By Manila Ryce
Published Thursday, December 27th, 2007, 4:27 am
Filed under: Videos: Political, World: South America, Society/Culture: Drugs, Videos: News, Economic, Society/Culture: Law/Order, Videos, Society/Culture, World Issues, US Politics
Other Western countries like Great Britain are quite honest about their history of drug trading, but we still engage in self-censorship, even amongst the Left, when it comes to acknowledging that similar activities have been carried out by the CIA in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and Latin America during the Iran-Contra Affair. Perhaps the reason why the CIA’s well-documented role in the global drug trade is never really acknowledged is because it never really ended.
Remember this story? The video below is an update into the specifics:
A Gulfstream II jet that crash landed in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in late September bearing a load of nearly four tons of cocaine. This particular Gulfstream II (tail number N987SA), was used between 2003 and 2005 by the CIA for at least three trips between the U.S. east coast and Guantanamo Bay — home to the infamous “terrorist” prison camp — according to a number of press reports.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb uncovered that the CIA was responsible for distributing cocaine into poor Los Angeles neighborhoods. Shortly after Webb exposed the CIA, he was killed (the official story is that he committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the head).
War is profitable, and the so-called “War on Drugs” is no different. Government agencies make money in every part of the process: from sale, to seizure, to incarceration. America has 25% of the world’s incarcerated population, and a higher percentage of its black population in prison than South Africa did at the height of apartheid.
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It might have started with noble intentions, or it might not have, but nonetheless a system that perpetuates graft and corruption is what remains.
12/27/07 at 6:12 pm
Those boys performing the harsh interrogation techniques needed a little boost towards the end of a long day, I guess.
Regards,
Tengrain
12/27/07 at 7:16 pm
Seems like a lot of conspiracy and very little fact.
The plane was used by the CIA for 3 flights in a period of 3 years. Who had it the other 1092 or so days in that time frame? Planes like this don’t make money sitting on the ground and it doesn’t seem likely that the CIA would lease it and then leave it stting around that much.
Maybe more relevant, who has been using it for the last 2 years? No one seems to be asking that question.
My guess. The Gulfstream II hasn’t been manufactured since the late 1970’s. This plane is probably 40 years old. It probably got sold off as no longer economically practical to operate. Someone wanting to squeeze the last few dollars out of it picked it up and it ended up in the drug trade. ….or it got stolen.
Anyway, with 4 tons of coke the plane wouldhave been overloaded by at least a ton, probably more on an long flight with a full fuel load. Drug dealers do this all the time with stolen aircraft because they don’t care what happens to them.
Just another sad end for an old plane.
12/27/07 at 9:49 pm
Yeah - I’m no pilot, but I find it hard to believe the plane would even be able to get off the ground with ‘nearly 4 tons’ of anything on board - with full fuel, the rated payload is 2831 lbs.
Here’s a link to the spec sheet:
http://www.jetsales.com/comp/types/jets/bgulfstreamII.html
12/28/07 at 9:50 am