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To: Lola who wrote (8513)	10/24/2001 11:27:18 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 27666

I do remember an article - can't recall where however - which said we were going after them in order to curtail a big source of funds for the Taliban and other terrorists. Hope it is soon.

To: Lola who wrote (8513)	10/24/2001 11:41:21 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 27666

I'm pretty sure the poppy fields have not been destroyed. That will be a HUGE job. Destroy what? the fields? Opium poppies are annuals; there's nothing in the fields now. You'd have to destroy the seeds.

To: Lola who wrote (8513)	10/25/2001 1:17:16 PM
From: blue_lotus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Government questions nuclear scientist over Taliban links: ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Government authorities have detained a former top government nuclear scientist over links between his relief agency and Taliban, a military spokesman told AFP today. Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, who was a project director in Pakistan's nuclear program in 1998, was detained for questioning today, spokesman Major General Rashid Qureshi said. Since retiring from Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Mahmood had run a group that did relief work in Afghanistan, Qureshi said. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:10) www.dawn.com (Online Pakistani newspaper)