"Michael Petukhov" wrote in message
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http://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2003-08-29/1_geroin.html (in russian)

general Alexander Markin, the commander of russian border guard in
Tajikistan.

"question: it is possible to make a conclusion from what you said that
US has no interests in destroying of mass heroin production infrastructure
in Afganistan? And what narcobusiness is somehow connected with
US economy?

gen. Markin: On that question I would better answer without microphone.
With microphone I can say only that according to our data, during
antiterroristic operation in Afganistan US forces did not destroy a single
laboratory for heroin production. They even never mentioned about
that."

Not true, the US Military defined opiate production as a non-military target
very early on in the Afghan campaign. The poppys will just move back to
burma and then we can't decide who gets to distribute heroin.