Pubdate: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 Source: Athens Banner-Herald (GA) Copyright: 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc Contact: http://www.onlineathens.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1535 Author: Gary McBride TALIBAN IS FIGHTING FOR DRUGS, NOT RELIGION I think it's important for everyone to see what bin Laden, the Taliban and the Islamic Jihad really are: hypocritical drug pushers! Under the guise of a "holy war," they're really fighting for control of Afghanistan so they can sell more heroin and other drugs. It's a fact that every year they grow more and more poppy fields and manufacture more illegal drugs. They have some Muslims fooled that it's all about religion. It's also a fact, that poppy plants are their only cash crop. They could grow wheat, but they make more money pushing heroin. I think we should "plant" a bomb in every poppy field so there is not even one plant left. This way they have no more heroin to sell, and America could save millions of tax dollars on the "war on drugs." Also, if you take away their heroin trade, Afghanistan might have a chance to rebuild and bring true peace and freedom to a country that has never known what it's like. Gary McBride - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom