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September 16, 2004
Avoid DVDs in the Remainder Bin Laden
Remember how we were told that buying illegal drugs funds terrorists? Well, now drugs are a secondary issue. What's really funding terrorists is . . . DVDs! Says the Australian Courier-Mail:
Australia is being flooded with pirate DVDs - and the money is helping fund global terrorism. . . .
And Interpol is warning that counterfeit discs have overtaken drugs as the biggest source of income for organised crime gangs based in South-East Asia.
A United Nations report said 1kg of counterfeit discs was worth more than the same weight of marijuana.
Watch out the next time you buy a cheap DVD on eBay! You may be paying for Osama bin Laden's next turban.
Posted by Mike Tennant at September 16, 2004 01:27 PM