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2005-05-19 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Remember the olden days, when the Taliban were so pure that they killed farmers who dared plant opium poppies?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-19 06:10|| 2005-05-19 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 No. The Taliban only started cracking down when they had several years of inventory in storage. The uncontrolled poppy growth was severely depressing prices the Taliban were getting.

Posted by ed 2005-05-19 07:17|| 2005-05-19 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Aahhh. I wondered at the time what caused such purity to those lady killers.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-19 12:29|| 2005-05-19 12:29|| Front Page Top

#4 what caused such purity to those lady killers

Clearly I was committing typing while sleeping; as a result my grammar was shot to hell. Were it not I, I'd be laughing at me right now. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-19 18:55|| 2005-05-19 18:55|| Front Page Top

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