$75m bounty on Colombian rebels in US war on drugs

[icymist]

$75m bounty on Colombian rebels in US war on drugs
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington and Daniel Howden
Published: 24 March 2006


The United States has launched a fresh offensive in its Latin American war on drugs by putting a $75m (£43m) bounty on the heads of 50 alleged leaders of the Colombian rebel group they accuse of running half of the world's cocaine trade.

Announcing the move against a group whom Washington calls "narco-terrorists", the US attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, said it was "the largest drug trafficking indictment in US history".

The announcement raised the prospect of US troops being sent into Colombia to pursue the rebels, a move that Mr Gonzales refused to rule out, although he insisted that there were other "effective options"

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article353307.ece

[mdmc]

1. just what we need

:mad:

[wordpix2]

2. uh--who are we borrowing money from this time? * keeps increasing debt

What a fucker.

[rodeodance]

3. oh, for crap's sake. just think of the money that could be used for

health, enviroment, schools, etc

[rodeodance]

4. I am so fricking tired of the gov using an open ended charge card!

[Kagemusha]

5. Wow, this is some really impressive whining.

75m is nothing. NOTHING. It's not even pocket change in Iraq. It's lint.

If, and I highly doubt this but if, the US could take care of the FARC for 75m, it would be the most impressive bargain in the War on Drugs since its inception.