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2009-01-19 Afghanistan

Afghan foreign minister unhappy with Clinton

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It was a simple Freudian slip Foreign Minister Spanta. The "narco state" she was actually referring to was ARKANSAS!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-19 07:39|| 2009-01-19 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Well lets see, they produce 90% of the worlds opium, and its their only export of substance I know of. So yeah, sounds like a Narco-State to me too.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-19 09:57|| 2009-01-19 09:57|| Front Page Top

#3 The Afghan FM would be advised to give generously to the Bill Clinton Presidential Library and Museum endowment fund if he wants to get favors from Hil.

Posted by mhw8 2009-01-19 19:14|| 2009-01-19 19:14|| Front Page Top

#4 "But if somebody believes that our government, the government of President (Hamid) Karzai is involved as a government entity in the production of drugs, this is absolutely wrong."

I am quite certain there is no government department for the production of opium. In that strictly legalistic sense the Foreign Minister is correct. However, I am equally certain that members of the government and/or their close friends and relations are involved, and that members of the government, perhaps including President Karzai, are indeed involved. Is Afghanistan a narco-state? Perhaps not, but Pashtunistan most certainly is.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-01-19 19:44|| 2009-01-19 19:44|| Front Page Top

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