Posted on 11/26/2004 9:48:43 AM PST by West Coast Conservative
The Colombian terrorist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, threatened to attack President Bush during his stop in Colombia this week.
U.S. intelligence officials said reports from the region indicated that the Marxist group, which has conducted numerous bombings and terrorist attacks in the country, had planned to conduct some type of bombing or shooting attack during Mr. Bush's visit.
The president traveled to Cartagena, Colombia, on Monday in a show of support for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. The stop came after the Pacific Rim summit in Chile.
Mr. Bush said at a press conference that since July 2003, "dozens of leaders and financiers of the FARC narcoterrorist organization have been killed or captured."
Colombian government security and military forces were out in force for the four-hour visit, including 15,000 military security forces and overflights by military helicopters.
U.S. military advisers have been working as trainers with the Colombian military, which has been battling the Marxist FARC fighters for years.
The FARC is made up of an estimated 9,000 to 12,000 armed combatants and several thousand additional supporters who operate mostly in rural areas.
The group engages in bombings, killings, mortar attacks, narcotrafficking, kidnappings, extortion and hijackings.
U.S. security officials breathed a sigh of relief that the visit to Colombia took place without any attack or other incident.
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The cowboy rules!
Gad, his trip to Chile, then Columbia, had me on my last nerve. I can't imagine what a nightmare it must have been for SS.
I thought "they" were trying to catch Pres GW without his SS at that dinner in order to attack him. I think he outsmarted them in Chile.
So glad he is smart enough to fight back and refuse to go to events without his SS.
mi thots two
Where are those bastards? Let's "GIT" 'em!
Ping
Because "Columbia" is filled with terrorists as well.
Arrogant Americanists, I reckon....
/sarc
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