http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/ neweurasia\'s latest on Tajikistan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-29531 Beyond the River » Blog Archive » Tajik-Afghan Border Issues Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:32:31 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-29531 [...] Vadim at eurasianet recently reported the following: On 1st of June at Tajik-Afghan border was killed an officer of Tajik border-guard unit Muhabatov. AsiaPlus reported that the officer was killed by Afghan citizens who shot him in the leg and later after a short conversation shot him dead. Muhabbatov owed to the people who killed him 200 kilos of heroin and never returned the money. In the beginning of February in Murgab was detained another representative of law enforcement bodies with more than one kilo of heroin. His name was not made public. The same month another officer was detained with 53 kilos of heroin in his car. [...] […] Vadim at eurasianet recently reported the following: On 1st of June at Tajik-Afghan border was killed an officer of Tajik border-guard unit Muhabatov. AsiaPlus reported that the officer was killed by Afghan citizens who shot him in the leg and later after a short conversation shot him dead. Muhabbatov owed to the people who killed him 200 kilos of heroin and never returned the money. In the beginning of February in Murgab was detained another representative of law enforcement bodies with more than one kilo of heroin. His name was not made public. The same month another officer was detained with 53 kilos of heroin in his car. […]

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23714 horny_bastard Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:44:49 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23714 come on, drug smuggling by the military has always been known to everyone. how do you think those generals got so rich? but i'm glad that people are now talking about it more publicly instead of in the safety of thier homes. but how can you blame these lower ranking officers for drug smuggling; it's either drug trafficking or starvation. i probably would have done the same thing in their place. you gotta do what you gotta do. plus tajiks aren't rich enough to buy any of that shit so it goes straight to our friends in russia. one more philosophical point, drug traffickers don't force anybody to buy the drugs. i mean cigs kill people (way more than heroin) but it's totally legal. come on, drug smuggling by the military has always been known to everyone. how do you think those generals got so rich? but i’m glad that people are now talking about it more publicly instead of in the safety of thier homes. but how can you blame these lower ranking officers for drug smuggling; it’s either drug trafficking or starvation. i probably would have done the same thing in their place. you gotta do what you gotta do. plus tajiks aren’t rich enough to buy any of that shit so it goes straight to our friends in russia.
one more philosophical point, drug traffickers don’t force anybody to buy the drugs. i mean cigs kill people (way more than heroin) but it’s totally legal.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23626 Andrew Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:03:49 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23626 Of tangential interest, there have been projects/initiatives in Russia and to introduce Methadone clinics (heroin addicts get a dose of Methadone each day at a special clinic as a legal and regulated substitute for Heroin). Those initiatives have been strongly criticized and even stopped due to efforts in the Russian medical, scientific and political leadership. The hunger for heroin in the US, Europe (east and west), Russia and Central Asia feeds crime and corruption in Tajikistan and neighboring republics. And we, in the west, are guilty as charged. Of tangential interest, there have been projects/initiatives in Russia and to introduce Methadone clinics (heroin addicts get a dose of Methadone each day at a special clinic as a legal and regulated substitute for Heroin). Those initiatives have been strongly criticized and even stopped due to efforts in the Russian medical, scientific and political leadership. The hunger for heroin in the US, Europe (east and west), Russia and Central Asia feeds crime and corruption in Tajikistan and neighboring republics. And we, in the west, are guilty as charged.

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23456 A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, Bullet the Blue Sky Edition Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:54:57 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23456 [...] the Tajik-Afghan border, there remains a problem with drug smuggling [...] […] the Tajik-Afghan border, there remains a problem with drug smuggling […]

]]> http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23455 The Conjecturer » News Brief, Bullet the Blue Sky Edition Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:53:53 +0000 http://tajikistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/14/the-army-of-drug-smugglers/#comment-23455 [...] the Tajik-Afghan border, there remains a problem with drug smuggling [...] […] the Tajik-Afghan border, there remains a problem with drug smuggling […]

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