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NATO Preps To Go After Afghanistan Narcotics Labs, Traffickers, SACEUR Says

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt NATO forces in Afghanistan are preparing for counternarcotics operations to try and break the flow of funds to insurgents that fuel their ability to buy weapons and bombs, according to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Under new NATO authority, forces will be able to go after narcotics labs and traffickers. "We have now work in progress to translate authority to implementation procedures to guidance, which has been issued--I have done that," Army Gen. John Craddock told the…

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