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To: TigerPaw who wrote (18332)	4/29/2003 11:25:40 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

gotta keep those drugs flowing...make work for our DEA and prisons dont' you know.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (18332)	4/29/2003 11:32:02 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

But even before the Taliban was tossed, evidence existed that the poppy trade had resumed full force, despite the U.S. grants. UN officials in Afghanistan reported in mid- October 2001 that Afghan production was set to resume. Neighbouring states had scoffed at the earlier Taliban "destruction" of the crop. Tajikistan reported during early 2001 more heroin than ever crossed its border. And The Financial Times reported the Taliban had stockpiles of poppies. canoe.ca