130 Albania C Crash
2003
October 2, 2003: David Kay, head of the Iraq Survey Group, gave closed briefings to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. His group concluded that Iraq’s nuclear weapons program was in "the very most rudimentary state." While no chemical or biological weapons had been found, "significant amounts of equipment " and "dozens of WMD-related program activities" had been found. The investigation had been hampered by looting of Iraqi laboratories and records areas and the apparent destruction of documents. Kay estimated that 6 to 9 more months would be needed for further investigations. Only 10 out of 130 Iraqi weapons depots had been thoroughly inspected. ... [Read More]
Docs 133-149
State of the World Noting that this was the kind of paper most people think S/P writes, but rarely does, Mr. Rostow briefly summarized the State of the World memo./2/ The following principal observations were made. /2/Document 142. [Read More]
J) Europe and Central Asia
Heroin trafficking continues to be the primary drug problem facing Russia. The Taliban stepped up production and export of opium and heroin into Tajikistan and Kazakhstan and on into Russia just as the economic crash of 1998 plunged Russia into a period of economic crisis. The crash resulted in a sharp drop in the standard of living for many Russians, high unemployment rates, and a decrease in the technical and financial resources available to law enforcement and drug treatment programs. Alcohol and substance abuse increased. The crisis, coupled with the widespread availability of cheap heroin, contributed to a rapid increase in serious heroin abuse and addiction, and a concomitant steep increase in HIV and AIDS. It is believed that as much as 80 percent of Russian HIV infections are related to intravenous drug use. Russian authorities resist needle exchange programs for fear of appearing to encourage heroin abuse. HIV-suppressing therapies exceed the financial capability of most Russi ... [Read More]
Serbia-Montenegro
Political violence, including thousands of killings by police, became a significant problem in the first 6 months of the year as a result of the conflict in Kosovo (see Sections 1.a. and 1.g. in Kosovo annex). In addition instances of apparently politically motivated killings occurred in central Serbia. In April Slavko Curuvija, the publisher of the independent Belgrade-based tabloid, Dnevni Telegraf and the news biweekly Evropljanin was murdered outside his apartment by unidentified assailants. On October 3, a suspicious accident occurred involving a car transporting prominent Serbian opposition politician Vuk Draskovic. Draskovic's Serbian Renewal Movement claimed credibly that the incident was an attempt on his life by the regime. Although Draskovic sustained only minor injuries, Draskovic's brother-in-law Veselin Boskovic, director of the Belgrade Directorate for Construction, and three of Draskovic's bodyguards died in the crash. ... [Read More]
J) Europe and Central Asia
Heroin trafficking continues to be the primary drug problem facing Russia. The Taliban stepped up production and export of opium and heroin into Tajikistan and Kazakhstan and on into Russia just as the economic crash of 1998 plunged Russia into a period of economic crisis. The crash resulted in a sharp drop in the standard of living for many Russians, high unemployment rates, and a decrease in the technical and financial resources available to law enforcement and drug treatment programs. Alcohol and substance abuse increased. The crisis coinciding with the widespread availability of cheap heroin contributed to a rapid increase in serious heroin abuse and addiction and a concomitant steep increase in HIV and AIDS infections, 80 percent of which are related to intravenous drug use in Russia. Russian authorities resist needle exchange programs on the grounds that they may encourage heroin abuse. HIV suppressing drug therapies exceed the financial capability of most Russian clinics and vic ... [Read More]
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