[sonsofliberty2000]

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Patriot Paradox
Anxiety Closet

[Catspaw]

I heard the report--hash, I do believe.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Great news! Stem the flow of supplies to the insurgents and bring them to their, uh, knees!

[Catspaw]

CNN is reporting that the dhow was carrying fifty-four 70 pound bags of hashish (I missed the street value), and that the crew members were IDed as al Qaeda members.

[P.O.E.]

Well it's about time. I can't help but wonder how many druglords are among the Afghani jurga or whatever it's called.

A young Afghan dares to mention the unmentionable.

[1Old Pro]

oops, it sunk :)

[Tijeras_Slim]

AlQueda is needing a bit of this about now...

[diamondjoe]

For all their talk about religion, Al Qaeda, in the final analysis, is just a group of thugs and gangsters trying to expand their turf.

[angkor]

The Golden Crescent has been financing the Taliban, al Qaeda, BCCI, Pakistan nukes, and the whole sordid Islamist mess for a very long time.

And in Iran as well. One of the Shah's daughters died from a heroin overdose, another was a known heroin dealer (I don't think ever prosecuted).

Drug dealing is in the background of the entire Middle Eastern problem.

[bmwcyle]

Clinton should have bombed the factory.

[11th_VA]

And Fox News has learned that
the U.S. military recently
rounded up several Al Qaeda
(search) operatives trying to
enter Iraq.

In Friday's Baghdad raid, nine
cell members, including the
guerrilla leader, were arrested at
dawn. The gang leader was
responsible for coordinating
three different cells, according to
Lt. Col. Garry Bishop of the 1st
Armored Division (search).

The raid was based on a tip from
an informant and resulted in the
capture of rockets, anti-tank
missiles, explosives, timing
devices and six 100-pound
barrels of fertilizer.

It's thought there were enough
weapons and ammunition to
launch an attack comparable to
the October homicidetruck-bomb attack on the Red
Cross.

"The suspected attack time was
tomorrow [Saturday] night,"
Bishop told Fox News. "The
information we received, we
believe, is a fallout from
information gleaned from the
capture of Saddam, which
identified certain cell leaders
throughout the Baghdad area.

[adam_az]

a ship of the type stopped:

[Slicksadick]

These two guys appear to have been smoking a bit to much of their product.

[Mr. Lucky]

The Persian Gulf being within the apparent jurisdiction of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, I hope the Navy read these gentlemen their rights under the US Constitution and didn't try to interrogate them without their lawyers present.

[MeekOneGOP]

Ah ! Very Cool !! ...

U.S. Navy seizes boat with drugs linked to al-Qaeda

11:03 AM CST on Friday, December 19, 2003

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has seized a boat in the Persian Gulf carrying two tons of hashish and four people tied to the al-Qaeda terrorist network, the military said Friday.

The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur intercepted the boat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. On board were two tons of drugs worth an estimated $8 million to $10 million and 12 people, four of whom have suspected ties to al-Qaeda, the statement said.

The boat, a wooden vessel known as a dhow, was near the Straits of Hormuz, the narrow part of the gulf between Iran and Oman, the statement said. The area is a known smuggling route used by Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, the statement said.

American forces searching the boat found 54 70-pound bags of hashish, the statement said. The investigation which followed found clear ties between the drugs and al-Qaeda, the military said.

The Decatur is part of a U.S. Navy force including the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

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Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/newthishour/stories/121903dnintdrugs.b9adc4bb.html

[Made In The USA]

Sieze it. Sink it. Get the next one.

[CWOJackson]

The Harry Browne branch of al-Qaida?

[Pro-Bush]

If you buy smack you're supporting terrorosm.

[Mr. K]

THIS IS A GOOD FIND- WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH DRUG MONEY IS FUNDING TERRORISTS- A CHEAP THRILL FOR A FEW DOLLARS HERE ADDS UP AND A U.S. DOLLARE GOES VERY FAR IN THESE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.

ONE BAG OF DRUGS CAN FEED A TERRORISTS FAMILY FOR A MONTH

[marshmallow]

Hey! A two-fer.

A thread that will interest both the anti-terrorism and WOD crowd.

[TexKat]

A boat that has been seized by the U.S. Navy is seen in the Persian Gulf Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003. The U.S. navy guided missile destroyer USS Decatur intercepted the 40-foot boat on Monday. Aboard were a dozen men, three of them believed to have al-Qaida connections, and 3,780 pounds of hashish, the Navy said Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Sandberg, U.S. Navy).