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Navy nets another boatload of drugs linked to al Qaeda
Washington Times ^ | 1/03/04 | AP

Posted on 01/02/2004 11:50:52 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:11:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The U.S. Navy has seized another small boat carrying drugs near the Persian Gulf after interrogating smugglers with suspected links to the al Qaeda terrorist network, the military announced yesterday.

The boat seized on New Year's Day was the fourth drug-smuggling vessel intercepted by Americans in the past two weeks in or near the Persian Gulf. Pentagon officials say they believe all four boats, which were carrying hashish, heroin and methamphetamines, are part of a drug-smuggling operation that funnels money to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedaships; drugtrafficking; interdiction; usn

1 posted on 01/02/2004 11:50:53 PM PST by kattracks
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The boat seized on New Year's Day was the fourth drug-smuggling vessel intercepted by Americans in the past two weeks in or near the Persian Gulf. Pentagon officials say they believe all four boats, which were carrying hashish, heroin and methamphetamines, are part of a drug-smuggling operation that funnels money to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

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