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...reconstruction development. Those not in the zones will be saying to the so-called Taliban and others, "Look at the roads, the construction, the micro power projects. You get out of our village, so we can get into the zone." Much of the fighting is a result of narco-lords paying either so-called Taliban or others to fight, which is why coordinating our efforts with the poppy-elimination program and alternative livelihoods is absolutely vital...
...more than a "census," in the words of Iraqi journalist Nibras Kazimi-have increased the probability of partition or civil war and installed a corrupt, Iran-leaning government of religious conservatives, which will undoubtedly remain in power when the new "permanent" government is formed. In Afghanistan, elections have brought narco-warlords to positions of significant power. Even the Potemkin elections in Saudi Arabia and Egypt resulted in the aggrandizement of religious extremists. There was the election-more a selection, really-of foulmouthed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran, who has turned out to be far more radical than the ruling mullahs anticipated...
Some U.S. officials privately complain that many Mexican police aid the Zetas. And other potential microcartels are proliferating on the U.S.'s doorstep: in the Tijuana--San Diego corridor, police are dealing with a gang known as Narco-Juniors, a group of affluent juvenile delinquents recruited as hit men in the 1990s by the Tijuana drug cartel. Authorities in the Juarez--El Paso corridor, meanwhile, report a growing presence of the Mara Salvatrucha, a machete-wielding gang that has terrified Central America in recent years. The threat from groups like the Zetas may persist for years. "This is like...
...last month to lead the uprising, has his own issues. According to classified Haitian documents seen by TIME, he is under investigation by Haitian and U.S. officials for allegedly heading a cocaine-trafficking ring in the 1990s for which he purportedly recruited other top Haitian cops. Philippe denies any narco ties, and no formal charges have been brought against...
...political opposition leaders are under suspicion. Danny Toussaint, for example, a former senator and Aristide ally who has since turned against the president, is barred from entering the U.S. as a suspect in a murder case in Haiti, and has been accused by U.S. officials of involvement in narco-trafficking...