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>> shannon: the drug trade is an ongoing problem in afghanistan and there are new allegations that our allies are dealing drugs to u.s. soldiers. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has details. >> reporter: afghan forces are being trained by the u.s. military to take over the mission by 2014. but new documents obtained through the freedom of information act show that some of the afghan recruits stand accused of dealing drugs to u.s. soldiers. >> it is troubling that our troops are being placed in this situation. they are under enough pressure as it is but evidently our allies ...

Is. but evidently, our allies there are acting as drug pushers in some ways. >> according to judicial watch, january 2010 and december 2011, the army investigated 56 soldiers in afghanistan. for the possession use or distribution of open opi -- opiats. drugs, hash and heroin were purchased from national army and police personnel. in another case, interpreter sold various opitts and other drugs were available. one soldier admitted buying painkillers from a local national. while attempting to purchase steroids. in a separate incident, a seasonal bought heroin and xanax from the local national ju...

Predatory, it actually feels to me as a consumer that $9.99 is gouging when the cost of it is close to zero. what am i miss sinmissing? >> the issue of e-books, the less costly the book, that's a good thing. the less costly book in the hands of american citizens the better. the question is, how do you get it at cost? do you get it through the market or do you get it through the dictates of a single authoritarian power? what's interesting about this case that the d.o.j. has been bringing into the -- against the publishers is that the system they created, this agency system of pricing, actually ...

tape asks? bashar she says. she's in the remains of a living room judging by the cushions on the floor. the girl is obviously too young to understand what is happening, but she knows enough to say the name. she's been told who's responsible. bashar al assad. two weeks ago, after ordering and overseeing a year-long campaign repression, followed by outright carnage, he promised the u.n. to stop. the final deadline tomorrow morning. back when he agreed to that troop pullout proposal on march 27th, he toured the streets of homs. we're showing you two videos side by side. one his photo op...

name. she's been told who's responsible. bashar al assad. two weeks ago, after ordering and overseeing a year-long campaign repression, followed by outright carnage, he promised the u.n. to stop. the final deadline tomorrow morning. back when he agreed to that troop pullout proposal on march 27th, he toured the streets of homs. we're showing you two videos side by side. one his photo op that day, the dictator. the other the bombardment in the hours before he arrived in homs and after he left and almost every day since then. that day when the dictator of syria was smiling for the came...