OPINION_ The US Versus Global Narco-Jihad (Anders Corr - THE EPOCH TIMES)

THE EPOCH TIMES

The US Versus Global Narco-Jihad

A U.S. Coast Guard crew member stands guard among wrapped packages of cocaine and marijuana offloaded from Coast Guard Cutter Stone at Port Everglades in Port Everglades, Fla., on March 20, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Anders Corr
12/5/2025|Updated: 12/5/2025

Commentary


The United States is in a global fight against Islamic extremism, illegal drugs, and their deadly nexus.

Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are reemerging in Africa after losing many of their safe havens in Syria and Iraq. Their growth is fueled by narcotics trafficking, including cocaine through Venezuela and by Russian-backed Libyans. Hezbollah, supported by Iran, also has links to South American drug cartels.

Narcoterrorism contributes to drug trafficking, which caused more than 105,000 U.S. and 8,000 European drug overdose deaths in 2023. The two leading causes of overdose deaths are illegal fentanyl and cocaine. Most precursors for the former come from China, and most of the latter originate in Colombia. ISIS specializes in an amphetamine called Captagon.

...

READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-us-versus-global-narco-jihad-5953527?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-2

***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc.
Kính Chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị.

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
06122025
__________________________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC