Friday, February 20, 2009

U.S. denied information about the organization in Afghanistan "patrols of death".

Troops of the international forces to maintain security (International Security Assistance Force, ISAF) in Afghanistan has not received orders to organize special patrols to combat drug production, which would have the right to open fire on kill without warning.
This, according to the magazine Spigel, said U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker (Kurt Volker). According to officials, discussed the possibility of the military coalition member countries assisted the Afghan police to fight drug cultivation and production in southern Afghanistan. Volcker stressed that such assistance should be given only if there is a clear link between drug producers and the Taliban.
The statement came in connection with the publication in the German media plan for the American General John Kreddoka (John Craddock). Among other measures to strengthen the fight against narcotics in Afghanistan, General proposed to establish a military ISAF "patrols of death", which will operate on the principle of "shoot first - ask later."
The official representative of NATO said that the letter was a general from the interior, "raw" documents of NATO, which "unfortunately has become a subject of public discussion."
Representatives of NATO said that the Taliban receives from the production and sale of drugs for about 70 million euros, which goes to support the fighters. According to the publication, the American military, separate from ISAF, has already attended anti-drug raids. As a result, was discontinued several laboratories to produce drugs. The source emphasized that in the course of operations, no one was killed.
According to BBC News, from 6 to 11 February, some 700 British and Afghan troops conducted a raid that resulted in discontinued four factories for the production of drugs. Prevented the realization of finished products worth about 56 million euros for the "street" prices.

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