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Former Blackwater gets rich as Afghan drug production hits record high

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 04/07/2015 - 08:00

Opium poppy cultivation is up in Afghanistan despite the infamous mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater being paid $569m by the Pentagon to stop it

In a war full of failures, the US counternarcotics mission in Afghanistan stands out: opiate production has climbed steadily over recent years to reach record-high levels last year.

Yet one clear winner in the anti-drug effort is not the Afghan people, but the infamous mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater.

Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after troop withdrawal

 

Statistics released on Tuesday reveal that the rebranded private security firm,known since 2011 as Academi, reaped over a quarter billion dollars from the futile Defense Department push to eradicate Afghan narcotics, some 21% of the $1.5 bn in contracting money the Pentagon has devoted to the job since 2002.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/31/blackwater-gets-rich-afghanistan-drug-production

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