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Some people, however, play down the warnings from Haider and the militants. Abdul Qader Noorzai, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commsion in Kandahar province, says people "are tired of the Taliban's threats and don't take them as seriously" after repeated promises of suicide attacks never came. He notes that the militants' stated intent is to avoid civilian casualties in order to cast in sharper relief U.S. culpability for the deaths of Afghans in errant air strikes and night raids. (Insurgents have been responsible for 60% of civilian deaths so far this year, according to U.N. figures...
...Nexus of Terrorism and Drugs The Noorzai case [Feb. 19] is a perfect example of this Administration's botched war on terrorism and the Drug Enforcement Administration's handling of the incredibly stupid war on drugs. Haji Bashar Noorzai could have been a real asset in rooting out the Taliban. Intelligence on the ground is a most valuable resource. Has Noorzai's arrest really made a difference in heroin production? U.S. taxpayers will now have to spend millions to prosecute and detain him. The U.S. could wipe out the drug trade tomorrow by legalization and taxation, which would take away...
...Noorzai case is a perfect example of this Administration's botched war on terrorism and the Drug Enforcement Administration's handling of the incredibly stupid war on drugs. Haji Bashar Noorzai could have been a real asset in rooting out the Taliban. Intelligence on the ground is a most valuable resource. Has Noorzai's arrest really made a difference in heroin production? U.S. taxpayers will now have to spend millions to prosecute and detain him. The U.S. could wipe out the drug trade tomorrow by legalization and taxation, which would take away the enormous profits earned in illicit trade...
...TIME has done yet more to undermine the war on terrorism. I have not seen one positive story on either Afghanistan or Iraq, and now you've run the story about poor old Noorzai. The guy was obviously smart enough to reach out to the Americans before the war in an effort to maintain his power and keep the drugs flowing. When are we going to hear about American triumphs? Where are the stories about our brave warriors? I see nothing but reports about terrorists like poor duped warlord Noorzai. Martin Robitz Crete, Illinois...
...case of Noorzai is just more evidence of the plague of groupthink that has struck U.S. decision makers, from the mishandling of pre-9/11 intelligence to the mistakes made in Iraq. Officials made contact with a valuable source, but then they just let him rot in jail with the crucial information he has. Such missteps have cost billions of taxpayers' dollars and thousands of soldiers' lives. Winston Samson Virginia Beach, Virginia...