To: Don Earl who wrote (6707 ) 5/28/2004 5:07:17 PM From: nz_q Respond to of 20039 U.S.: Afghan poppy crop leaping WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 — Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan doubled between 2002 and 2003 to a level 36 times higher than in the last year of rule by the Taliban, according to White House figures released Friday.msnbc.com few others: Halliburton Corporation's Brown and Root is one of the major components of THE BUSH-CHENEY DRUG EMPIRE "This June the lead Washington, D.C. attorney for a major Russian oil company connected in law enforcement reports to heroin smuggling and also a beneficiary of US backed loans to pay for Brown and Root contracts in Russia, held a $2.2 million fund raiser to fill the already bulging coffers of presidential candidate George W. Bush. This is not the first time that Brown and Root has been connected to drugs and the fact is that this "poster child" of American industry may also be a key player in Wall Street's efforts to maintain domination of the half trillion dollar a year global drug trade and its profits. And Dick Cheney, who has also come closer to drugs than most suspect, and who is also Halliburton's largest individual shareholder ($45.5 million), has a vested interest in seeing to it that Brown and Root's successes continue." "Furthermore, the relationships between key institutions, players and the Bushes themselves suggest that under a George "W" administration the Bush family and its allies may well be able, using Brown and Root as the operational interface, to control the drug trade all the way from Medellin to Moscow."fromthewilderness.com ONLY THE GODFATHER CIA and Subsidiaries Exposed in Court Documents As Active Drug Smugglers Using Military Aircraft Washed Through Forest Service ---------- December, 1998 Investigations Latest in Legacy of CIA's Drug Operations and Corruption of Government ---------- Two Reagan Era Operators, Convicted in 1997, May Be Only The First To Hit The Graybar Hotel fromthewilderness.com Who says crime doesn't pay?????