Pubdate: Sun, 18 Aug 2002
Source: Parade Magazine (US)
Copyright: 2002 Parade Publications
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/336
Author: Walter Scott
Note: Extracted from regular column.

PERSONALITY PARADE

Q. America has been shutting down terrorists' bank accounts. If Osama bin 
Laden is still alive, where is he getting his money?

A. Osama's operatives often are middlemen and dealers for South Asia's 
heroin industry, which earns a fortune for their al-Qaeda terrorist 
organization. The U.S. has the technology to destroy most of the poppy 
fields that produce the heroin, but the State Department has vetoed that 
initiative, infuriating some anti-terrorism experts. Its excuse: We don't 
want to hurt the economics of our allies in the region-Pakistan and 
Afghanistan.
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