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If I am not mistaken, the US works closely with certain "war lords" in Afghanistan who not only pay lip service to fighting the Tally-ban (when they're not colluding with them), but also make a ton of money in the Opium trade.
So I don't want to wrongly associate bad and illegal behavior solely with the poor banana. There are any number of other produce items--leafy greens like coca, or cut flowers like poppies, that may be involved.
And so, when the US government charges Chiquita with consorting with (paying off) terrorists, while at the same time paying off Sunni tribesmen in Iraq and drug-dealing former taliban war-lords in Afghanistan, I think it is fitting and proper that lawyers get involved.
