Link established between Al Qaeda and drug trafficking in North Africa
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December 20th, 2009
Drug Trafficking in North Africa is directly linked to Al Qaeda:
An article in yesterday’s LA Times speaks about the clear link made between the cocaine smuggling routes in North Africa and an Al Qaeda group in the Maghreb.
“Reporting from Washington - Three men alleged to be Al Qaeda associates were charged Friday with conspiring to smuggle cocaine through Africa -- the first U.S. prosecution linking the terrorist group directly to drug trafficking.”
The terrorists provide protection along these dangerous routes in exchange for large sums of money. They then use the cocaine profits to acquire better weaponry, expand recruitment and buy off corrupt governments.
An even scarier element of this story is that the personal relationships being formed between the terrorists and the drug organizations can become operational in the future.
It is time that this dimension of the global terror threat gets more attention in the media.
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The koran allows for any activity that advances the cause of islam. America wake up! Be it alcahol, prostitution, politics or murder. The command by allah is to occupy and dominate until the 12th imam has come. There are no such people as moderates or reformers. If the universal jhihad is inacted, every muslim must kill a non-muslim to enter paradise. When a man meets his time of death he will respond to some type of faith usually that of his family herritage or what ever he has given a platform to listen to some time in his life!
Big Surprise...;} Why does our media shy away from all reality? Arent they supposed to be providing us with this type of information? When are they going to understand that this threat is real? WAKE UP!!!