1. Also Monday, a government campaign to eradicate opium poppy crops met fatal violence on its first day. 2. An all-out war could also undermine American efforts to eradicate drug crops and dismantle Colombian-based smuggling networks. 3. Arlacchi has contended that drug crops could be eradicated by having farmers substitute legal crops in return for development projects like schools, health clinics and roads. 4. Besides, the Europeans were asked, did it make sense for Morocco to eradicate a crop that sooner or later might become entirely acceptable in Europe? 5. Also to be addressed are efforts to eradicate illegal crops in Mexico and new laws to combat money laundering. 6. In part, the money is to finance an expanded campaign to eradicate drug crops and destroy laboratories in the southern Colombian departments of Putumayo and Caqueta. 7. Samper also reportedly suggested that efforts to eradicate illegal crops would appease Washington enough to postpone action against drug lords. 8. Qanooni said the government will now turn its attention to eradicating crops in the northern province of Badakshan. 9. A group of calloused and sunburned coca farmers is protesting the U.S.-backed effort to eradicate drug crops in this remote corner of northeast Colombia. 10. A program to eradicate drug crops with herbicide sprayed from planes caused tens of thousands of peasants to strike earlier this year in several regions of southern Colombia. |