A connection I never would have made. This article is full of some really revealing insights, not least of which is that the man responsible for the Algerian hostage massacre is being ostracized now, because his former friends are afraid of getting schwacked by our drones. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/27/cigarette-smuggling-mokhtar-belmokhtar-terrorism But the libertarian in me wonders, if the legal trade and distribution of tobacco wasn't so heavily regulated, would that effectively defund smuggling operations?