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2008-01-14 India-Pakistan

Pakistani troops escort wheat trucks to stop theft

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Posted by Steve White 2008-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 Interesting. Where is the wheat going? Is it going to Afghanistan bought by clans who have decided to grow drugs instead of food?

Posted by crosspatch 2008-01-14 13:10|| 2008-01-14 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Another thing that crossed my mind is that Taliban elements in drug growing areas of Afghanistan will not find much forage in the way of grain stores among the local population. These forces would need to be fed from Pakistan, again using opium money in exchange for food. We are talking about quite large sums of money so I would think the drugs traffickers would be able to divert quite a bit of the supply.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-01-14 13:13|| 2008-01-14 13:13|| Front Page Top

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