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WS J.com - UP DA TE (2):US Seizes Drug-Laden Boat; Al-Qaida Suspected Page 1 of 2

T H E W A L L STREET J O U R N A L .O N L I N E '

December 19 , 2003 7:00p.m. EST

UPDATE(2):US Seizes Drug-Laden Boat; Al-QaidaSuspectedDOW JONES NEWS WIRES

(Adds background, comments from experts)WASHINGTON (AP)--The N avy has seized a boat carrying nearly two tons of hashish in thePersian Gulf, U.S. officials said Friday, in what could be some of the first hard evidence of al-Qaida links to drug smuggling.The guided m issile destroyer USS D ecatur intercepted the 40-foot boat on M onday. Aboa rd werea dozen men, three of them believed to have al-Qaida connections, and 3,780 pounds of hashish,the Navy said Friday."This is the first empirical evidence I'veseen that conclusively links al-Qaida w ith the drug trade,"said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at RAND, a think tank that often does work for thePentagon.The Decatur seized the boat, a wooden vessel called a dhow, near the Straits of Hormuz, a narrowpart of the Persian G ulf where it opens into the Arabian Sea.The area is a known smuggling routefor al-Qaida, the N avy said.DOW JONES REPRINTS

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The drugs are worth betwee n $8 million and $ 10 million, the Navy said.Military officials wouldn 't say Friday why they believed the boat, its cargo and some of its crewwere linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist netw ork. The boat remained under the Decatur'scontrol and it hadn't been determined w hat to do with the men on board, the Na vy said.Terrorism experts an d government officials long have said they believe that al-Qaida m akesmoney through criminal enterprises inclu ding the drug trade. A U .N. panel reported last month,for example, that al-Qaida had financed some of its operations through drug trafficking.Before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, bin Laden had been sheltered in Afghanistan by the Taliban,

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US Official: AI-Qaida, Drug Traffickers May Establish TiesJenny FalconNew York Voice of America News02 Mar 2004, 00:37 UTChttp://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?obiectlD=BD81DAD9-32C8-41EE-AAC3FBF774EE77E5Listen to Jenny Falcon's report in New York (RealAudio)Falcon report - Download 309k (RealAudio)U.S. officials working to combat the international drug trade are warning of possible future linksbetween al-Qaida and drug traffickers in Colombia and Mexico.Harold Wankel, the assistant administrator for intelligence at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency,says U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that al-Qaida terrorists will also turn to internationaldrug traffick ing and Colombian organized crime to transport funds , people, and banned w eapons."I f al-Qaida comes to South America and they need to get something done in the United Statesthat requires movement, whether it is movement of commodity or movement of people, they neednot set up infrastructure, they need not set up an operation capable of doing that," he said. "Theyneed to get x-number of dollars and go to the people who are the professionals, the people thatare the best at it, and that is the Colombian and Mexican organized criminal groups that areclosely aligned these days."Mr. Wa nkel says al-Qaida sympathizers in Latin America could turn to the drug trafficking netw orkas the international crackdown on al-Qaida's finances dries up funds.Colombia's ambassador to the United S tates, Luis Alberto Moreno, says Colombian authorities,are monitoring possible collaboration between Muslim extremists and drug cartels."There is always going to be an opportunity for any one group to try to develop that. We havevery respectable people from Arab communities in our country who have legitimate businesses,"he said. "There are other people in the illegal business of smuggling products into our countryand they could be, at one point, a link to it. We have not seen it, so far. We monitor it constantly,but yes, this something that could develop."U.S. drug en forcement officials say FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, is theonly terrorist group w ith clear links to international drug trafficke rs.Drug money has helped sustain FARC militants in their three-decade long struggle against theColombian government, wh ich has included deadly bom bings, kidnappings, murde rs andhijackings.U.S. drug enforcement officials say the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, along with Afghanistan'sformer Taleban movement, have profited from drug dealing, but it is unclear whethe r al-Qaida hasbenefited from drug funds.The officials made their remarks during a panel discussion hosted by ABC News in New York.


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Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives Page 1 o f 6

Committee on InternationalRelationsU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C, 20515-0128Statement ofKaren P. Tandy

AdministratorDrug Enforcement Administration

Before theCommittee on International RelationsU.S. House of Representatives

February 12, 2004'United States Policy Towards Narco-Terrorism in Afghanistan"

Chairman Hyde, Ranking Mem ber Lantos and distinguished m em bers of the C om m ittee, thankyou for the invitation to testify today on the im portant issue of opium production in Afghanistan and itspotential links to terrorism .Overview

Afghan drug production is a priority fo r the DBA that guides o ur enforcem ent strategy in theregion. As you know , opium production in Afghanistan has resum ed over the last two years, although itis still lower than the highest level reached under the Taliban. While we expect that only a small portionof the resulting opium and heroin will ultimately reach the Unite d States, these drugs are of greatconcern because they increase w orldwide supply and have the potential to fund terrorists and otherdestabilizing groups. Because the situation inside Afghan istan presents unique challenges to lawenforcement, the DBA has successfully acted with neighboring countries to control the spread of Afghanopium and heroin through Operation Co ntainment.

I have just returned from Kabul where A ssistant Secretary of State Ro bert Charles, other seniorofficials representing the U nited States, and I participated in discussions w ith Afg hanistan TransitionalAuthority President Hamid Karzai, United Nations Office of D rugs and Crim e Director Antonio C ostaand other representatives from Afghanistan and the European Union on the challenges posed by Afghandrug production. The international drug control com m unity shares our view that concerted m ultilateralefforts will be required to effectively address these problems. I look forward to discussing each of these

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2 of 4 DOCUMENTSCopyright 2004 Federal News Service, Inc.

Federal News ServiceFebruary 12,2004 Thursday

SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARINGLENGTH: 16338 wordsHEADLINE: HEARING OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEESUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN DRUGS AND TERRORISM AND U.S. SECURITY POLICYCHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE HENRY HYDE (R-IL)LOCATION: 2172 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.WITNESSES: PANEL I:MARK STEVEN KIRK (R-IL);PANEL II:ROBERT B. CHARLES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAWENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS;WILLIAM B. TAYLOR, JR., COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN, DEPARTMENT OF STATE;KAREN P. TANDY, ADMINISTRATOR, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION;THOMAS W. O'CONNELL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;BRIGADIER GENERAL GARY L. NORTH, USAF, DIRECTOR OF POLITICO-MILITARY AFFAIRS FOR ASIA-PACIFIC, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

BODY:

REP. HENRY J. HYDE (R-IL): The committee will come to order. Today's hearing continues this committee'soversight of the U.S. global war on terrorism, including efforts by the U.S. government to eliminate financial supportfor terrorism. We have learned much. In testimony before this committee last July, Ron Noble, the secretary- general ofINTERPOL warned publicly that al Qaeda and other terrorist groups operating in Kosova, Syria, Lebanon, Chechnyaand Northern Europe were materially benefiting from the sale of counterfeit goods such as music, popular goods,videos, jewelry, designer clothes similar to those items sold openly on the streets of every major city in the world.

The theft of intellectual property and its link to international terrorism will receive further attention from thecommittee this year, but today we turn our attention to a phenomenon that both derives benefits from and providesbenefits to terrorists: the illicit drug trade in Afghanistan. This hearing will examine among other things how opium


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Committee on International RelationsU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515-0128STATEMENT BY

THOMAS W. O'CONNELLASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW

INTENSITY CONFLICTBEFORE THEUNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSUNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES108th CONGRESS

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD FEBRUARY 12, 2004COUNTERING NARCOTERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN

Chairman Hyde, Representative Lantos, and distinguished Members of the Committee, it is myhonor to appear before you today to discuss the problem of illegal narcotics trafficking inAfghanistan, its relation to terrorism, and the programs the Defense Department is developingto defeat this problem. I am particularly pleased to discuss these issues with you, because theCongress has been very responsive in supporting my office's initiative in requesting funding forcounternarcotics programs for related to Afghanistan in the FY 2004 supplementalappropriation. As you know, Congress supported the Administration's request for Departmentof Defense funding of $73 million for these purposes.Taking Immediate Actions while Building Long-Term CapabilityThe narcotics problem in Afghanistan presents a special challenge. The internationalcommunity and the Afghan leadership, with the support of the United States, are addressingthis challenge. The United Kingdom has the lead in providing international assistance, and theAfghan leadership, including President Karzai and Minister of Interior Jalali, is beginning totake action. This is the appropriate course to take, because this problem requires a long termeffort that the Afghan government must lead, with assistance from the United States and therest of the international community.Our current actions must also aim not just at immediate positive effects, but also at sustainablelong-term results. This can only be achieved by devoting some of our current efforts to helpingcreate a strong, long-term capability for Afghanistan to control this problem on its own. This isespecially important because, as we know from successful counternarcotics efforts in othercountries, success is achieved not just by destroying fields and disrupting traffickers, but alsoby creating a strong law enforcement framework, with effective police equipped with adequate

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Committee on International RelationsU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515-0128Testimony by -,Robert B. Charles \t Secretaryof State

Bureau forInternational Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,House International Relations CommitteeThursday, February 12, 2004

U.S. Policy towards Narcoterrorism in Afghanistan

Mr. Chairman, and distinguished members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity totalk to you today about the narcotics situation in Afghanistan and what we are doing about it.Success in rebuilding Afghanistan, an epicenter in the war on terrorism, is one of theAdministration's two highest priorities. More than two decades of war have destroyedAfghanistan's physical infrastructure and much of its human and social capital as well.Operation Enduring Freedom's ousting of the Taliban regime, the subsequent Bonn processestablishing peace between rival factions, and the presence of the moderate Hamid Karzai ashead of an interim government, have solidified Afghanistan's strong and supportiverelationship with the U.S. and Coalition partners. However, as the international community andthe fledgling central government begin the task of building for Afghanistan an infrastructure,economy, and public institutions, the country faces major threats from different directions,including the resurgence of illegal drug cultivation and an unstable security environment. Thechallenge is enormous.I have just returned from the International Counternarcotics Conference on Afghanistan held inKabul on February 8 and 9. The Conference brought together practitioners and policy makersfrom a host of countries, and underscored the concern of the international community aboutthe narcotics situation in Afghanistan and our common commitment to assist the nascentinstitutions of the government of Afghanistan in dealing with it.For as you know, there is much to be concerned about. For the past decade, opium poppyhas been Afghanistan's largest and most valuable cash crop. After a one-year "poppy ban" in2000-2001, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban and during which drugs were stockpiled,Afghanistan has reemerged as the world's leading supplier of illicit opium, morphine andheroin. The CIA's Counternarcotics Center estimated the 2002-2003 crop at 61,000 hectares- a 98% increase over the 2001-2002 crop. Opium was cultivated in 28 of Afghanistan's 32

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5. Osama bin Laden a 'narco-terrorist'ROWAN SCARBOROUGHWashington TimesThe al Qaeda terror group has embraced heroin trafficking to such an extent that its leader,Osama bin Laden, is now a "narco-terrorist," says a U.S. congressman just back from a fact-finding mission in Pakistan and Afghanistan."It seems clear to me heroin is the No. 1 financial asset of Osama bin Laden," Rep. Mark StevenKirk, Illinois Republican, told The Washington Times. "There is a need to update our view of howterrorism is financed."And the view of Osama bin Laden relying on Wahhabi donations from abroad is outdated. Andthe view of him as one of the world's largest heroin dealers is the more accurate, up-to-dateview."Mr. Kirk wants a pronounced shift in how the Bush administration tries to stop al Qaeda funding.Up to now, Washington has focused on bin Laden's traditional sources: Islamic charities and hisfamily fortune.But the Bush team has choked off much of that flow, forcing bin Laden to adjust. In Afghanistan,bin Laden has the benefit of the world's largest poppy crop, as he evades capture in Pakistan'snotorious border areas. He is reaping $24 million alone from one narcotics network in Kandahar,Afghanistan, according to Mr. Kirk's investigation.The congressman said it is no longer sufficient to go after only the charities and bank accounts.Washington now must fuse counterterrorism and counternarcotics into an inseparable mission."The most important thing here is to change the language to not describe Osama bin Ladenanymore as a terrorist, but to more accurately describe him as a narco-terrorist," said Mr. Kirk,who sits on the Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, state and judiciary.Mr. Kirk and his team of House staff investigators spent five days in Pakistan and Afghanistan,whose farm areas once again are sprouting thousands of acres of poppies from which opium andheroin are produced. Hundreds of illicit drug labs have sprung up to process the heroin forshipment to Pakistan.The al Qaeda-heroin connection is becoming more clear to Washington. The first big break camelast month, when Navy ships seized boats concealing large stashes of heroin and operated bycrew members linked to al Qaeda.In Afghanistan, Mr. Kirk talked to a variety of sources, including U.S. Drug EnforcementAdministration agents, U.S. troops and Afghan counternarcotics officials.A kilogram of heroin that can fetch $2,000 in Pakistan can get $10,000 in Turkey. That is why alQaeda has begun sending drug-laden boats into the Arabian Sea: to find more lucrative marketsoutside Pakistan."If he can expand his operation closer and closer to the retail market, he will dramatically increasehis profit," Mr. Kirk said.Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is reluctant to get his troops too deeply involved in thedrug wars, aides say. Some Pentagon officials view counternarcotics as predominately a lawenforcement duty. In Afghanistan, where the United Nations reports 264,000 poppy-growing

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