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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (244845)	4/3/2002 2:00:17 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) of 769670

J.F. re:"Sect. of State Powell gave the Taliban approx 43 megabucks to stop the growing of poppies sometime around April.....and I'll bet they used it for just that.... " Sec Powell gave 43 million to international aid agencies, not to the Taliban. Salon.Com:http://www.salon.com/letters/corrections/index.html You will notice that on October 3, 2001, Salon.Com retracted the statement: That the Taliban received $43 million from the United States to stop opium growing. The correction (retraction) says that the aid did not go to the Taliban but to international aid organizations (and non governmental organizations). Message 17266697 Thanks to Gordon A. Langston for finding this...

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