> From: Terry Blanton > > From: thomas malloy > > > Did you hear the NewsMax story about Al Quieda having > > 20 nukes in America? > > World Net Daily elaborates: > > http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45246 >
>An extremely OT essay follows. You have been warned! ;-) >Pertaining to the WorldNetDaily.com article and of particular interest to me: >"Bin Laden, according to Williams, has nearly unlimited funds to spend on his nuclear terrorism plan because he has remained in control of the Afghanistan-produced heroin industry. Poppy production has greatly increased even while U.S. troops are occupying the country, he writes. Al-Qaida has developed close relations with the Albanian Mafia, which assists in the smuggling and sale of heroin throughout Europe and the U.S. " * * * * * In Tasmania, Australia, there is a large commercial interest in the production of Opium for Pharmaceutical purposes. These farmers grow Opium Poppies under an international licence, the Opium is then manufactured in to "Opiate derived" pharmaceuticals. I'm sure these farmers are making huge profits even considering the huge security overheads they are required to outlay to keep their licences and prevent inevitable theft of their crops. If the Pharmaceutical Companies were able to purchase their raw product directly from the illegal growers (substantially less than they pay licensees/substantially more than the illegal growers currently get) then it would pave the way to cheaper pharmaceuticals, morphine, pethidine, codeine etc. Australia was the last country in the "Western World" to ban the use of Heroine as a prescription pain killer. Medical Practitioners to this date still claim that heroine is one of the best drugs available (better and with less side effects than morphine) for chronic pain management? Australia finally bent to the pressure of "International Interests" (had something to do with USA/Australia trade agreements) and banned its use because it is an "Evil" drug!!!! Sound similar to what was done in the USA regarding "Indian Hemp" early last century? Regards, John Rudiger.
