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A Farewell to Arms?

Colombia’s new crisis

By Ana Carrigan

On November 25, in the Colombian city of Medellin, 855 paramilitary fighters belonging to the Cacique Nutibara Bloc—a satellite of Carlos Castaño’s formidable paramilitary force, the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia)—filed at dawn into the vast downtown Convention Hall to surrender to the Colombian government. This demobilization was hailed by government spokesmen as the first step of a process intended… return to article

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    United States Posted by LFG on Dec 20, 2003 at 7:57 PM

    Election year political goals armed Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega and now Uribe - Are the sleek efficient guns and explosives from US owned companies? Here we go again.

    Japan Posted by Bill Harding on Jan 9, 2004 at 11:14 AM

    The story could be believable except for all the anti-Bush stuff on the same page (joker card, comment about “lies from the Bush administration”, etc.).  Thus, I feel that Carrigan’s story is just a liberal view of a situation and may or may not be an accurate representation of facts.  I don’t plan to return to this website.

    United States Posted by Ron Deibel on Feb 4, 2004 at 3:14 PM
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