The Mena Connection : Exposing the CIA, Bush, Clinton, Iran Contra, & Drug Running

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!! News
September 1, 2017

Tells the story of the lies of the US Government concerning the Iran-Contra Affair. George Bush Sr. & Bill Clinton oversaw the smuggling of TONS of Cocaine in & out of Mena, Arkansas (the hub of traffic if you will where the 'Enterprise' conducted business clandestinely.)

Guns, Drugs and the CIA

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!!! News
September 1, 2017

Frontline News

Afghan Mission accomplished: more heroin for the world

Activist Post
April 6, 2015

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The Guardian reports statistics on opium agriculture in Afghanistan:

“…the US counternarcotics mission in Afghanistan stands out: opiate production has climbed steadily over recent years to reach record-high levels last year.”

“Far from eradicating the deep-rooted opiate trade, US counternarcotics efforts have proven useless, according to a series of recent official inquiries. Other aspects of the billions that the US has poured into Afghanistan over the last 13 years of war have even contributed to the opium boom.”

“In December, the United Nations reported a 60% growth in Afghan land used for opium poppy cultivation since 2011, up to 209,000 hectares…”

“…the [UN] inspector general also noted that US reconstruction projects, particularly those devoted to ‘improved irrigation, roads, and agricultural assistance’ were probably leading to the explosion in opium cultivation.

“’[A]ffordable deep-well technology turned 200,000 hectares of desert in southwestern Afghanistan into arable land over the past decade,’ the inspector general found, concluding that ‘much of this newly arable land is dedicated to opium cultivation’.” 

Who’s kidding who? 

In Colombia, the US government proved it could eradicate coca and opium-poppy growing fields. One of the solutions was an herbicide called Roundup. You may have heard of it. 

But in Afghanistan, the US just didn’t remember that. It skipped their mind. Oops. 

Suddenly, the Afghanistan mission became one of good will. Mustn’t upset the farmers. In Colombia, upsetting the farmers was perfectly all right. 

When you can lessen a problem but choose not to, you want the problem to persist. It’s simple. 

And at that point, the problem becomes an opportunity—it always was. 

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Opium Crop in Afghanistan Up 36 Percent, Says UN Report

The New American
November 15, 2013

Matheny's Note: Isn't it funny that the opium sales have gone up since we've had our troops guarding the opium fields? Hmmmm.....

A November 13 press release issued by the UNODC — the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime — stated that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 percent in 2013, which is a record high. Additionally, opium production amounted to 5,500 tons, up by 49 percent since 2012.

The release cited as its source the 2013 Afghanistan Opium Survey released the same day in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the UNODC.   

Yury Fedotov, executive director of the UNODC, called the news “sobering” and emphasized that the increase in opium production presents a threat to health, stability, and development in Afghanistan and elsewhere. “What is needed is an integrated, comprehensive response to the drug problem. Counter-narcotics efforts must be an integral part of the security, development and institution-building agenda,” said Fedotov.

The report indicated that the area of opium poppies under cultivation in Afghanistan rose to 209,000 hectares from the previous year's total of 154,000 hectares, and was higher than the peak of 193,000 hectares reached in 2007. (A hectare is equal to 100 acres.)

“As we approach 2014 and the withdrawal of international forces from the country, the results of the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2013 should be taken for what they are — a warning, and an urgent call to action,” Fedotov continued.

When an AP reporter interviewed an Afghan farmer named Khan Bacha, who lives in the village Cham Kalai, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, he provided his explanation for turning to farming poppies. “People are poor, families are big. Wheat is no good,” said Bacha. “The only thing that is good is poppies. They are gold.”

The report noted that there was a five-fold increase in the number of acres planted in poppies in Nangarhar from 2012-2013, representing the biggest increase in Afghanistan.

Nangarhar is a stronghold for Taliban insurgents, noted Kathy Gannon, AP’s special regional correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan. She observed that the mere mention of security in the area made Bacha smile. The farmer gestured off in the distance and said that just the night before the Taliban fought a fierce battle with Afghan troops backed by “foreign soldiers” — referring to NATO troops.

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Freeway Ricky Ross on Alex Jones Tv How The CIA Supply, Control, Op

Infowars.com
March 27, 2013

Mark's note: I won't say how I know "Freeway Ricky" and others associated in his business, but I knew one of his dealers in the Ohio area who was also arrested and got time for these crimes.......

The most dangerous drug in the world: 'Devil's Breath' chemical from Colombia can block free will, wipe memory and even kill

Daily Mail

May 12, 2012

• *Scopolamine often blown into faces of victims or added to drinks
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• *Within minutes, victims are like 'zombies' - coherent, but with no free will
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• *Some victims report emptying bank accounts to robbers or helping them pillage own house
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• *Drug is made from borrachero tree, which is common in Colombia

A hazardous drug that eliminates free will and can wipe the memory of its victims is currently being dealt on the streets of Colombia.

The drug is called scopolamine, but is colloquially known as ‘The Devil’s Breath,' and is derived from a particular type of tree common to South America.

Stories surrounding the drug are the stuff of urban legends, with some telling horror stories of how people were raped, forced to empty their bank accounts, and even coerced into giving up an organ.

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TSA screeners allegedly let drug-filled luggage through LAX for cash

LA Times Blog
April 26, 2012

Four current and former Transportation Security Administration screeners have been arrested and face charges of taking bribes and looking the other way while suitcases filled with cocaine, methamphetamine or marijuana passed through X-ray machines at Los Angeles International Airport, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

The TSA screeners, who were arrested Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, allegedly received up to $2,400 in cash bribes in exchange for allowing large drug shipments to pass through checkpoints in what the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles called a “significant breakdown” of security.

In addition to the two current and two former screeners, prosecutors also indicted two alleged drug couriers and a third who allegedly tried to smuggle 11 pounds of cocaine but was nabbed when he went through the wrong security checkpoint.

The TSA employees “placed greed above the nation’s security needs,” Andre Birotte Jr., U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, said in a statement.

The 40-page indictment outlines five alleged smuggling incidents over a six-month period last year. In one incident, screeners schemed to allow for about eight pounds of methamphetamine to pass through security, then went to an airport restroom where he was handed $600, the second half of the payment for that delivery, according to prosecutors.

Briane Grey, acting special agent in charge of the DEA in Los Angeles, said the scheme was particularly reprehensible because it took place at LAX. 

“The defendants traded on their positions at one the world’s most crucial airport security checkpoints, used their special access for criminal ends, and compromised the safety and security of their fellow citizens for their own profit,” he said in a statement. 

The indicted screeners are Naral Richardson, 30, and Joy White, 27, who were both fired by TSA last year; and John Whitfield, 23, and Capeline McKinney, 25, both currently employed as screeners. All four have been taken into custody, and face up to life in prison if convicted. 

The accused drug couriers are Duane Eleby, 28, who is expected to surrender, and Terry Cunningham and Stephen Bayliss, both 28, who are both at large. 

The TSA’s security director at LAX said the agency was assisting with the investigation. “While these arrests are a disappointment, TSA is committed to holding our employees to the highest standards,” Randy Parsons said in a statement.

2nd Arkansas police officer pleads guilty in Operation Delta Blues drug and corruption case

PHOTO BY STEPHEN B. THORNTON

A suspect is led from the Federal Courthouse in Little Rock after a hearing involving suspects in the Operation Delta Blues case.

The Republic

January 26, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The second of five Arkansas law enforcement officers accused of accepting bribes and looking the other way while drug traffickers shipped marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs throughout the region pleaded guilty to extortion and money laundering Thursday.

Federal prosecutors in Little Rock agreed to drop the remaining charges against former Marvell Police Officer Robert Wahls in exchange for his guilty plea.

Prosecutors also agreed to recommend a two-year prison sentence for Wahls. A judge will decide whether to heed that recommendation during formal sentencing May 30.

Wahls is one of five law enforcement officers — out of 71 people — indicted in an investigation dubbed Operation Delta Blues. The probe, announced in October, focused on corruption and drug trafficking in the Mississippi Delta town of Helena-West Helena.

Wahls' plea comes a week after Helena-West Helena Police Officer Robert "Bam Bam" Rogers pleaded guilty to an extortion charge. Prosecutors recommended a 16-month prison sentence for Rogers.

As part of Wahls' plea agreement, federal prosecutors said he had to admit that he took money for escorting someone posing as a drug trafficker.

Wahls' attorney, Eric Relf Gribble, didn't respond to a request for comment Thursday.