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  NarcoTerror.org
The term 'narcoterrorism' was first used to describe a terror campaign waged by traffickers against anti-narcotics police.
Now a subject of definitional controversy, narcoterrorism is understood to mean the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of government by the systematic threat or use of violence."
Narcoterrorism became a major issue in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the US fight against the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel, more particularly in the fight by the cartel against extradition.
www.narcoterror.org /background.htm   (856 words)

  
  Narcoterrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narcoterrorism is a term coined by former President Belaunde Terry of Peru in 1983 when describing terrorist-type attacks against his nation's anti-narcotics police.
In the original context, narcoterrorism is understood to mean the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of government, the enforcement of the law and the administration of justice by the systematic threat or use of violence.
Narcoterrorism is transformed into a passionate concept that justifies military action, of which the people that have no involvement with either politics or narcotics become the casualties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narcoterrorism   (293 words)

  
 Iowa High School Model United Nations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Narcoterrorism is terrorism that is carried out to aid in the trafficking of illegal narcotics.
Many people do not feel that narcoterrorism is actually a form of terrorism, but rather that it is a crime.
Rebels in Kashmir also engage narcoterrorism as a means of financing their activities.
www.uni.edu /ihsmun/resources/narcoterrorism.htm   (298 words)

  
 Links between Terrorism and Drug Trafficking: A Case of “Narco-terrorism”? - International Summit on ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Simons: “Narcoterrorism = “ thus a special brand of terrorism, since although the tactics are similar to traditional terrorism –; threats, assassinations, bombings, kidnappings – the motivations and resources are different.
The aim of this ´new form of terrorism´; is, broadly speaking, that of ´terrorist extortion for the purpose of gaining an advantage´.
US Drug Enforcement Agency: Narcoterrorism = “a subset of terrorism, in which terrorist groups, or associated individuals, participate directly or indirectly in the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, or distribution of controlled substances and the monies derived from these activities.
english.safe-democracy.org /causes/links-between-terrorism-and-drug-trafficking-a-case-of-narcoterrorism.html   (4343 words)

  
 narcoterrorism
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hometown.aol.com /HattieColt4612/narcoterrorism.html   (205 words)

  
 Crime, Drug Prohibition And Terrorism
The term 'narcoterrorism' was first used to describe a terror campaign waged by traffickers against anti-narcotics police.
Now a subject of definitional controversy, narcoterrorism is understood to mean the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of government by the systematic threat or use of violence."
Narcoterrorism became a major issue in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the US fight against the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel, more particularly in the fight by the cartel against extradition.
www.csdp.org /news/news/narcoterror.htm   (2696 words)

  
 Narcoterrorism - TheBestLinks.com - Al Qaeda, Colombia, Hezbollah, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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In the original context, narcoterrorism is understood to mean the attempts of narcotics traffickers to influence the policies of government by the systematic threat or use of violence.
www.thebestlinks.com /Narcoterrorism.html   (213 words)

  
 Hudson Institute > American Outlook > American Outlook Article Detail
Political corruption led to political compromises that made narcoterrorism the deadliest weapon in the arsenal of the enemies of democracy and freedom.
The failure to understand and acknowledge narcoterrorism has allowed the development of an infrastructure so successful and independent that today, in Mexico, all levels of government have been implicated in and corrupted by drugs, including even former President Carlos Salinas.
Decades after Colombia’s Leftist guerrillas first adopted narcoterrorism as the main means of achieving their political agenda, they continue to benefit from a strange case of willful blindness among U.S. policymakers, especially evident during the second Clinton administration.
www.americanoutlook.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=article_detail&id=1502   (2376 words)

  
 Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Authorization to make narcoterrorism reward payments is detailed in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-690) and the International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 (P.L. The latter legislation increased the individual ceiling on these rewards to $2 million.
One narcoterrorism award was approved in FY 1996.
Seven awards are estimated to be approved in FY 1997, and ten in FY 1998.
www.ncjrs.org /htm/edcs.htm   (409 words)

  
 Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Chairman, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to discuss aid to Colombia and the European role in the fight against narcoterrorism.
On balance, the Colombians, with U.S. assistance and support, are on track to dismantle narco-terrorist organizations by seizing their current and future assets in all manners possible.
We are committed to fight the scourge of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism in our hemisphere and welcome others who share this commitment to join the fight.
wwwc.house.gov /international_relations/108/cha111804.htm   (5016 words)

  
 Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Chairman, Senator Biden, distinguished members of the Caucus, it is a pleasure to appear before you today to discuss the United States Southern Command's role in assisting Colombia and the region's other countries with the battle on narcoterrorism.
Battling narcoterrorism and its beneficiaries is just one part of the overall War on Terrorism, but it is an essential part which must be waged, particularly in our hemisphere.
While the threats to our nation from international terrorism are well known, the threats spawned by narcoterrorism are lesser known yet reach deep into this country.
drugcaucus.senate.gov /colombia03hill.html   (4952 words)

  
 Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN)
Narcoterrorism - the term "narcoterrorism" generally refers to the direct or indirect connection between terrorism groups and those who are involved in the cultivation, manufacturing, transportation, or distribution of illicit drugs.
The relationships between narcotics and terrorism vary from case to case, but are usually characterized by drug lords solely motivated by profit and terrorist organizations with a political agenda.
The United States and other member-states of the United Nations (UN) have developed specific policies to address the issue of narcoterrorism in Afghanistan and other countries throughout the world.
www.uca.edu /org/amun/topics.asp   (3650 words)

  
 TNI Drugs and Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Because it is unable to enforce a demand that this power be identified and dismantled, the Colombian state prefers not to bring it up.
Given the improvisation that has characterised the process from the outset, and Washington's lack of tolerance for narcoterrorism, it is surprising that the State Department has recently reiterated its support.
Uribe is a model for the type of president that Washington would like to see in the other countries in the region.
www.tni.org /archives/armenta/narcoterrorism.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Afgha.com - `Narcoterrorism' bogs down aid efforts in Afghanistan while drug trade blooms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A relief worker dies in an ambush on a blind curve up a steep mountain road.
A member of the Omaha, Nebraska-based group was killed on Aug. 7.
"Narcoterrorism" has become an increasingly entrenched factor in the violence that's meant to keep southern and eastern Afghanistan -- the world's poppy belt -- off-limits to outside assistance, said Paul Barker, country director for the charity CARE.
www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=37833&newlang=english   (607 words)

  
 Rumsfeld: Colombia is doing 'an excellent job' fighting narcoterrorists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As his plane jetted toward Colombia's capital city, Rumsfeld said that President Alvaro Uribe and his country's military "have done an excellent job and they are making very good progress" in fighting narcoterrorists who are funding anti-government groups, such as the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the Spanish acronym FARC.
While in Bogota, Rumsfeld is slated to meet with numerous senior Colombian officials, including Uribe, Minister of Defense Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon, and Gen. Jorge Enrique Mora Rangel, commander of the armed forces.
Colombia's fight against narcoterrorism is America's battle too, in part because narcoterrorists there oversee the growth and processing of opium poppies into heroin and cocaine that is shipped to drug dealers in the United States.
www.dcmilitary.com /marines/hendersonhall/8_33/national_news/24793-1.html   (591 words)

  
 Columns: 'Narcoterrorism' needs attention
When Hill addressed a regional security conference in Miami last week, attended by 300 academics and military brass, he didn't pull punches.
"Narcoterrorism" in Latin America is fueling "radical Islamic groups" such as Hamas and Hezbollah, he said.
These groups are exploiting weak border controls and the lack of state authority in certain "lawless" areas, to "generate hundreds of millions of dollars through drug and arms trafficking with narcoterrorists."
www.sptimes.com /2003/03/10/Columns/_Narcoterrorism__need.shtml   (800 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This account by a Peruvian lawyer and former assistant prosecutor intimately acquainted with the workings of the Sendero offers a dispassionate description of the background, ideology and goals, strategy, and organization of the group, as well the government's counterguerrilla and counterterrorism responses.
A final, and fascinating, chapter examines the Sendero's coca economy in the upper Huallaga Valley, its ties to international narcotics networks, and the extent and effects of "narcoterrorism" on Peru and the region.
Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism is full of all of the lies that were revealed as such years ago.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0275936422   (445 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Defense Leaders Vow Unity to Fight Narcoterrorism
Rumsfeld praised efforts already under way to stem drug trafficking and encouraged more cooperation, at the ministerial as well as during visits last week in Latin America.
After meeting with Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos Geyer Nov. 13, Rumsfeld said that country "has certainly done a commendable job of combating narcoterrorism, especially along the Atlantic coast." This year alone, Nicaraguan military has confiscated more than 6,000 kilograms of cocaine.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said the command's activities are helping reduce illegal drug cultivation and trafficking in the region, while helping to defeat narcoterrorism.
globalsecurity.org /security/library/news/2004/11/sec-041119-afps01.htm   (781 words)

  
 Congressman Ed Case's 2nd Congressional District of Hawai'i Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The third was to address the serious threat of narcoterrorism not only to Afghanistan but to Pakistan and other countries of South and Central Asia."
The delegation began its efforts on Sunday in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, with military, intelligence, political, economic, and development briefings with U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker and other U.S. Embassy, U.S. Agency for International Development and other federal entity personnel.
"The threat of narcoterrorism is real, given that Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium and poppy production is upwards of 60 to 70% of Afghanistan's total economy," said Case.
wwwc.house.gov /case/press_releases/2004/2004-84.html   (748 words)

  
 Terrorism (2004) Research Topic History Summary
In the following viewpoint, originally given as testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 20, 2003, Steven W. Casteel asserts that narcoterrorism—when terrorism is funded by the sale of illegal drugs—is a worldwide threat.
He contends that narcoterrorism is a particularly serious problem throughout South America, where terrorist organizations such as Colombia’s National Liberation Army use profits from cocaine and heroin trafficking to help finance car bombings, kidnappings, assassinations, and other terrorist acts.
According to Casteel, narcoterrorism will persist until the flow of drug money is stopped.
www.bookrags.com /researchtopics/terrorism-2004/sub4.html   (384 words)

  
 americas.org - 2004 Colombian Aid Budget   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Bush administration sent its proposed 2004 budget to Congress on February 3 and asked for $531,740 in Colombian aid, nearly 15 percent more than 2003 aid levels.
It requested $463 million to fight “narcoterrorism” in Colombia, including funds for aerial drug eradication programs and $110 million in military assistance for training, intelligence for army mobile brigades, and funds to purchase C-130 Hercules and AC-47 planes.
Colombia currently is the third largest U.S. military aid recipient worldwide.
www.americas.org /item_13024   (170 words)

  
 DoD Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office --Who We Are   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 2003 this mission was expanded to include global narcoterrorism and the office’s name was changed to the Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office (CNTPO).
The goal of this office is to provide technology to the defense and civilian agencies and partner nations engaged in counterdrug and counter narcoterrorism operations.
This is accomplished by working within the DOD and interagency environment to determine common mission requirements.
www.cntpo.com   (234 words)

  
 DefendAmerica 08/13/2003 - Edition 1
Myers attended a number of meetings discussing the Colombian strategy to fight narcoterrorism.
The senior U.S. military officer said his trip in part was to express U.S. support for President Uribe's efforts to eliminate the threats of terrorism and narcoterrorism in the region.
The Colombian military is taking the offensive against rebel groups that use drug money to carry out operations and to buy weapons.
www.defendamerica.mil /archive/2003-08/20030813am.html   (1568 words)

  
 InfoSurance Links Library
This site provides news releases on narcoterrorism and background information on drug trafficking and abuse, law enforcement, and drug policy.
Terrorist War, by the Independent Institute, Oakland, US This site provides critical articles on the causes of terrorism, US homeland security, narco-terrorism, the nature of terrorism, the response to terrorism, and imperialism.
This site is provided by the conservative US news forum Free Republic and offers mainly a collection of articles related to narcoterrorism, which were published by conservative US media sources.
www.isn.ethz.ch /infosurance/index.cfm?Parent=4039   (262 words)

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