TWO WARS WITH ONE STONE

James Joyner | Friday, December 19, 2003

I’m rather amused by the NYT headline “Navy Seizes Hashish; Sees Ties to Al Qaeda.”

The story isn’t particularly amusing, however:

The United States Navy seized two tons of hashish and detained three men it said had ties to Al Qaeda when it halted and boarded a boat in the Persian Gulf on Monday, military officials announced Friday.

“An initial investigation uncovered clear ties between the smuggling operation and Al Qaeda,” the Navy said in a statement.

Pentagon and military officials declined to give any details of the information that linked the shipment or the three men to Al Qaeda, but they said they had evidence that the cache of drugs aboard the 40-foot boat was intended to raise funds for terrorist activities.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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