Taliban laughing all the way to the bank...
- 24 June 2008 06:443202Business Report: Annual Taliban Trading figures...
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Despite some modest attention from the worlds armed forces, the Taliban have increased their involvement in poppy production to a considerable level. Their profit margins are currently solid and show the potential for considerable growth in the years ahead. This year the annual profit rose to £100million which is a strong return on initial investment and is to be congratulated. Outlook is good, prospects are strong, as the wider marketplace is buoyant with solid demand right across the board.
Chief Executive Mr B Ladin, a wealthy man in his own right, says in the annual statement that they now hold 90% of the worlds opium trade in their portfolio.
"Onwards and upwards from here"... says Mr Ladin
"we may have a little minor military difficulty
but as you can see its not hitting our trading figures,
the future is bright" .
Annual trading figures courtesy BBCRadio4 earlier Today.
email: dover7@msn.com - 24 June 2008 06:493204One has to speculate to accumulate, of course.....but if Mr B Laden doesn't diversify he might find himself in too competetive a market.......I suggest supplementing his portfolio with a dabble in WMD, or possibly string vests........
- 24 June 2008 11:463208Yes the board recommends diversification and WMD would be a solid option with view to future expansion. However we still see plenty of growth in growing poppy on a grand scale considering the returns..unless conditions develop where that would be an impossibility due to outside pressures. These pressures are minimal at the moment so a clear bright future looks guaranteed.Although one should make provision for the occasional intrusion!
Im afraid to say that the bottom has fallen out of the string vest market. When non-fashionista DoverforumDick made known he was a prolific wearer, particularly during World Cup football while swilling brown ale, the product went south...along with everything else !email: dover7@msn.com - 24 June 2008 19:383221arspparently the cheeky chappies from the taleban levy a religious tax on farmers.
one can only presume that most of the proceeds are spent on printing more copies of the quoran,the remainder on that convalescent home for not very good suicide bombers. - 25 June 2008 07:103250
