What a coincidence:
1. US & its allies invade Afghanistan. Poppy production increase several folds.
2. US & UK invade Iraq. ISIS comes into being.
But, hey, apparently, both these invasions were a resounding success for US & its allies.
* Who cares if those 2 countries were turned into rubble?
* Who cares if Afghanis & Iraqis are displaced, internally & externally, as refugees?
* Who cares if their neighbouring countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan etc) are housing those refugees, at their own costs?
* Who cares if all these drugs are financing terrorists?
* Who cares if all these drugs are destroying the lives of Europeans & North Americans? ... perhaps, it's karma for destroying those 2 countries.
1. US & its allies invade Afghanistan. Poppy production increase several folds.
2. US & UK invade Iraq. ISIS comes into being.
But, hey, apparently, both these invasions were a resounding success for US & its allies.
* Who cares if those 2 countries were turned into rubble?
* Who cares if Afghanis & Iraqis are displaced, internally & externally, as refugees?
* Who cares if their neighbouring countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan etc) are housing those refugees, at their own costs?
* Who cares if all these drugs are financing terrorists?
* Who cares if all these drugs are destroying the lives of Europeans & North Americans? ... perhaps, it's karma for destroying those 2 countries.
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Drug money is a massive source of profit for ISIS, who makes up to $1 billion annually from sales throughout its conquered lands, according to the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN).
"The area of poppy plantations is growing. This year, I think, we’ll hear news about a record-high poppy harvest, therefore a high yield of opium & heroin. So this issue should be raised not only in Moscow, but also in the UN in general, because this is a threat not only to our country, but also European security. Over the past 5 years the Balkan route has been split - heroin traffic now also goes through Iraqi territory," TASS quotes FSKN head Viktor Ivanov as saying.
"According to our estimates, IS makes up to $1 billion annually on Afghan heroin trafficked through its territory," he added. The FSKN in November said that the sale of Afghan heroin in Europe could generate upwards of $50 billion for the militants.
What’s more, over half of Europe’s heroin now comes from the IS, according to Ivanov.
Indeed, drug money has been high on the IS’s list of profit generators, together with oil & conquest.
A recent report by the Financial Action Task Force talked of how the IS has been branching out into all manner of finance-generating activities, though it is the reliance on oil that makes them a truly unique terrorist group, unlike others before it.
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