According to a September 3, 2006 New York Times article, Afghanistan’s opium harvest has reached record levels.
September 12, 2006 (Press Release) --
West Palm Beach, FL – September 12, 2006 – In January 2006, Independent Presidential Candidate Daniel Imperato predicted this growing crisis.
In Imperato’s January release, he pointed to Bin Laden for the reemergence of poppy and commented, “Once again that the greatest threat is for al-Qaeda to regain its financial strength which is directly related to Uncle Poppy. I have addressed this situation in the past and I call on the United States and its people to demand immediate action pertaining to the war chest of Osama Bin Laden’s poppy fields.”
In addition, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime Chief Antonio Maria Costa reported that the fifty percent increase was due to increased cultivation by Taliban loyalist rebels in the south.
“The Taliban is the same government that supported Osama Bin Laden for many years. Now they are helping him rebuild back his strength by rebuilding the poppy plant that the Coalition forces destroyed. America should have stayed in Afghanistan long enough to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and Bin Laden followers. But instead we went off to Iraq, because we knew we could not find Bin Laden, and we needed a decoy, a $400 billion decoy,” stated Imperato.
President Hamid Karzai in a recent statement expressed disappointment at the results of the U.N. report and urged the international community to expand its commitment to strengthen Afghan police and law enforcement agencies.
Recently, the Bush administration had stated that Afghanistan was in danger of becoming a full-fledged “narcotics-state” where drug lords call the shots in governing the country.
“Afghanistan was supposed to be our example. It was supposed to prove to the world that democracy can prevail over an authoritarian regime like the Taliban. Now we have created a state that produces 92% of the world’s opium supply because we didn’t finish the job. We have spent billions of dollars in Afghanistan, along with the millions poured in by other nations and private donors. Where’s the accountability? Did we properly train the Afghan law enforcement agencies? Did we identify the major growing regions and plan covert operations to destroy their crop? The answer to these questions is no, and now we have an Afghanistan that is ill prepared to deal with the power of 35% of its GDP, the poppy.”
Excerpts of this release were taken from the New York Times Article “Afghanistan’s opium harvest at record levels” by Carlotta Gall, September 3, 2006.
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In Imperato’s January release, he pointed to Bin Laden for the reemergence of poppy and commented, “Once again that the greatest threat is for al-Qaeda to regain its financial strength which is directly related to Uncle Poppy. I have addressed this situation in the past and I call on the United States and its people to demand immediate action pertaining to the war chest of Osama Bin Laden’s poppy fields.”
In addition, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime Chief Antonio Maria Costa reported that the fifty percent increase was due to increased cultivation by Taliban loyalist rebels in the south.
“The Taliban is the same government that supported Osama Bin Laden for many years. Now they are helping him rebuild back his strength by rebuilding the poppy plant that the Coalition forces destroyed. America should have stayed in Afghanistan long enough to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and Bin Laden followers. But instead we went off to Iraq, because we knew we could not find Bin Laden, and we needed a decoy, a $400 billion decoy,” stated Imperato.
President Hamid Karzai in a recent statement expressed disappointment at the results of the U.N. report and urged the international community to expand its commitment to strengthen Afghan police and law enforcement agencies.
Recently, the Bush administration had stated that Afghanistan was in danger of becoming a full-fledged “narcotics-state” where drug lords call the shots in governing the country.
“Afghanistan was supposed to be our example. It was supposed to prove to the world that democracy can prevail over an authoritarian regime like the Taliban. Now we have created a state that produces 92% of the world’s opium supply because we didn’t finish the job. We have spent billions of dollars in Afghanistan, along with the millions poured in by other nations and private donors. Where’s the accountability? Did we properly train the Afghan law enforcement agencies? Did we identify the major growing regions and plan covert operations to destroy their crop? The answer to these questions is no, and now we have an Afghanistan that is ill prepared to deal with the power of 35% of its GDP, the poppy.”
Excerpts of this release were taken from the New York Times Article “Afghanistan’s opium harvest at record levels” by Carlotta Gall, September 3, 2006.
***The Official Communications Provider for Imperato-Brooks 2008 is Imperiali Organization, www.imperiali.org ***
P.S. Please contribute today! Thanks for your help.
Whatever you give will really make a huge difference!
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