Afghan Opium Harvesting Protected by British & American Occupation Forces // 2014 the largest Opium crop in History.

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US military recommended 20,000 troops in Afghanistan: McCain

By David Icke on 21st October 2015


PRESS TV....

US military recommended 20,000 troops in Afghanistan: McCain




”US military leaders have recommended that Washington should leave as many
as 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2016, says Senator John McCain.

“Well, [the]first recommendation I’m told was 20,000,” the Arizona Republican
said in an interview aired Monday night, according to The Hill.

“I would have, I think, been comfortable with, say, 10,000 to 15,000. But —
again — it’s very clear that what you need to do is withdraw on basic conditions,
not on calendar,” the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee added.

Read more: US military recommended 20,000 troops in Afghanistan: McCain

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10...tan-US-troops-

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US government heroin business in Afghanistan

By David Icke on 21st October 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TmhDCL45x-Y

Published on 19 Oct 2015

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The Longest U.S. War, Prolonged: After Vowing Afghan Pullout, Obama Extends
Occupation Indefinitely

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4rwdiJ1Ne_Y

Published on 17 Oct 2015


Democracynow.org - President Obama has reversed plans to withdraw most U.S.
troops from Afghanistan by the time he leaves office. On Thursday, Obama said a
deteriorating security situation will force him to maintain the current deployment of
9,800 soldiers through 2016. When Obama’s term ends in 2017, the U.S. will keep
at least 5,500 troops at four bases across Afghanistan. After 14 years of war, the
Taliban now holds more of Afghanistan than at any point since the 2001 U.S.
invasion, and some estimates put them in control of half the country. President
Obama’s announcement comes nearly a year after he declared an official end to the
U.S. combat mission, though U.S. military operations have continued. The move
assures that despite previous pledges, the war will continue under his successor.
We are joined by Intercept reporters Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Devereaux and Cora
Currier, whose new series "The Drone Papers" includes a detailed look at the drone
war in Afghanistan based on government leaks.

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^ gots to guard dem opium fields.

[TargeT]

When we were deployed over there we would burn their current cash crop "Cannabis" and the reasoning was that the plant gives off a heat signature and insurgents could hide in them at night (Night vision was, and is our main advantage for boots on ground troops).

I've got pictures of my friends in big fields right before they were burned (nice 2-2.5 meter tall plants). I'm sure it was devastating to the local farmers, but hey, now they have Poppy power!

The influx of Heroin to the streets of my town (Anchorage, Alaska at the time) was almost comically timed with the return of some of the early deployments to Afghanistan.

it seems so blatantly obvious, but only for those who are willing to see I guess.

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Request for McCain Investigation for Narcotics Trafficking and War Crimes

The Main Reasons the United States Invaded Afghanistan are to Control the Rare Earth Elements (REEs), Geopolitical, because Afghanistan is the Heart of Central Asia and to Control the Narcotics; U.S. War Profiteers Continue the War and Occupation to Continue Their Profits

It has also been alleged that some U.S. Senators, who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, are profiting from the drug trafficking such as through the provision of necessary chemicals to convert the raw opium to heroin. It appears that Senator McCain tries to keep an arm’s length distance from his wife’s war profits to try to shield himself from conflict of interest problems. However, since Senator McCain is presently serving as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee I strongly believe that the ethics committee should investigate these allegations.

Kaiser_416It is time that the American and Afghan people stand up and request investigations regarding the funding of the so-called “ISIL” fighters in Afghanistan. I believe individuals such as U.S. Senator John McCain are obstacles to peace in Afghanistan because of the war profiteering in his family. When I was in Afghanistan I heard that some top U.S. government officials were profiteering from the war and drug trafficking in Afghanistan

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/10/23/378169/

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Russia Takes Over The Mid-East: Moscow Gets Green Light For Strikes In Iraq, Sets Up Alliance With Jordan

dem opium fields gots short lives me thinks.

Russia Takes Over The Mid-East: Moscow Gets Green Light For Strikes In Iraq, Sets Up Alliance With Jordan
10/24/2015

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-1...lliance-jordan

[idiit]

we're used to kick the can. the cabal has been masters at kick the cn.

we're still waiting for so many + events to transpire; starting with the event!

new sheriff in town. the fiat$ is toast thanks to Russia and china.

the heroin drug trade including the carnage in se asia ( Vietnam) when that area produced the global supply of heroin. now it's mexico and middle east carnage.

big changes now that Russia took over the war in Syria from the ppl who are actually behind isis.

Russia will not allow these opium fields to exist much longer. already announcements of the Syrian conflict migrating to Afghanistan and Iraq. the entire middle east gig included the usa government psychopaths keeping their grip on the enormous heroin drug profits. that's finito, and quick me thinks.

about time.

i'm not against America. i'm against Zionists. i'm against criminal psychopaths no matter what nation they control.

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Why did Afghanistan Get An Earthquake?
By Katherine Frisk on October 27, 2015

So there you have it. Games on! Obama has reversed the planned pullout of US troops to that country, if anything he will most probably send in more.

The opium fields are at stake here, and without it billions in profits will be lost. Afghanistan is the world’s largest supplier of heroin that lines the pockets of the warmongers in Washington. Without it they will have to create another war somewhere and go farm somewhere else. I am betting on West Africa. Cameroon is a possibility, maybe Nigeria. Boko Harem is already busy in that part of the world and we have got a “war on terror”to fight as you already well know.

When I read about the earthquake in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, my first thought was,

Ok, what did they do now? Fail to deliver the opium? Trade in Yuan instead of dollars? Join the AIIB? Sign agreements to be part of the Silk Road project? What now?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qW2YWqVpT4E

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/10...an-earthquake/

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Proxy War Paradox: US To Put More Boots On Ground In Iraq As Baghdad Looks To Moscow

I wonder why?

I wonder what Russia, china and iran will do about it?

I wonder who's getting tired of the massive amounts of street heroin turning their citizens into a bunch of junkies?

i'm thinking "opium wars".


of course there must be a cover story.......

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-1...d-looks-moscow

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US Wipes Out Iraq Army Unit in No So “Friendly Fire” Incident
By GPD on October 27, 2015

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/10...fire-incident/

Proxy War Paradox: US To Put More Boots On Ground In Iraq As Baghdad Looks To Moscow

^ link in previous post.

wonder why Iraq is looking to Moscow!

the opium wars never ended!

for those flag waving, flag lapel pin wearing folk that haven't been informed as to the real truth; the opium wars were waged against china by primarily England and America in supporting role forcing china to accept opium to regain the silver bullion spent on the tea, silk exports from china. china ended up wid a bunch of junkies and tried to stop the influx of opium that was destroying her ppl. that's THE OPIUM WARS.

opium wars:

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the demand for Chinese goods (particularly silk, porcelain, and tea) in the European market created a trade imbalance because the market for Western goods in China was virtually non-existent; China was largely self-sufficient and Europeans were not allowed access to China's interior. European silver flowed into China when the Canton System, instituted in the mid-17th century, confined the sea trade to Canton and to the Chinese merchants of the Thirteen Factories. The British East India Company had a matching monopoly of British trade. The British East India Company began to auction opium grown on its plantations in India to independent foreign traders in exchange for silver. The opium was then transported to the China coast and sold to Chinese middlemen who retailed the drug inside China. This reverse flow of silver and the increasing numbers of opium addicts alarmed Chinese officials.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War

Intervention of the United States[edit]

The United States and Russia sent envoys to Hong Kong to offer help to the British and French, though in the end Russia sent no military aid.[citation needed]

The U.S. was involved in a minor concurrent conflict during the war, although they ignored the UK's offer of alliance and did not coordinate with the Anglo-French forces. In 1856, the Chinese garrison at Canton shelled a United States Navy steamer;[6] the U.S. Navy retaliated in the Battle of the Pearl River Forts. The ships bombarded then attacked the river forts near Canton, taking them. Diplomatic efforts were renewed afterward, and the American and Chinese governments signed an agreement for U.S. neutrality in the Second Opium War.[citation needed]

Despite the U.S. government's promise of neutrality, the USS San Jacinto aided the Anglo-French alliance in the bombardment Taku Forts in 1859; see below for details.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War

The U.S. treaty was somewhat longer than the British version, as it included major points from the Treaty of Nanjing, but also added some issues of particular interest to the United States. Article 17 protected the interests of American missionaries in China (several had acted as translators during the negotiation process). Article 18 allowed Americans living or working in China to employ tutors to help them learn Chinese, a practice formerly forbidden by the Chinese Government. Unlike Great Britain, the United States agreed that anyone involved in the opium trade or the smuggling of contraband would be prosecuted under Chinese law, but, with that exception, the treaty allowed for other Americans in China to be afforded the benefits of extraterritoriality. This meant that any American accused of committing a crime in China would not be subject to the jurisdiction of the local law, but would instead be tried and, if necessary, punished by American officials in China. Due to the most-favored-nation clause in all of the western powers' treaties with the Chinese Government, any special consideration given one power could ultimately be claimed by them all.

http://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/82011.htm

where was that page of history in our formal "education"?

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UK troops to stay in Afghanistan
Published time: 27 Oct, 2015 15:57

https://www.rt.com/uk/319870-british...n-afghanistan/

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Afghan Overdose: Battle against the opium trade

By David Icke on 28th October 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=07c23i-jeL8

Published on 26 Oct 2015


Afghanistan is the world’s biggest exporter of black-market opium, from which
heroin is made. It’s a multi-billion dollar business, responsible for around a
hundred thousand deaths every year and it’s a major source of income for
terrorists. RT Doc traveled to the poppy fields where death is harvested to
find out why no one can put a stop to this deadly trade.

RTD WEBSITE: http://RTD.rt.com/

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I have no doubt Harry is sincere and as a veteran of Afghanistan conflict
its a part of his life and gives him some focus and perspective on motality.

But its sickening that these young men and woman were used , even if
some willingly went as professional service personell . In manipulated
wars for the elites to play out their agendas.

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Prince Harry meets Barack Obama to promote Invictus Games

28 minutes ago
From the section UK


Prince Harry met Barack Obama at the Oval Office in the White House

Prince Harry has met US president Barack Obama during a visit to the US to promote the Invictus Games.

The prince met Mr Obama in the Oval Office of the White House for an informal chat.

Earlier he joined Michelle Obama to meet injured service personnel in Virginia, and is set to meet
Games organisers at the British ambassador's residence in Washington DC.

The Games are an international event for injured and sick service personnel.

The first Invictus Games took place in London last year, with the next due in Orlando, Florida, next year.

Read More....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34649863

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Disrupted oil routes push ISIS towards heroin trade, already 1 $bn a year

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b-g5mW8TSF4

Published on 1 Dec 2015


As coalition attacks on ISIL-controlled oil sites intensify, militants are being
forced to look, not only for a new stronghold, but also for new sources of income.

[Shannon]

^^i bet the CIA won't like them elbowing in on their product...oh wait, same people with the same boss ...silly me.

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Turkish labs turn Afghan opium into heroin for shipping to Europe – Russian anti-drug agency

By David Icke on 22nd December 2015




An Iranian anti-narcotics policeman stands guard beside a display of confiscated
drugs during a ceremony concluding anti-narcotics manoeuvres in Zahedan

‘Afghan opium is being processed into high-grade heroin in clandestine Turkish drug
labs for distribution in Europe and Russia, Russia’s anti-drug chief has revealed. The
trafficking route was exposed after a joint Russian-Afghan anti-drug operation.

“The cargo traveled through Badakhshan-Doshi-Bamiyan-Herat, then further through
Iran and into Turkey, where the opium was processed in well-equipped laboratories…
into high quality heroin, and then was to be sent to Europe and Russia,” Ivanov said
during an anti-narcotics committee meeting.’

Read more: Turkish labs turn Afghan opium into heroin for shipping to Europe – Russian anti-drug agency




https://www.rt.com/news/326731-turke...ampaign=chrome

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While the focus is on Syria and Libya , fighting is
still smouldering away in Afghanistan....



Afghanistan: Sangin almost entirely in Taliban hands

22 minutes ago

Short vid on link...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35167983

Latest reports from southern Afghanistan suggest that Sangin
district in Helmand province is now almost entirely under
Taliban control after days of fierce fighting.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35167983

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“The war in Afghanistan has morphed; it’s not about al-Qaeda anymore, and it’s not about the Taliban

IT NEVER WAS !!!!!!!!

From article....

Add the dramatic surge in opium production since the 2001 invasion of the country to its geopolitical
importance and mineral wealth, and it’s clear to see why the US will continue to have a presence in Afghanistan
for “another half-century.”

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US Will Have a Presence in Afghanistan for Another 50 Years – Retired Army Colonel

By David on 16th February 2016 War and Terror


retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson




US Will Have a Presence in Afghanistan for Another 50 Years. Retired Army Colonel

By Steven MacMillan

Global Research, February 15, 2016

New Eastern Outlook 15 February 2016


‘Afghanistan is a geostrategic and economic prize that the West will not want to
relinquish anytime soon.

In an interview at the end of 2015, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell and
retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson [pictured left], outlined the realistic
timescale he believes the US will be involved in Afghanistan, in addition to
emphasizing the strategic importance of the country to the US. Speaking to
Abby Martin on her show ‘The Empire Files’ for Telesur, Wilkerson asserted that
the “US presence in Afghanistan will not go away for another half-century”’

“The war in Afghanistan has morphed; it’s not about al-Qaeda anymore, and it’s not
about the Taliban anymore. It’s about China; Russia – the soft underbelly which is
mostly Muslim of Russia; about Pakistan; about Iran; about Syria; about Iraq;
about whether a Kurdistan is stood up or not; and ultimately about oil,
water and energy in general. And the US presence in Afghanistan, I’ll predict right
now, will not go away for another half-century… And it will grow, it will not decrease.”

This revelation by Wilkerson is important as the majority of the Western public
continues to believe that the war in Afghanistan is predominately to do with fighting
terrorism. Realistically, the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan never really had anything
to do with terrorism, but everything to do with geopolitics and the vast amount of
economic riches the country possesses.

Similar to many other imperial wars we have seen in recent years, evidence
suggests that the war in Afghanistan was pre-planned at least months prior to
9/11. The BBC reported on the 18th of September 2001 that Niaz Naik, a former
Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by US officials in July that the US was
planning to attack Afghanistan in the coming months. A report by a bipartisan
commission of inquiry in 2004 also revealed that the Bush administration had
agreed on a plan to attack Afghanistan the day before 9/11.

Then, perfectly on time, 9/11 (also dubbed by the neoconservatives the “new Pearl
Harbour” event) happens, giving the West the ideal justification to invade and
occupy the country in addition to launching the global war on terror.

A look at the map reveals the geostrategic importance of Afghanistan, as it sits
between Iran, China, Pakistan and the Central Asian Republics. As Wilkerson
emphasizes, US military presence in Afghanistan is about an array of factors, most
notably “about China,” “Iran” and “Russia.” Similar to the great game in previous
centuries, Afghanistan and Central Asia will be a place of fierce competition
between major powers in the coming years.

Broken Promises

Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has been one of the biggest pledges Obama
has made since being elected President in 2008. Afghanistan is the most unpopular
war in history according to some US polls, and Obama has repeatedly said he would
pull all US troops out of the country. In 2012, he reiterated his position once again,
stating that all US troops would be “out of there by 2014.”

Unsurprisingly, this was yet another broken promise by the puppet in chief. In
October of last year, Obama announced that he would keep almost 10,000 troops
in Afghanistan, and unless there is a dramatic shift in US foreign policy when the
next President takes office, US troops will remain in the country for decades to
come. Even if all US troops are withdrawn in the years to come, the legions of
private armies comprised of mercenaries and contractors will continue to operate in
the country.

An Abundance of Riches

As the New York Times reported in a 2010 article titled: US Identifies Vast Mineral
Resources in Afghanistan, the country is home to vast amounts of precious
minerals. From copper to iron, gold to lithium, the mineral wealth of Afghanistan is
estimated to worth approximately $1 trillion. In the modern world, materials such
as lithium are extremely valuable, with the light-weight metal being used in the
majority of laptops and smartphones.

The NYT article is filled with its usual spin and disinformation however, as it tries to
argue that the mineral discovery is somehow a recent one. Contrary to this
narrative, Afghanistan’s mineral wealth has been well-known since at least the
1970’s, and was clearly known by strategists in Washington for decades.

Add the dramatic surge in opium production since the 2001 invasion of the country
to its geopolitical importance and mineral wealth, and it’s clear to see why the US
will continue to have a presence in Afghanistan for “another half-century.”

Steven MacMillan is an independent writer, researcher, geopolitical analyst and
editor of The Analyst Report, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.



Read more: US Will Have a Presence

http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-will...olonel/5507998

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my afghani friend told me once in 2012 or so that americans were building huge underground military facilities in the middle of nowhere there, so they knew from the start that it wasnt a momentary endeavor and us army is there to stay..