“Terrorists are linked to money laundering, dirty money, drug dealing, arms trafficking. We have to ask ourselves, where do terrorists get their weapons from? Where do they get their communication technology from? Where do they get their financing from? These are some of the aspects where I think the entire international community needs to come together and put a complete stop to access to these three key aspects by the terrorists.” ThinkingNeedsTogetherThreeAsksCommunityTechnologyCommunicationArmsKeysDrugWeaponsAspectInternationalAccessTerroristDirtyLinkedInternational CommunityFinancingTraffickingCommunication TechnologyMoney LaunderingDirty Money Author:Narendra Modi
“Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is ananathema to these idiots. I predict that in the near future, right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.” Has BeensIdeasUseFateDrugPoliceInternationalHorribleIdiotRight WingHysteriaPretextNarcotics Author:Gus Van Sant
“Drug and human traffic are getting a lot more attention than illicit wildlife trafficking. And just as we need to intensify our efforts to combat drug trade and human trafficking, we also need to intensify our efforts to combat illicit wildlife trafficking...They all need to be addressed through bold and consistent actions by the international community.” NeedsHumansActionCommunityEffortAttentionDrugTradeInternationalConsistentCombatTrafficWildlifeInternational CommunityHuman TraffickingTrafficking Author:Robert Hormats
“The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International Communist Conspiracy. The enemy was, and remains, any government or movement, or even individual, that stands in the way of the expansion of the American Empire; by whatever name the US gives to the enemy - communist, rogue state, drug trafficker, terrorist.” WayGivingStatesGovernmentNamesIndividualEnemyMovementObjectsDrugRemainsUnionsInternationalTerroristCommunismEmpiresCommunistSovietConspiracyExpansionSoviet UnionRoguesAmerican Empire Book:Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Source: Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
“I have no regrets - in fact, I am pleased to have expelled the US ambassador, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and to have closed the US military base in Bolivia. Now, without a US ambassador, there is less conspiracy, and more political stability and social stability. Without the International Monetary Fund, we are better off economically.” FactsPoliticalSocialMilitaryRegretDrugInternationalAdministrationFundStabilityConspiracyEnforcementBetter OffNo RegretsMonetaryAmbassadorsHave No RegretsBoliviaUs Military Author:Evo Morales
“It's the flip side of illegal success. This man [Pablo Escobar ] turned a small-time drug thing into a large industry. An international, successful industry. And he almost took a country, Columbia, he took it almost hostage, took over it. It was incredible.” MenCountrySidesSuccessfulIndustryDrugIncrediblesInternationalOver ItIllegalFlipHostageColumbiaPablo Escobar Author:John Leguizamo
“Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That's pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago, Amnesty International flatly called it a myth.” YearsWarHardTodayGivenDrugTenYears AgoInternationalMythAidsWar On DrugsPretextColombiaAmnestyAmnesty International Author:Noam Chomsky