WELCOME TO FREETELLIGENCE

This will be my first post on the Freetelligence blog. It is a simple introduction to the page and how the blog will work. You might wonder what Freetelligence means. Freetelligence: The process of providing free, analyzed information for public consumption. Freetelligence intends to disseminate information to as wide an audience as possible. Information is critical to understanding the intricacies of a globalized world, where an individual can affect the world community.

Classified intelligence products hinder the public’s ability to gather and digest information. While there is a place within the government for classified information, open sources can be valuable in the analysis of information. This blog is a work in progress and I intend to provide readers with news updates and weekly analysis on the Middle East. I will also produce intelligence products concerning the Middle East. Intelligence products will follow the intelligence cycle of information collection, analysis, and dissemination. Information will come from open sources and will utilize blogs, open government sources, media, research papers, and interviews. Intelligence series will work in several different ways. Extensive reports (seven sections or more) will appear one section per day on the Freetelligence blog. Reports that have less than seven sections will appear every two days on the blog. A brief summary and table of comments will be provided before each new product is released. My first intelligence series is a working analysis on narco-terrorism in Afghanistan.

Narco-terrorism is a growing problem in Afghanistan as it is now (once again) the worlds largest producer of the poppy plant. Not only do narco-dollars fund terrorist organizations, but they help prop up war lords in Afghanistan. This analysis discuesses several flow-charts explaining the connection between drugs, warlords, and terrorist organizations. This nexus creates a dangerous situation for our soldiers and federal agents stationed in Afghanistan. Narco-dollars have also corrupted the Karzai government to dangerous levels. If the government of Afghanistan is not willing to address this problem, it will have to be a policy taken up by NATO and U.S Forces in Afghanistan. To leave this power grab unchecked will be a grave mistake for the future of Afghanistan.



Table of Contents

Introduction: August 13

Russia Invades Afghanistan and Creates a New Narco-State: August 14

Afghanistan Regains Largest Growth of Poppy Post
United State Military Invasion: August 15

Rise in Poppy Production: August 16

The Drug-Terrorism Cycle:

War lords and Terrorists at the Center of the Cycle: August 17

United States and NATO Forces at the Center of the Cycle: August 18


Global Consequences: August 19