LilMikeSFNov 12

Deets on #CIA’s early 2000's era #covert ops #Aggro mission that began modifying #poppy seed properties in 2004 and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over #Afghanistan in attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s #opium crop. The poppy propagation ploy, ultimately considered a failure, ended shortly before #Drumpf took office and head of U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime from 2002 to 2010, said he heard whispers about such a seeding strategy but never had any confirmation.

https://wapo.st/4qWea62 Warren P. Strobel #WaPo Exclusive #WarOnDrugs #InternationalNews #GiftLink #SharedStrategy

Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium

In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.

The Washington Post