[BITList] New War Weapon

[John Feltham]

America's latest weapon against terror:
27 Dec 2008, 0957 hrs IST,

WASHINGTON: The US intelligence officials are using Viagra to win new
Afghan friends who can provide them with information about the  
activities

Recently, a CIA officer used four Viagra pills to win over an Afghan
chieftain, who looked older than his 60-odd years, and was burdened with
duties as a tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women.

“Take one of these. You’ll love it,” the Washington Times quoted the
officer, as saying.

The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter,
returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception.

The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban
movements and supply routes - followed by a request for more pills.

For US intelligence officials, this is how some crucial battles in
Afghanistan are fought and won. While the CIA has a long history of
buying information with cash, the growing Taliban insurgency has
prompted the use of novel incentives and creative bargaining to gain
support in some of the country’s roughest neighborhoods, according to
officials directly involved in such operations.


ooroo

If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door.

Anon.



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