Episode 197 • • 1:28:07 - 1:29:45
197: Salt in the Wound
Afghan Poppy Harvest, Operation Flintlock in Sahara
U.S. Marines are reportedly providing fertilizer and seeds to farmers in Marja, Afghanistan, during the poppy harvest season, suggesting involvement in the drug trade. Simultaneously, the U.S. is launching "Operation Flintlock" in the Sahara Desert. This expansion is framed as securing drug smuggling routes under the guise of anti-Al Qaeda military exercises.