UPI Hears: Insider notes from United Press International

Robbien

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Fri Apr-01-05 07:40 PM
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UPI Hears: Insider notes from United Press International

Despite U.S. and allied forces being in control of both Iraq and Afghanistan, southern Iraq is being poisoned by a steady flow of Afghan narcotics from Iran.

According to the Director-General for Health in the Southern Regions of Iraq, Dr. Falah al-Numhna, one in three Iraqis aged 18-30 in southern Iraq is now a drug addict. Al-Numhna said, "We have recorded numerous cases of deaths as a result of those drugs that have been brought into Iraq, and continue to come in every day in full view of both the U.S. forces and their Iraqi puppet troops."

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050401-115036-3938r.htm

the UPI also hears but only notes:

the Canadian levy on US goods and the protests for veterans at Walter Reed

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Fri Apr-01-05 07:44 PM
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1. I wonder...

If any of our troops have discovered the wonders of Dooji? They sure did in The Nam.

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rooboy

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Fri Apr-01-05 07:49 PM
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2. Another very underreported story...

is the massive drug addiction problem in Iran also. A huge percentage of the male population is hooked on heroin that comes in from Afghanistan.

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Frederik

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Fri Apr-01-05 08:07 PM
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3. One in three?

damn...

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stillcool

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Fri Apr-01-05 08:26 PM
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4. and isn't the poppy growing in Afghanistan....

exploding? More than before the US invasion? There's one way to curb dissent.

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