DOD: Terror Groups Ally With Organized Crime

Senior officials from the Defense Department told Congress yesterday that terrorist activity and organized crime increasingly are intertwined as reported by Karen Parrish from American Forces Press Service:  "nowhere is the link between transnational organized crime, insurgency and terrorism more apparent than in Afghanistan, where the Taliban continues to receive a large percentage of its revenue through heroin trade" said Michael A. Sheehan who is assistant secretary of defense for special operations.