Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war'
25-July-2008, Afghanistan, BBC
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is obstructing efforts to tackle his country's drugs problem, a former US counter-narcotics official has said. Thomas Schweich said Mr Karzai had protected drug lords for political reasons and tolerated "a certain ...

Suicide bombers blamed for Bali attacks
03-October-2005, Indonesia, ABC Radio
Indonesian authorities say that suicide bombers were responsible for the bomb blasts that killed at least 25 people on the island resort. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has visited the sites of the three explosions and vowed to ...

Iraq Used For Transit Of Drugs, Officials Say
12-June-2005, Iraq, washingtonpost.com
By Jonathan Finer Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 12, 2005; Page A22 BAGHDAD -- The manager of the addiction unit at Baghdad's largest treatment center for substance abusers took a long drag from his Craven cigarette and offered ...

Karzai rejects US criticism on drugs, slams abuse
22-May-2005, Afghanistan, Reuters AlerNet
By John Poirier WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday rejected U.S. criticisms of his antidrug efforts, called international help in the fight "half-hearted," and demanded justice for prisoners abused by U.S. ...

US steps up war on Afghan opium
26-March-2005, Afghanistan, Guardian Unlimited
The Pentagon, frustrated by the failure of the British-led battle against opium production in Afghanistan, plans to quadruple the spending on its anti-narcotics campaign, and deploy its troops in a full-scale war on the country's drug lords. "We ...

Torture treaty doesn't bar `cruel, inhuman' ...
26-January-2005, United States, Knight Ridder
By Frank Davies / Knight Ridder WASHINGTON - Alberto Gonzales has asserted to the Senate committee weighing his nomination to be attorney general that there's a legal rationale for harsh treatment of foreign prisoners by U.S. forces. In more ...

War, drugs, and the war on drugs
17-January-2005, Switzerland, International Relations and Security Network
With the belated realization that the war in Afghanistan has turned the country once again into a narco-state, Washington has announced an increase in aid to Afghanistan from US$130 to US$780 to combat the opium and heroin trade. But the US record ...

Former U.S. drug czar says drugs are bigger ...
12-January-2005, United States, SignOnSanDiego.com
Retired U.S. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, drug czar under former President Bill Clinton, said Wednesday the war against drugs is a bigger problem than the war against terror. Speaking at a news conference in Mexico City, McCaffrey said 52,000 people ...

Many Women Say Airport Pat-Downs Are a ...
23-November-2004, United States, The New York Times
t a security checkpoint recently at the Fort Lauderdale airport, Patti LuPone, the singer and actress, recalled, she was instructed to remove articles of clothing. "I took off my belt; I took off my clogs; I took off my leather jacket," she said. ...

US pledges more aid to Colombia
22-November-2004, Colombia, BBC News
US President George W Bush has pledged continued support for the Colombian government in its fight against drug traffickers and left-wing rebels. He said he would ask the US Congress to extend beyond next year its current package of military and ...

< previous | 1 2 | next >   (1 of 2)