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...bottles and juice jugs. The protesters then marched to Government House--the Prime Minister's official residence and office complex--and in a macabre pantomime of revolution, literally spilled their blood on the compound's gates and front steps. Ghastly? Perhaps. But certainly better than the alternative, says rice farmer Nawart Somsieng: "We can spill our blood for our country without using violence...
This Isn't OverWhen the military commanders and counternarcotics officials finally agree on what to do with the poppy crop - McChrystal is likely to win that debate - they will confront the next challenge: getting the farmers to eventually grow other crops instead. The last time officials in Kabul tried to get Marjah farmers to switch to wheat cultivation was in 2008, when opium was selling at $75 a kg, a long way down from the peak of $250 a kilo in 2003. Even so, the farmers turned down subsidized wheat seed and fertilizer, believing opium would be more profitable. They...
...neighboring Kandahar province, he will depend on Afghan security forces to protect Marjah. In the past, the drug lords have exploited the absence of Western troops to strike alliances with Afghan officials, getting them to play the Taliban's role of protectors of the drug trade. Khan, the farmer, has seen it happen before. "When there is no Taliban, the government men take money from the smugglers to help them move drugs across the border," he says. NATO commanders say they will be on the lookout for bribe taking and will ensure that Kabul makes examples of corrupt officials...
...This shows we can spill our blood for our country without using violence,'' said Nawart Somsieng, a rice farmer from the northeastern Khon Kaen province as she entered one of three medical tents staffed by about 100 volunteer doctors and nurses from local hospitals. "In Vietnam, monks have burned themselves alive for their beliefs, so it is not difficult for us to give our blood for our belief in democracy," said Chitra Chitprasert, a retired office worker from Bangkok also participating in the blood drive. (Watch an interview with the monk who led protests in Vietnam in 1960s...
...that] is safe and good. So that's just a basic trust in integrity. But if you start peeling back the layers off that transaction you can see there are far more relationships of integrity and trust needed to bring that milk to you. You can start with the farmer who needs to look after his cows properly, the vet who gives the cattle their antibiotics, all the way up the milk chain of the lab technicians, the plant workers, the distribution company. Not only are you trusting in their integrity, but they're all trusting each other. Because they...