Huffington Post – by Charlotte Alfred
The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show its fighters burning down a marijuana field in a town it captured in north Syria.
In the clip, which appears to be shot in the town of Akhtarin and was uploaded to YouTube by an ISIS supporter on Tuesday, the fighters denounce the evils of drug-taking, before appearing to chop down bushes and setting them ablaze.
The militants claim they discovered the farm after having captured Akhtarin from the Free Syrian Army, a rival group of opposition fighters in Syria, in recent weeks. The militants claim the farm owner fled over the nearby border with Turkey.
Syria Deeply reported in July that some farmers in north Syria have turned to pot-growing in a desperate bid to make an income amidst Syria’s devastating civil war.
But the farmers have come under threat from radical Islamist fighters, such as the militants of the Islamic State, who consider drugs against Islamic law.
The Islamic State group, earlier known as ISIS, is known to impose a harsh interpretation of Islamic law in areas under its control in Iraq and Syria, and has banned cigarettes, alcohol and drugs. A United Nations commission said on Wednesday that the group’s systematic abuse of civilians, including public executions and training child fighters, may amount to crimes against humanity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/marijuana-syria-isis_n_5722080.html
I wonder what will happen when ISIS makes its way into Afghanistan and attempts to burn down the poppy fields?
IMHO, this will be when Obama commits ground troops. This was the “reason” that G.W. Bush sent troops into Afghanistan. We were allegedly looking for the boogie man, Osama bin Laden; however, in actuality we were going after the Taliban, before they could burn-down the poppy fields.
I can understand (but not agree) with committing troops to save USA Corporate investments in the Middle East — but committing troops and sacrificing lives in order to preserve the heroin drug trade is beyond any rational purpose… it is positively obscene!
Are they doing this to make sure the entire town gets stoned? It must be a prelude to an attack.
Maybe the smoke will chill everyone out…
ISIL/ISIS is CIA duh
ISIS = ISrael In Syria.