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Bolivia halts US anti-drugs work
BBC ^
| 11/1/08
Posted on 11/02/2008 12:33:02 PM PST by LibWhacker
President Evo Morales has announced he is suspending "indefinitely" the operations of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in Bolivia.
Mr Morales accused the agency of having encouraged anti-government protests in the country in September.
He did not say whether its staff would be asked to leave the country, as coca- growers have been pressing him to do.
Bolivia's first indigenous president once served as the leader of the country's union of coca-growers.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antidrug; bolivia; coca; cocaine; dea; drugtrafficking; halts; latinamerica; morales; southamerica; wod; work
To: LibWhacker
I guess he figures we’re going to need all the drugs we can get if the “messiah” is elected.
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posted on
11/02/2008 12:38:38 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I'm voting for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandchildren in the eyes when I tell them I'm sorry.)
To: LibWhacker
If Obama is elected, this will just be the beginning. The U.S. will stop all offensive operations. We will return to a Jimmy Carter style defensive strategy as our military budget is slashed (Berney Frank wants 25% reduction), and Russia, China, and the bad actors of the world leverage their newfound economic and military might against a U.S. caught in malaise and recession.
To: LibWhacker
Half the population of this STUPID country has no idea, what Obama is capable of destroying and desirous for American citizens.....
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posted on
11/02/2008 12:42:24 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: FlingWingFlyer
If we seize the opportunity to drive the price of oil down further and keep it there and cause the Venezuelan people to get rid of Chavez we can get the situation under control in alliance with Colombia.
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posted on
11/02/2008 12:45:49 PM PST
by
AmericanVictory
(Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
To: americanophile
If Obama will stop the war on drugs, that gives him one plus on the platform issue.
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posted on
11/02/2008 12:47:19 PM PST
by
nufsed
To: LibWhacker
I’m not worried. Bolivia kicks out the DEA but I didn’t read anything about CIA, FBI, DOD operations being halted.
To: LibWhacker
Ah, si! Evo Morales, leader of the “Movement Towards Socialism” has plans for his people, and using the simple “coca” leaf.
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posted on
11/02/2008 2:12:22 PM PST
by
Alia
To: LibWhacker
Time to start shipping low cost heroin to the Bolivian peasants.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:24:40 PM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(F'ah K'Obama! That's Kenyan for Obama's a communist!)
To: LibWhacker
The US should follow suit and kick out the DEA.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:26:06 PM PST
by
mysterio
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