Drug smugglers exploit Iraq chaos
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Jordan says the lack of security in Iraq is causing a big increase in drug trafficking in the Middle East region.
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For anyone living in Damascus these days, the fact that some Iraqi refugees are selling sex or working in sex clubs is difficult to ignore.
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The situation in Iraq has become more complicated and turbulent since a series of explosions hit the war-torn country on Saturday.
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The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos, as rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control the area.
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Iraqi police detain beggars and mentally ill people found on the streets who could be exploited by militants.
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Kurdish Iranians in poor border towns are taking advantage of the porous boundary with Iraq to sneak into the country for coveted items &#151; like alcohol &#151; to sell back home.
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WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents and their informants have been infiltrating US and coalition organizations, Iraqi security units, and political parties in growing numbers, posing a daunting challenge to efforts to defeat the guerrillas and create a stable Iraqi state, according to US military officials, Iraq specialists, and a new study of Iraqi security forces.
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Federal agents arrested more than 130 alleged drug traffickers from coast-to-coast Tuesday, saying they smuggled heroin from Mexico and even offered phone-up home deliveries like a pizza shop.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad yesterday, coping with cars rigged with explosives, while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran.
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As gun prices soar in Iraq, army and police weapons from Iraqi state armories are, in turn, showing up on the black market.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 180 foreigners:
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Federal agents arrested more than 130 alleged drug traffickers from coast-to-coast Tuesday who U.S. officials said smuggled heroin from Mexico and offered phone-up home delivery like a takeout pizza shop.
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impoverished inhabitants of the Niger delta, which pumps all the nation&#39;s oil. The government says he. is just a bandit fighting for control of smuggling routes used by oil thieves.
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A new wave of drug kingpins is emerging in Colombia &#151; traffickers who operate from the shadows, seeking only profits and avoiding the excesses of previous generations of drug lords, a top intelligence official said.
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Bands of former soldiers and armed residents looted police arsenals, set bonfires and fired shots into the air amid escalating chaos in this impoverished Caribbean nation.
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An Iraqi insurgent group accused Iraqis who help the U.S. military of being criminals and bandits, referring to Sunni tribes fighting al-Qaida in the western Anbar province, according to a new video posted Wednesday.