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UK, US encouraged opium smuggling during Afghan War http://www.sabawoon.com/articles.asp?id=132&view=detail London, 08/14/2000 (Jang Group) :: Britain secretly trained and supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and tolerated opium smuggling that financed their Jehad against Soviet troops, a former British commando who operated in Afghanistan has revealed. The explosive account by former commando Tom Carew, who retired from the army nine years ago, in The Sunday Times also reveals how the British and the Americans worked together with China in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Carew has disclosed how he was sent with others on a clandestine mission into Afghanistan 20 years ago to train the Mujahideen against Soviet forces occupying Afghanistan. "The somewhat dubious legacy of our intervention is evident in international drug smuggling and terrorism today," Carew said. Carew''''s story clearly sets out the involvement of the British government in the training of the Mujahideen. And as he describes debriefing sessions later in London and at the Pentagon he sets out clearly the decision of British and American intelligence to look away from evidence of opium smuggling. Carew says he was sent into Afghanistan in what appeared to be a joint operation by the American and British intelligence, because "I also took orders from Colonel John Miley of the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)." The operation was code-named Operation Faraday. Carew writes: "My orders were to look for areas where western agents could train the Mujahideen and to bring back items of secret Soviet equipment. It wasn''''t going to turn out quite like that. I found myself not only fighting for my life against the Russians but also becoming increasingly alarmed by the nature of the enterprise." Carew describes several military operations he joined against the Russians. At one point he describes how he shot dead three men including one he suspected of being a Russian agent. "If the fact that the US was sponsoring terrorism and teaching the terrorists how to do it leaked out, there would be hell to pay. Much easier to keep it all tidied away inside Afghanistan under the cover of the fog of war. Provided the instructors didn''''t get caught by the Soviets, there was no danger that anyone was going to object to what was going on because they wouldn''''t know about it." In one Russian attack several Mujahideen were killed and with them two British officers whose identity was also found by the Russians. "That brought Operation Faraday to an abrupt close. Groups of Afghans were brought to Scotland for training by the regiment." Carew ends his account with regret at the fallout of those operations. "I retired from the army nine years ago. When I think about Afghanistan now, it''''s with a sense of sadness and regret. The need to pay for the war led the Mujahideen --- Messages to Mario Profaca may be published at Mario's Cyberspace Station (http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html) or/and forwarded to its associated Spy News list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews) Please do indicate if your message is not intended for this. FYI: This mail sent by Mario Profaca is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.280 / Virus Database: 147 - Release Date: 11. 09. 01 ============================================== SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html ============================================== *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------------------------------- SPY NEWS home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews To change your subscription mode to Daily Digest (one message a day) send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe SPYNEWS send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mario Profaca, independent journalist, SPY NEWS eGroup list owner, editor & moderator, is a member of of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, an initiative administered through the offices of the Project for Excellence in Journalism in Washington, D.C. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
