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U.S. helps Colombia take down Marxist guerrillas
Washington Times ^
| December 08, 2003
| Rowan Scarborough
Posted on 12/08/2003 3:11:50 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:40:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The Bush administration's expanded role for military advisers in Colombia has started to pay dividends with the capture and killings of senior guerrilla leaders.
Long limited to an antidrug role, U.S. personnel won authority in 2002 to train the Colombian army in counterinsurgency operations.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: colombia; decapitation; farc; goodnews; greenberets; latinamerica; rowanscarborough
To: Tailgunner Joe
Chavez, you're next.
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posted on
12/08/2003 3:13:11 PM PST
by
MattinNJ
(If someone says happy holidays to me, I say Merry Christmas to them.)
To: Clemenza; hchutch
Colombia ping.
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posted on
12/08/2003 3:17:24 PM PST
by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
To: Tailgunner Joe
Marxist guerrilla's, huh???
Won't be long......democrats will be out with their talking points in coddling their beloved Marxist compadres......
Mark my words......
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posted on
12/08/2003 3:33:35 PM PST
by
BluSky
(“Don’t make me come down there.”)
To: El Conservador
Happy to see this. I'm sure Senator Chris Dodd (D-Havana) is happy about this.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:40:55 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
ping
To: El Conservador
Yep. Nice to see that the Colombian government and the USA is getting down to the proper priorities.
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posted on
12/08/2003 6:29:02 PM PST
by
hchutch
("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
To: Clemenza
"We are deeply saddened"
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posted on
12/08/2003 6:45:16 PM PST
by
Norse
To: hchutch
"Yep. Nice to see that the Colombian government and the USA is getting down to the proper priorities."
Yeh - Marxist guerillas have been ripping up South America for how many decades now? Kind of like too little, too late IMHO.
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