Colombian government accuses Chavez of collaborating with the FARC, shows evidence

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[Enchante]

Chavez allied with and providing material support to.... TERRORISTS.

The Bush Doctrine would say it’s time to take out that pompous blowhard, NOW. Whatever happened to the Bush Doctrine? Oh, that’s right, the terrorist-loving weenies in the MSM and Demagogue Party have worked hard to make it next to impossible for the USA to fight any more battles against terrorists.

[CondorFlight]

Wonder how FARC’s troubles will impact on the import of drugs from Columbia to the US?

Maybe the US will finally be forced to fight the drug traffic at the source instead of waiting for it to hit our streets?

[Rick.Donaldson]

the FARKers that were holding some Americans for five years.....

[JustDoItAlways]

Uranium would make a very poor dirty bomb.

While expensive to clean up afterward, Uranium is not very radioactive having a half-life of 4.5 billion years. In confined spaces with high concentrations its not good for your health but that is about it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Unless it was highly enriched, weapons grade uranium.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

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[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Of course this mad leftist cooperates with the mad leftist Farc!

[ExSoldier]

Thanks Frank Church and the rest of you 70s idiots.

Yup. Spying involves associating with all sorts of unsavory individuals. The sort of folks the United States of American shouldn't be consorting with, even if it's called ummmm INFILTRATION. In fact we of the CHURCH committee feel that all of our future intelligence needs can be more than adequately met with technological advances or some such drivel like that.....

Those dues got paid with interest on September the 11th 2001. Is Frank Church still alive? How about the folks who served on that abomination of a committee? They should be burned at the stake.

[Ramius]

$300M sounds like an awful lot of money for a little outfit like FARC. Have they even *seen* that kind of money in their history?

[ElCapitanAmericaLives]

That is a large sum, but who knows. This might be to ramp up their arms or bolster their decreasing troop numbers.

At the press conference they asked the General what this money was for, and there is also a possibility that this might be a payment for the release of hostages. It is not confirmed at this point.

[Tailgunner Joe]

They make that much yearly just pushing drugs.

"Experts estimate that FARC takes in $200 million to $400 million annually—at least half of its income—from the illegal drug trade. FARC also profits from kidnappings, extortion schemes and an unofficial “tax” it levies in the countryside for “protection” and social services." - LINK

[nw_arizona_granny]

Somehow, I am not surprised.

FARC will be happy to strike America and Chavez will see that it is possible.

So few people realize that the communist groups are such a danger to us still.

[Ramius]

Yeah, OK. I guess I hadn’t figured them to be ~that~ well funded.

[Dad yer funny]

there is a youtube video , posted about an hour ago , .. starts with arriving chopper

the dead Reyes appears to be wearing a t-shirt with perhaps his pic , and the number 40 {{ was it his 40th bithday party “Goodie Bag” shirt? , .. too funny }}

[nw_arizona_granny]

There is no end to the secret connections between the crooks.

Including some I can think of in a suit and tie.

I was not surprised that Chavez and FARC were involved, but I did not know how deeply it went.

Add the fact that Cuba is a willing friend and we are in a real danger.

Thank you for the link, did you notice the riots in Russia, from the Putin police, stopping the non-Putin voters from meeting?

It is on the same page as this Chavez article, below it.

[Bender2]

Well, this should blow Chavez's little boat out of the water, but I shall wait until it is above the fold of the New York Times to be believable! (/sarcasm)

[StJacques]

¡Bueno Pues, El Capitan!

I have another translation to post here if I may.

This is from the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, which is hosted on the Terra.com portal:

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Colombian Government Denounces Supposed Contacts between the FARC and the Ecuadoran Government

The Colombian government denounced the supposed nexus between Ecuador's government and the FARC guerrillas. The announcement was made as the result of a preliminary analysis of three computers found in the encampment where [FARC¹ guerrilla leader] Raul Reyes was killed on the Colombian-Ecuadoran border.

"We are presenting two revealing and very serious documents, which affect Colombian security and will demand a prompt response from Ecuador of its relation with the FARC terrorist group," explained the Director of the Police, General Oscar Naranjo, who at the same time announced that the two communications found were signed the 18 of January and the 28 of February, 2008.

General Oscar Naranjo assured [everyone] that the Government of [Ecuadoran] President Rafael Correa put itself in contact with the same Raul Reyes, by the intermediary of the Minister of Security of the neighboring country, Gustavo Larrea: "Larrea, in the name of President Correa, has the task of officializing relations with the FARC," Naranjo explained citing the found documents.

The General of the Police said about these reports, [which were] directed to the Secretariat of the FARC and signed by a "Raul," that the facts "merit concrete responses, which make clear what is the state of relations of the FARC with Ecuador," arguing that the government of [Colombian] President Alvaro Uribe did not have knowledge of these contacts.

He stated, moreover, that Ecuador offered the [FARC] Secretariat the option of giving up the son of [Colombian] Professor Gustavo Moncayo, [Colombian] Army soldier Pablo Emilio Moncayo, who actually is the hostage who has been held longest by the FARC, totaling more than 10 years of captivity.

Among various points made by the General, he made clear that the Government of Ecuador [had a policy of] relieving military commanders and police in the border zone "taking into account possible hostile actions of the Ecuadoran military and police against the FARC," he said.

In the information found on the computers, the General stated that the Ecuadoran government, represented by Minister Larrea, carried out a number of contacts with the FARC, to whom he offered the status of belligerency, being in agreement with the policies displayed by the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The found communications were directed to the Secretariat of the FARC and signed by "Raul" (presumably Raul Reyes) who pressed for a prompt response on the part of the Secretariat of the guerrilla group to the offer and [stated] position of the Ecuadoran government.

According to the words of the General, spoken from the Casa de Nariño² in a press conference, Larrea expresses to the FARC that "the Ecuadoran policy is to refuse to take part in the Colombian conflict and not to try to collaborate with the Government of President Uribe."

Furthermore, Larrea announced that his government would try to strengthen commercial relations with China, Vietnam, and North Korea, according to the information found in the intelligence.

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Translator's Notes:

¹ "FARC" is the acronym for the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) founded in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party. They are considered a terrorist group by the U.S., Canada, the E.U. and much of the rest of the civilized world, who abhor their policy of political kidnapping, extortion, and heavy involvement in cocaine trafficking.

² The Casa de Nariño is the official residence of the President of Colombia, or the "Colombian White House."

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Most of this information has been reported in the American press, but I do notice a little more detail in the Colombian report, especially regarding the exact nature of what the Ecuadoran Minister of Security Gustavo Larrea said to the FARC. If Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is treating the FARC as a legitimate belligerent -- which obviously is the case -- then he needs to come out into the open and say so, because support for cross-national guerrilla movements is frowned upon by the Mercosur group (an attempt at South American integration) and others who would want to know, including the significant opposition Correa faces within Ecuador, who have already managed to turn back many of his proposed constitutional "reforms."

I lived in Colombia for a year and right now I'm very proud of the Colombians for standing up and doing their part in the War on Terror. The U.S. Department of State rates the FARC as the number one terrorist group indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. Keep in mind that we should all expect to see Colombia pay a price when the FARC retaliates.

And everyone, I'm going to have to go hook up my old PC to retrieve my "Latin American Left Watch" ping list. For those of you who recognize me -- I'm not dead yet! -- please send out a shout to those you remember.

[El Conservador]

Bring it on.

Just bring it on!!!

[StJacques]

A Latin American Left Watch ping for #37 above to those I can remember.

I'll retrieve my list soon.

[StJacques]

"Bring it on.

Just bring it on!!!"

I think someone's ready to go FARC hunting.

¡No se olvide de mí cuando usted va EL Conservador!