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Intro -- AFGHANISTAN:NARCOTICS AND U.S. POLICY -- AFGHANISTAN: NARCOTICS AND U.S. POLICY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- AFGHANISTAN'S OPIUM ECONOMY -- CURRENT PRODUCTION STATISTICS -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- Opium And Afghanistan's War Economy -- Taliban Era -- Post-Taliban Resurgence -- Actors in Afghanistan's Opium Economy -- Farmers -- Land Owners -- Traffickers -- NARCOTICS AND SECURITY -- NARCOTICS AND PROSPECTS FOR STATE FAILURE INAFGHANISTAN -- Anti-Government Elements and Popular Violence -- Corruption and Challenges to Afghan Democracy -- Opium Profits and Afghanistan's Economic Recovery -- NARCOTICS, INSURGENCY, AND TERRORISM -- Taliban and Al Qaeda Financiers -- CONSUMPTION MARKETS -- Trafficking to the United States -- Russia -- Western Europe -- REGIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS -- CENTRAL ASIA[57] -- Pakistan -- Iran -- THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY RESPONSE -- AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS POLICIES,PROGRAMS, AND FORCES -- Bans, Prohibitions, and Policy Statements -- Institutions and Forces -- U.S. POLICY INITIATIVES: THE "FIVE-PILLAR" PLAN -- Public Information -- Judicial Reform -- Alternative Livelihood Development[75] -- Interdiction -- Eradication -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- BREAKING THE NARCOTICS-INSECURITY CYCLE -- BALANCING COUNTERTERRORISM ANDCOUNTERNARCOTICS -- DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE U.S. MILITARY -- REDEFINING ERADICATION -- AERIAL ERADICATION -- PENDING LEGISLATION AND COUNTERNARCOTICS FUNDING -- Counternarcotics Funding -- APPENDIX A -- CITED FIELD SURVEYS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.

This report provides an overview of madrasas, their role in the Muslim world, and issues related to their alleged links to terrorism.

This report reviews the package of legislation currently under consideration, analyzes the positions of various Iraqi political actors, and discusses potential implications for U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq.

This report includes a historical background of the Sunni-Shiite split and discusses the differences in religious beliefs and practices between and within each Islamic sect as well as their similarities.

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.

This report provides a background on these traditions and their relationship to active terrorist groups; it also summarizes recent charges and responses, including the findings of the final report of the 9/11 Commission and relevant legislation in the 110th Congress.

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequent discussions of religious extremism have called attention to Islamic puritanical movements known as Wahhabism and Salafiyya. Al Qaeda leaders and their ideological supporters have advocated a violent message that some suggest is an extremist interpretation of this line of puritanical Islam. Other observers have accused Saudi Arabia, the center of Wahhabism, of having disseminated a religion that promotes hatred and violence, targeting the United States and its allies. Saudi officials strenuously deny these allegations. This report provides a background on Wahhabism and its relationship to active terrorist groups; it also summarizes recent charges against Wahhabism and responses, including the findings of the final report of the 9/11 Commission and relevant legislation in the 110th Congress.

This report reviews policy proposals and interim contracts, analyzes the positions of various Iraqi political actors, and discusses potential implications for U.S. foreign policy goals in Iraq.

This report provides current statistical information, profiles the Afghanistan narcotics trade's participants, explores linkages between narcotics, insecurity, and corruption, and reviews U.S. and international policy responses since late 2001. The report also considers ongoing policy debates regarding the counternarcotics role of coalition military forces, poppy eradication, alternative livelihoods, and funding issues for Congress.