U.S. Wants to Spray Herbicides on Afghan Poppies
October 11th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Pushing an antidrug strategy rejected in Colombia, the U.S. wants the Afghan government to go along with a plan to spray the nation’s illicit poppy fields with herbicides.
The Telegraph reported Oct. 10 that the collapse of a British-led law-enforcement campaign and another record opium harvest have the U.S. urging the Afghan government to approve spraying the poppies with the herbicide “glyphosate.” The campaign has earned U.S. Ambassador William B. Wood — who has offered to have himself sprayed with the chemical to demonstrate its safety — the nickname “Chemical Bill.”
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