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Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Fascinating site. Use the search box and type in "terror" or "terrorism."

Statement of Asa Hutchinson, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration about DEA's role in homeland security Congressional Testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources December 5, 2001

Terrorism, Drug Trafficking Inextricably Linked, U.S. Experts Say Drug Enforcement Agency Symposium December 5, 2001

Statement of Asa Hutchinson, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration about the connection between international drug trafficking and terrorism in Afghanistan Congressional Testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources October 3, 2001

International Drug Trafficking and Terrorism U.S. intelligence confirmed a connection between Afghanistan's former ruling Taliban and international terrorist Osama Bin Laden and the al-Qa'ida organization. DEA has received multi-source information that Bin Laden has been involved in the financing and facilitation of heroin trafficking activities. While the activities of the two entities do not always follow the same course, we know that drugs and terror frequently share the common ground of geography, money, and violence. In this respect, the very sanctuary previously enjoyed by Bin Laden was based on the existence of the Taliban's drug state, whose economy was exceptionally dependent on opium.

Narco-Terror: The International Connection Between Drugs and Terror Many, in the name of freedom, say drug use should be permissible. The argument is that the government should have a hands-off attitude toward drug use and that if individuals exercise their freedom, they should be able to exercise it toward drug use or drug abuse. But there's another dimension to the abuse of drugs. Not only does it weaken the United States, but it also supports attacks against the judicial system in Mexico. It funds terrorism in Colombia and generally destabilizes governments from Afghanistan to Thailand.

Narco-Terror: The International Connection between Drugs & Terror ...there's another dimension to the abuse of drugs. Not only does it weaken the United States, but it also supports attacks against the judicial system in Mexico. It funds terrorism in Colombia and generally destabilizes governments from Afghanistan to Thailand.

Remarks of Karen P. Tandy, Administrator United States Drug Enforcement Agency on “U.S.-Pakistan Counter Narcotics Cooperation”, Islamabad, Pakistan, Sept. 2007:  The world drug trade is huge – the U.N estimates it at 320 billion U.S dollars, and calls it “the single most profitable sector of transnational criminality.” Assisting in international investigations is a big part of our mission – this year, for example a critical success was the recent arrest of Monzer al Kassar, a global munitions trader who supplied and funded terrorist acts for three decades and evaded law enforcement. Al Kassar funded and armed factions in a host of the world’s hot spots, such as Iran and Iraq, and was one of the Iraqi Government’s most wanted. He also was connected to some of the DEA’s most significant drug cases over the years. From his palatial estate in Spain, he commanded a global illicit munitions empire, an empire built on transnational crime and drug trafficking.

Drugs and Terror: Just the Facts Learn the link between drugs and terror.

Drugs and Terrorism: A New Perspective (September 2002) An overview of the connection between drugs and terror. Discusses the difference between narco-terrorism and drug-related violence, the evolution of narco-terrorism, and summaries of several international groups involved in narco-terrorism, including Pablo Escobar from the Medellin cartel, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Kurdistan Worker's Party and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

The Threat Posed from the Convergence of Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and Terrorism December 13, 2000 Congressional Testimony by Frank Cilluffo, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime on the Threat Posed from the Convergence of Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Terrorism. He gives an overview of narco-terrorism worldwide. Even though this was written prior to the September 11th attacks, this testimony provides a good overview of the link between drugs and terror.

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