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Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals

                   
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May 6, 2008
        
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By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press Writer GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban, whose fighters are exchanging daily fire with the Marines in Garmser, derives up to $100 million a year from the poppy harvest by taxing farmers and charging safe passage fees _ money that... [read full story]                    

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Marines ignore Afghan poppy fields, assure locals plants won't be touched

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Marines ignore Afghan poppy fields, assure locals plants won't be touched

legitgov.org
May 9, 2008
        

'Many Marines in the field are scratching their heads over the situation.' Last week, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit moved into southern Helmand province, the world's largest opium poppy-growing region [thanks to Bush], and now find themselves surrounded by green fields of the illegal plants...

                   

Marines ignore poppies in goodwill gesture to Afghan locals

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May 7, 2008
        

GARMSER, Afghanistan – The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a field of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave.

                   

Fighting Taliban, ignoring their crop

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May 7, 2008
        

GARMSER, Afghanistan – The Marines of Bravo Company’s 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant’s gooey resin smile and wave.

                   

Marines ignore Taliban cash crop of opium poppies to avoid upsetting Afghan farmers

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May 7, 2008
        

The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave. ... The Marines of Bravo...

                   

Pragmatism, Not Idealism

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May 7, 2008
        

The Marines are talking sense: The Taliban, whose fighters are exchanging daily fire with the Marines in Garmser [Helmand], derives up to $100 million a year from the poppy harvest by taxing farmers and charging safe passage fees — money that will buy weapons for use against U.S., NATO and Afghan...

                   

Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals : Latest News

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May 7, 2008
        

GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) - The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. ... By JASON STRAZIUSO/The Associated Press GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban, whose fighters are exchanging daily fire with the Marines in Garmser, derives up to...

Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals

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May 6, 2008
        

By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press GARMSER, Afghanistan -- The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and...

                   

Marines ignore Taliban opium crop

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May 6, 2008
        

Marines in Afghanistan are not destroying poppy plants. In fact, they are reassuring villagers the plants won't be touched. ... Afghanistan supplies some 93 percent of the world's opium used to make heroin, and the Taliban militants earn up to $100 million from the drug...

                   

Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals

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May 6, 2008
        

GARMSER, Afghanistan - The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave. Last week, the 24th Marine...

                   

Local marine finds himself surrounded by opium

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May 6, 2008
        

U.S. Marine Lt. Adam Lynch, 27, of Marstons Mills, is stationed in the middle of an Afghan opium field fighting the Taliban; the crops will be left alone so farmers tending the fields have money to support themselves. ... Marine Lt. Adam Lynch, 27, of Marstons Mills is...

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