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Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism
Washington Post ^
| 06/08/2004
| Sari Horwitz
Posted on 06/08/2004 5:05:45 AM PDT by general_re
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To: SheLion; Gabz; Just another Joe; Conspiracy Guy
High taxation used as a tool to modify behavior funding Terrorism!
Headline correction ping!
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:07:42 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Liberals may see Saddam's mass graves in Iraq as half-full, but I prefer to see them as half-empty.)
To: general_re
Media's spin: When you smoke a cigarette, you promote terrorism
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:10:27 AM PDT
by
GulliverSwift
(Put Reagan on the $20 bill!)
To: general_re
Smoking Cigarettes Supports Terrorists
Women, Minorities Hurt Most
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:10:36 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(John Kerry never saw a TAX he wouldn't HIKE !!!)
To: CSM
The law of unintended consequences....................
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:11:27 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
To: theDentist
Is this going to be the new cigarette warning label?
"ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WARNING:
Smoking Promotes Terrorism. And It's Bad
For Labratory Rats.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:15:55 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Everything that really matters I learned from a song when I was 3. Jesus Loves Me!)
To: general_re
"...including several with terrorist links...up from only a handful five years ago..."
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I need to put this in my handy list of weights and measures.
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Several > Handfull
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To: general_re
"The deeper we dig into these cases, the more ties to terrorism we're discovering."
Hmmmmm. Looks like this is an attempt to justify government power-grabs like the Patriot Act.
If they really want to crack down on black market tobacco, why don't they try cutting taxes? That's the only reason there's a black market in the first place.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:28:54 AM PDT
by
sheltonmac
("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." -Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
To: sheltonmac
If they really want to crack down on black market tobacco, why don't they try cutting taxes? Because that would take some common sense and intestinal fortitude to either cut spending or tax something else to replace it.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:32:07 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
To: GulliverSwift
Naturally. So of course it should be taxed more. Does this butts for gunners?
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:41:51 AM PDT
by
saveliberty
(Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)
To: CSM
This has been going on for 7 years and I think it is time that the public is made aware of this. The biggest bust came when citizens at a store in NC saw a couple of Arab men buying huge quantities of cigarettes and alerted the police. I personally saw Muslims in my own neighborhood walking out of a condo with garbage bags filled with cigarette boxes but I did not know what was going on. Cars came from MI, NY, NJ and MD to make pickups. They are also huge smokers - throwing their butts everywhere - which is another way of thumbing their noses at Americans. I really think it is good to make the public aware of a common practice and, hopefully, more people will turn them in by collecting license plates.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:42:14 AM PDT
by
TrueBeliever9
(Life is uncertain. Ride your best horse first. Unknown but sounds like John Wayne.)
To: general_re
Anyone who thinks the mob is going to let terrorists take over this rather lucrative enterprise needs to have their head examined. Do they really expect us to believe that terrorists are getting funding from moving smokes from low tax to high tax states? They think we're morons you know.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:42:41 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over.)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: general_re
serious ties with this in Buffalo.
Remember the lackawana 6
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:48:08 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.)
To: general_re
This is getting to be like "everything gives you cancer". Pretty soon downloading music from kazaa will be supporting terrorism.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:52:52 AM PDT
by
BSunday
(RIP Mr. Reagan, we love you.)
To: general_re
Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism
Government Greed in the Form of Tobacco Taxes Linked to Terrorism
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:53:31 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: general_re
Profiling mulsims between the ages of 18 and 40 might be a tad easier on Americans
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:59:30 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Conspiracy Guy
The CDC says smokers on average lose 12 to 13 years of their lives. I suppose that includes the risk of being blown up by terrorists.
To: general_re
Profiling mulsims between the ages of 18 and 40 might be a tad easier on Americans
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:59:40 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Gabz
The header should have been,
'High Tobacco Taxes Create Blackmarket for Terrorists'
Nico Nazi Plans Backfire
Tea taxes cause revolution.
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posted on
06/08/2004 6:00:59 AM PDT
by
Eastbound
("Ne'er a scrooge or a patsy be.")
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