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Canadian Peace Alliance - October 28, 2009
Creating the NATO Narco-state
The New York Times is reporting that the brother of Hamid Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai is on the payroll of the CIA, which funds his paramilitary operations in Kandahar. The fact that a US security agency is funding one of the largest drug lords in the country once again proves that the west is not building a democracy in Afghanistan. It is also one more reason why we need to bring the troops home now.
Opium production is one of the chief sources of revenue for the warlords that occupy the Afghan parliament and is one of the main reasons why the government is seen as corrupt by the Afghan people. As long as NATO continues to bomb civilians in an effort to extend the control of those warlords, the Afghan people will continue to join the resistance to the foreign occupation.
This reality led to the recent resignation of Matthew Hoh, a former US army captain and Foreign Service official in Zabul province. Hoh resigned because he said that the presence of the foreign troops was the main reason why the resistance was growing and he believed that the war needed to end.
Ties between the government of Hamid Karzai and the drug producers have been exposed before. General Mohammed Daud, the anti-drug czar appointed by Hamid Karzai, was caught helping the opium producers, telling the police under his control to allow safe passage for drug shipments.
Malalai Joya, the Afghan Member of Parliament has risked her life to expose the corruption and illegality of the NATO supported government in Afghanistan. In her new book, A Woman Among Warlords, she documents the crimes of the Afghan government officials and points the way to the creation of a true democracy in the country.
Malalai will be on a tour of Canada this November 14-28. Please check the CPA website for more information.
Malalai is currently touring the US. You can watch her interviews online:
-GritTV with Laura Flanders:
http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/10/28/malalai-joya-afghanistan/
-Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2009/10/27/malalai_joya#at
-NPR Talk of the Nation:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5