EXCLUSIVE: US Soldiers Involved in Drug Smuggling Ring (ABC news)

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This story was on the evening ABC news tonight:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/US/story?id=1252876

"Washington, Oct. 26, 2005 — Several cases of corruption in the military ranks have revealed a dangerous vulnerability in the nation's security, ABC News has learned.

Dozens of active and former soldiers have abused their military uniforms and authority in a drug smuggling ring, government sources tell ABC News.

A U.S. army sergeant fighting the war on drugs in Colombia was recently sentenced to six years in prison for using military aircraft to smuggle cocaine into the United States.

In April, an Air National Guard pilot and a sergeant used a C-5 Galaxy military transport plane to sneak nearly 300,000 ecstasy pills from Germany into New Yo"rk." More on link

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/US/story?id=1252876

[Kralizec]

1. Surprise, surprise....

[twaddler01]

2. more corruption to go along with the rest. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

3. Makes you wonder about Afghanistan

where some would have access to raw opium.

[ret5hd]

4. Warning-Distraction-Warning

distraction from the REAL news.

[MisterP]

12. bosh!

[Angry Girl]

5. C'mon! The U.S. military has ALWAYS been a major drug trafficker

Think of all the battle ships (with so many hiding places it would make your mind reel) and cargo planes and all those enrty points with no checks. It's been like this since forever....

[cantstandbush]

6. Is Olli North at it again? Oh, they mean someone else.

This has been the MO of a number of our folks in uniform since WWI. The wars in central America were one of the biggest drug running episodes in history.

[Catch22Dem]

7. Happened with special ops when I was in Okinawa

They'd go to Thailand and get some excellent shit and bring it back.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

8. Gettin Rich and Gettin' High--for FREEEEEDUM!!!!!!!

On the other side of the world---=>just think about why we had to invade Afghanistan!
The _{Cheney /Bush} cartel are making BIG BIG bucks on the record opium crop.
Fact: this year Afghanistan's opium yield was the largest amount of any one drug ever produced in any one country in the history of the world.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bucks!!!
The druglords have now officially infiultrated every part of their current government .

Freedom in Action or freedom inaction?

[MADem]

9. Oh boy, dust off Rover and Sparky

Bet we'll see the drug dog searches go up as a result of this.

[goforit]

10. This is unbelievable!!!!.....You begin to wonder.

[oregonindy]

11. just legalize it and tax it and then everything would be okey dokey

[ECH1969]

13. Why am I not suprised

[Voltaire99]

14. "C-5 Galaxy military transport plane to sneak nearly 300K ecstasy...

pills from Germany into New York."

At last, a valid use for a military transport plane.