Rumsfeld Visits Colombia to Support War against Rebels

[Nottingham]

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/10737_rumsfeld.html


Rumsfeld Visits Colombia to Support War against Rebels - 08/20/2003 15:03

The US Secretary of Defence arrived in Bogota, shortly after Uribe's government signed a controversial deal with paramilitary troops responsible for crimes against humanity
Observers see U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Bogota that started on Tuesday as a personal victory of the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who had repeatedly asked for Washington's help on his fight against left wing insurgency in the country. Actually, the Bush administration, busy on its incursions in Middle East, paid little attention to the longest South American conflict.


In the first top level US visit to Colombia in 2003, Rumsfeld-s support could herald an impending increase in Washington's financial support for Colombia's war against the rebels. Early this year, Washington officially suspended military aid to Colombia alleging human rights violations committed by the national army and their ties to paramilitary groups.



However, ties between Uribe and Bush are strong and aid is expected to reassume soon. Additional support is also under study, which could include facilities to ensure the swifter sharing of US satellite intelligence and assistance in training elite jungle combat battalions.



During the weekend, Colombia's Army said captured over 140 fighters of the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia, or FARC, the country's largest rebel group. Uribe himself experienced a hasty evacuation when FARC guerrillas tried to shoot down his helicopter when it approached to land in a village in northern Colombia.

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Get ready people! Rumsfeld is building a case against Chavez! Pretty soon we will be sending troops to take over Venuezuela!:bounce:

[realFedUp]

1. Venezuela's doing a California type recall....

Let's watch this one also.

[bvar22]

2. Human Rights???!!!!!!!

Weee doan need no steenkin human rights!!!

[Dover]

3. Well I guess that Venezuelan oil is looking even better now since Iraqi

production turned out not to be immediately lucrative. Of course there is that nasty rebel problem no matter where they go...and they will have to bribe someone elses army in order to fight it, because U.S. troops are fed up and thinned out. If they even THINK about a draft in this country there will be violence in our streets. No one believes in this regime.