News on Veterans for Common Sense today:
Afghanistan riddled with drug tiesThe case of an Afghan village police chief, named Inayatullah, is a small example of a much larger problem. Is Commander Inayatullah a courageous law-and-order crusader responsible for smashing the drug mafia in his hamlet? Or, is he an opium smuggler? Or, as his bosses say, is he both?
Lawless Iraq is 'key drug route'Drug smugglers exploiting internal chaos in Iraq have turned the country into a transit route for Afghan heroin, an influential drug agency says.
U.S. Soldiers, Law Officers Snared in Border Drug StingA brazen conspiracy among U.S. law enforcement officers and soldiers to smuggle cocaine from Mexico was disclosed Thursday by the Justice Department, adding to concerns that public corruption north of the border was growing.
Law Protecting Soldiers Undermines War on TerrorWhat happens to U.S. soldiers who are charged with aiding and abetting an international terrorist organization?
U.S. army probes why troops go wild in ColombiaThe U.S. military is investigating what has gone wrong with its operations in Colombia, where troops have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs and selling arms to far-right militias, a senior U.S. officer said on Wednesday.
Pentagon's war stories leave a legacy of doubtGiven that we now know what really happened in the death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, is it any wonder the Italians dispute the U.S. government's version of how Nicola Calipari died in Iraq?
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