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Clinton
Backs
UN
Drug
Czar's
Plan
to
Give
Economic
Aid
to
the
Taliban
in
Exchange
for
Opium
Eradication
12/5/97
Pino Arlacchi, the United Nations' new "drug czar," has put
forth a controversial proposal which would give economic support to the
Taliban, Afghanistan's de-facto ruling party. Arlacchi says that the Taliban,
who are strict Muslim fundamentalists, "want to (eliminate opium cultivation)
anyway." On December 2, the Clinton administration decided to back
the plan.
Human rights groups have been up in arms ever since the Taliban assumed
power following a long period of internecine struggle, due in large part
to their treatment of women and their well-known support of terrorist groups.
Taliban rule strictly prohibits the provision of medical care to women,
as well as prohibiting their education. Taliban justice involves public
and often summary beatings, amputations and executions.
(See this week's editorial for comment.)
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Issue #21, 12/5/97
British Correspondents Needed for The Week Online | Harvard Study Finds Mandatory Sentences Wasteful | Study Finds Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences in Alabama: Really? Hmm | Clinton Backs UN Drug Czar's Plan to Give Economic Aid to the Taliban in Exchange for Opium Eradication | New Hampshire Legislator Introduces Medical Marijuana, Hemp Bills: "It's time to discuss these issues" says lawmaker | Prohibition-Induced Gang Warfare on Native American Reservation: 50 shots fired between children battling over drug turf | Colombia Passes Extradition Legislation... But it Won't be Retroactive | Mexico: Gun Battle at Border Kills Guard, and Newspaper Editor Shot by Cartel. More Prohibition-related violence | UK's New "Drug Czar" Rejects Legalization of Cannabis | Quote of the Week: Mr. Hellawell should hear what was said about the possibility of repealing Alcohol Prohibition in America! | Drug Policy Institute Accepting Applications | Editorial: Supporting barbarians in the drug war
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