false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255716320m/6438894.jpg 6438894 1 <DIV><I></I><P>Most Americans think of the Taliban and al Qaeda as a bunch of bearded fanatics fighting an Islamic crusade from caves in Afghanistan. But that doesn't explain their astonishing comeback along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Why is it eight years after we invaded Afghanistan, the CIA says that these groups are better armed and better funded than ever?<BR><BR><I>Seeds of Terror</I> will reshape the way you think about America's enemies, revealing them less as ideologues and more as criminals who earn half a billion dollars every year off the opium trade. With the breakneck pace of a thriller, author Gretchen Peters traces their illicit activities from vast poppy fields in southern Afghanistan to heroin labs run by Taliban commanders, from drug convoys armed with Stinger missiles to the money launderers of Karachi and Dubai.<BR><BR>This isn't a fanciful conspiracy theory. <I>Seeds of Terror</I> is based on hundreds of interviews with Taliban fighters, smugglers, and law enforcement and intelligence agents. Their information is matched by intelligence reports shown to the author by frustrated U.S. officials who fear the next 9/11 will be far deadlier than the first--and paid for with drug profits.<BR><BR><I>Seeds of Terror</I> makes the case that we must cut terrorists off from their drug earnings if we ever hope to beat them. This war isn't about ideology or religion. It's about creating a new economy for Afghanistan--and breaking the cycle of violence and extremism that has gripped the region for decades.</P></DIV> 6628790 12 5 2009 Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda total:23|5:0|4:4|3:3|2:0|1:0| 23 90 132 12 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 18:11:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 18:33:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:16:44 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:49:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:52:57 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 04:33:22 -0800 2009 The author makes a good analysis of several different aspects both historical...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 05:12:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:15:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 22 13:07:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:32:47 -0700 2009
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