The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 20th, 2003
Boat carrying hashish linked to al-Qaida
Navy seizes vessel in Persian Gulf, U.S. says
By MATT KELLEY Associated Press
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Washington -- The Navy has seized a boat carrying nearly two tons of hashish in the Persian Gulf, U.S. officials said Friday, in what could be some of the first hard evidence of al-Qaida links to drug smuggling.
The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur intercepted the 40-foot boat on Monday. Aboard were a dozen men, three of them believed to have al-Qaida connections, and 3,780 pounds of hashish, the Navy said Friday.
"This is the first empiri...
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