[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] US-backed Plan Colombia impracticable in Peru: drug official

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-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: "Vigilius Haufniensis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: July 13, 2005 11:36:50 PM PDT To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "new patriots" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "cia drugs" <cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com>, "a political debate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "global humanity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "rm counsel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "evolving thought" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "jl rona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "vera in bucaresti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "cia tradecraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [cia-drugs] US-backed Plan Colombia impracticable in Peru: drug official Reply-To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/14/content_3217952.htm   US-backed Plan Colombia impracticable in Peru: drug official    　LIMA, July 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Peru will not follow the US-backed Plan Colombia in its own efforts to contain coca production, the country's anti-drug agency chief said Wednesday.     The program is impracticable as it means the eradication of allcoca cultivation in Peru, where legal growers are allowed to produce an annual nine tons of coca leaves for medical purpose, according to Nils Ericsson, head of the agency, Devida.     But he said his country, facing the spread of illegal coca planting in recent years, has been intensifying crackdown on the illegal planters in line with the US stand.     Peru permits about 10,000 hectares of coca planting areas, mostly in the Cuzco region. And dried coca leaves traditionally are chewed by people of the Andes for a stimulating effect and also used for extraction of cocaine and other alkaloids.     The country, along with the world's leading producer Colombia, slashed its coca production by 70 percent between 1995 and 2001 by resorting to lower prices, interdiction, forced eradication of planting fields and substitute-crop programs.     Under the Plan Colombia launched in 2000, the United States has given 3.3 billion dollars to the Colombian military forces for training, equipment and intelligence to root out drug traffickers and destroy coca crops.  Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil.  OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om