
>>
>> > I have read at least two articles which state that Bush authorized $43
>> > million to the Taliban in April 2001 for the Taliban's war against
> drugs.
>> > Can anyone verify this ie give some sources?
>> > Malini
>
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