Americans Supplying Missiles Protect Heroin CIA

decim · 15-02-2011, 02:34 PM

Taliban missile plot charges
Bob Van Voris, New York
February 16, 2011

SEVEN people, including two American citizens, have been charged by the US with plotting to smuggle drugs and sell surface-to-air missiles to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Some of the defendants, working with undercover informants for the Drug Enforcement Administration, agreed to receive and transport tonnes of Taliban-owned heroin through West Africa, the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan claims. Some of it was to be smuggled into America for sale.

Three defendants, including one with alleged ties to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, also agreed to sell surface-to-air missiles to the Taliban to protect heroin laboratories in Afghanistan, prosecutors said. The conspiracy, which began last year, was captured in videotaped meetings over several months in Benin, Ghana, Ukraine and Romania, the government said.
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''The defendants charged today, including two US citizens, were prepared to provide millions of dollars in dangerous narcotics and lethal weapons to men they believed represented the Taliban,'' attorney Preet Bharara said in the statement.

Those charged are: Maroun Saade, Walid Nasr, Francis Sourou Ahissou, Corneille Dato, Martin Raouf Bouraima and Alwar Pouryan. Oded Orbach was charged in a separate complaint.

Saade, Nasr, Ahissou, Dato and Bouraima were arrested in Monrovia, Liberia, on February 10 and 12, and transferred to US custody. All five are accused of conspiracy to engage in narco-terrorism and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Saade, Nasr, Dato and Bouraima are also charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Saade, Nasr, Pouryan and Orbach face charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

Pouryan and Orbach were arrested in Bucharest, Romania, on February 10. They are awaiting extradition to the US.

Pouryan, an arms dealer with ties to Hezbollah, agreed to provide surface-to-air missiles and other weapons, Saade told the DEA informants, according to the indictment. Prosecutors claim Orbach was also an arms dealer.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/talib...215-1av2w.html

decim · 15-02-2011, 02:53 PM

Does the US left hand know what the right hand is doing?

Volkhonsky Boris

Feb 15, 2011 15:17 Moscow Time

Relations between Argentina and the United States took a sharp turn for the worse after a cargo brought to Buenos Aires by a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane was confiscated by Argentine customs officials.

The cargo, 1,000 cubic feet (about 28 cubic meters) in size, is described as containing military ammunition, spy equipment and drugs, including morphine. It came undeclared and disguised as equipment for joint exercises where the US military team was supposed to provide Argentine police with anti-terrorist training.

Shortly after the incident the exercises were cancelled and Argentina is in the process of filing an official protest to the US and demanding that a joint investigation be held. “Argentine law must be complied with by all, without exception,” said Argentina’s Foreign Minister Hector Timerman.

The US tried to keep a poker face denying all accusations. In a statement issued by the State Department’s spokeswoman Virginia Staab, Argentine officials’ actions were called “puzzling and disturbing”. Ms. Staab also said that the US is waiting for explanations from Argentina’s authorities.

She also tried to play down the exact contents of the confiscated cargo, saying that it included one rifle, a first-aid kit, ready - to - eat meals, a secure communications device similar to a GPS, encrypted communications equipment, tables and personnel foot lockers that contained helmets. Ms. Staab specially highlighted the fact that the search conducted by Argentine customs officials was “unusual and unannounced”.

We’ll try to figure out what this might mean, in a little bit.

But a seemingly unrelated event related to a region very distant from Argentina sheds some unexpected light on the whole story. Exactly at the time when the Argentina – US rift was evolving, US officials announced that they broke up a smuggling ring operating mainly in Western Africa, involved in illegal drug and arms trafficking for the benefit of Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

The criminal ring consisted of seven people, two of them – naturalized American citizens. The two were arrested in Romania and are now awaiting extradition to the US, the other five were arrested in Liberia and already have been extradited.

Their operations dealt with smuggling surface-to-air missiles, automatic rifles and other ammunition for the Taliban to protect its heroin laboratories, and “ton-quantities of Taliban-owned heroin” from Afghanistan (with the final destination being the US).

The parallels between the two seemingly unrelated events are striking. While US law enforcement agencies are trying to catch drug and arms dealers all over the world, another branch of the US establishment is violating the laws of a sovereign state, basically smuggling the same stuff.

Indeed, the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing!

The Buenos Aires incident also recalls an old truth known probably to everyone who is in the loop on global drug traffic king, but one that is seldom publicized: that the most convenient vehicle for transporting drugs and other smuggled goods is a military cargo plane capable of carrying “ton-quantities” of cargo where anyone with unclean hands can easily hide any quantity of illicit goods. What is more important, military planes and their cargo are usually exempt from customs searches.

It would too far-fetching to blame anybody in particular, but it is a well-known fact that while the US law enforcement is catching the small fry smuggling goods in and out of Afghanistan, US and NATO military command allowed poppy cultivation, drastically reduced during Taliban times, to be revived and exceed the pre-Taliban level.

So, the Buenos Aires story does not really come as surprise. What IS surprising is that something of this kind did not happen much earlier.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/15/44467882.html

dolores1 · 15-02-2011, 03:16 PM

Ah, these planes must not have the TSA checking the passengers or their luggage!

They will be changing the name to Ambassador Airways soon.

decim · 15-02-2011, 06:25 PM

DHS

Department of Heroin Smuggling.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dolores1

Ah, these planes must not have the TSA checking the passengers or their luggage!

They will be changing the name to Ambassador Airways soon.

15-02-2011, 02:34 PM	#1
decim Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 11,978	Americans Supplying Missiles Protect Heroin CIA Taliban missile plot charges Bob Van Voris, New York February 16, 2011 SEVEN people, including two American citizens, have been charged by the US with plotting to smuggle drugs and sell surface-to-air missiles to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Some of the defendants, working with undercover informants for the Drug Enforcement Administration, agreed to receive and transport tonnes of Taliban-owned heroin through West Africa, the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan claims. Some of it was to be smuggled into America for sale. Three defendants, including one with alleged ties to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, also agreed to sell surface-to-air missiles to the Taliban to protect heroin laboratories in Afghanistan, prosecutors said. The conspiracy, which began last year, was captured in videotaped meetings over several months in Benin, Ghana, Ukraine and Romania, the government said. Advertisement: Story continues below ''The defendants charged today, including two US citizens, were prepared to provide millions of dollars in dangerous narcotics and lethal weapons to men they believed represented the Taliban,'' attorney Preet Bharara said in the statement. Those charged are: Maroun Saade, Walid Nasr, Francis Sourou Ahissou, Corneille Dato, Martin Raouf Bouraima and Alwar Pouryan. Oded Orbach was charged in a separate complaint. Saade, Nasr, Ahissou, Dato and Bouraima were arrested in Monrovia, Liberia, on February 10 and 12, and transferred to US custody. All five are accused of conspiracy to engage in narco-terrorism and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Saade, Nasr, Dato and Bouraima are also charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin. Saade, Nasr, Pouryan and Orbach face charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Pouryan and Orbach were arrested in Bucharest, Romania, on February 10. They are awaiting extradition to the US. Pouryan, an arms dealer with ties to Hezbollah, agreed to provide surface-to-air missiles and other weapons, Saade told the DEA informants, according to the indictment. Prosecutors claim Orbach was also an arms dealer. http://www.theage.com.au/world/talib...215-1av2w.html __________________ DISCLAIMER: Reader discretion advised. The above post is entirely fictional, for entertainment purposes only. Any similarities to real life events, animals, humans, persons, politicians, or any other form of organisation entity living, dead or in any other state of existence are coincidental. Any opinion, comment or statements related or attributed to this username are not necessarily nor implied to be those held by the ip/computer/username or other electronic media device or service owner/user.

15-02-2011, 02:53 PM	#2
decim Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 11,978	Does the US left hand know what the right hand is doing? Volkhonsky Boris Feb 15, 2011 15:17 Moscow Time Relations between Argentina and the United States took a sharp turn for the worse after a cargo brought to Buenos Aires by a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane was confiscated by Argentine customs officials. The cargo, 1,000 cubic feet (about 28 cubic meters) in size, is described as containing military ammunition, spy equipment and drugs, including morphine. It came undeclared and disguised as equipment for joint exercises where the US military team was supposed to provide Argentine police with anti-terrorist training. Shortly after the incident the exercises were cancelled and Argentina is in the process of filing an official protest to the US and demanding that a joint investigation be held. “Argentine law must be complied with by all, without exception,” said Argentina’s Foreign Minister Hector Timerman. The US tried to keep a poker face denying all accusations. In a statement issued by the State Department’s spokeswoman Virginia Staab, Argentine officials’ actions were called “puzzling and disturbing”. Ms. Staab also said that the US is waiting for explanations from Argentina’s authorities. She also tried to play down the exact contents of the confiscated cargo, saying that it included one rifle, a first-aid kit, ready - to - eat meals, a secure communications device similar to a GPS, encrypted communications equipment, tables and personnel foot lockers that contained helmets. Ms. Staab specially highlighted the fact that the search conducted by Argentine customs officials was “unusual and unannounced”. We’ll try to figure out what this might mean, in a little bit. But a seemingly unrelated event related to a region very distant from Argentina sheds some unexpected light on the whole story. Exactly at the time when the Argentina – US rift was evolving, US officials announced that they broke up a smuggling ring operating mainly in Western Africa, involved in illegal drug and arms trafficking for the benefit of Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The criminal ring consisted of seven people, two of them – naturalized American citizens. The two were arrested in Romania and are now awaiting extradition to the US, the other five were arrested in Liberia and already have been extradited. Their operations dealt with smuggling surface-to-air missiles, automatic rifles and other ammunition for the Taliban to protect its heroin laboratories, and “ton-quantities of Taliban-owned heroin” from Afghanistan (with the final destination being the US). The parallels between the two seemingly unrelated events are striking. While US law enforcement agencies are trying to catch drug and arms dealers all over the world, another branch of the US establishment is violating the laws of a sovereign state, basically smuggling the same stuff. Indeed, the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing! The Buenos Aires incident also recalls an old truth known probably to everyone who is in the loop on global drug traffic king, but one that is seldom publicized: that the most convenient vehicle for transporting drugs and other smuggled goods is a military cargo plane capable of carrying “ton-quantities” of cargo where anyone with unclean hands can easily hide any quantity of illicit goods. What is more important, military planes and their cargo are usually exempt from customs searches. It would too far-fetching to blame anybody in particular, but it is a well-known fact that while the US law enforcement is catching the small fry smuggling goods in and out of Afghanistan, US and NATO military command allowed poppy cultivation, drastically reduced during Taliban times, to be revived and exceed the pre-Taliban level. So, the Buenos Aires story does not really come as surprise. What IS surprising is that something of this kind did not happen much earlier. http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/15/44467882.html __________________ DISCLAIMER: Reader discretion advised. The above post is entirely fictional, for entertainment purposes only. Any similarities to real life events, animals, humans, persons, politicians, or any other form of organisation entity living, dead or in any other state of existence are coincidental. Any opinion, comment or statements related or attributed to this username are not necessarily nor implied to be those held by the ip/computer/username or other electronic media device or service owner/user.

15-02-2011, 03:16 PM	#3
dolores1 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Over the hill and round the bend Posts: 12,338	Ah, these planes must not have the TSA checking the passengers or their luggage! They will be changing the name to Ambassador Airways soon.