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Rather than target the crops, however, the new campaign aims to crush trafficking kingpins and their patrons in government who have formed power centers to rival those of noncorrupt officials. The problem so far has been gathering evidence against the crooked players, but now the DEA has given special-ops training to a cadre of 128 Afghan officers vetted for corruption. They will be joined by five Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) of DEA agent-advisers at a secure base with modern electronics outside Kabul. The goal is to have the units gather data from documents, computer discs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dope War in Afghanistan | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...this, of course, should explain why Grenada's revolution has failed. In fact, the country's economy is growing, and a youthful leadership still in its late 30s has proved to be what some neighboring Caribbean governments are not: competent, noncorrupt and capable of actually working harder than its own citizenry. The achievements have often been on a human scale as miniaturized as the island itself: 45 miles of sorely needed new roads, a tripling of fruit and vegetable exports in the past three years, canning, asphalt and concrete-block plants, a 12% drop in dependence on food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grenada: Revolution in the Shade | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

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