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Colombia defends hitting "terror" camp in Ecuador
The US Daily ^ | 03/23/08 | Hugh Bronstein

Posted on 03/23/2008 4:01:10 PM PDT by skully

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia sought to ease rising tensions with Ecuador on Sunday by saying its March 1 military raid into its neighbor's territory was carried out against a rebel camp used to launch terrorist strikes.

The statement from conservative President Alvaro Uribe came after Ecuadorean complaints that one of its citizens may have been killed in the raid that targeted No. 2 FARC rebel leader Raul Reyes.

(Excerpt) Read more at theusdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: colombia; ecuador; farc; raulreyes

1 posted on 03/23/2008 4:01:11 PM PDT by skully
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To: skully

I don’t blame Columbia either. A real shame that Equador has a leftist government. It is a fascinating country for climbing and general exploring.


2 posted on 03/23/2008 4:03:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Not liking my choices in this election!)
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To: MtnClimber

Nixon ,Cambodia,correct action.


3 posted on 03/23/2008 4:05:52 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: skully

If you harbor vicious, murdering terrorists near a neighboring country’s borders, where they can smuggle, kill, and kidnap your neighbors, you are asking for trouble.


4 posted on 03/23/2008 4:09:14 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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There’s no real reason not to view the murderous scum harbored by Ecuador as conducting ops on behalf of Ecuador.


5 posted on 03/23/2008 4:15:31 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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If I’m not mistaken, Ecuador was implicated as a help to the terrorists on the computers that were found with them. If this is true, I’d say that Columbia has the right to strike in Ecuador any time they want.


6 posted on 03/23/2008 4:27:29 PM PDT by webboy45
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To: skully
Ironically, this plays into the Ecuadorian leader's hands as there is already resentment toward the US over the drug war by spraying toxic chemicals in Colombia and demanding that the indigenous people of South America cease using the coca plant (which they have done for 3000 years).

These type of actions will ensure leftists governments will thrive in South America for many years to come.
7 posted on 03/23/2008 4:31:04 PM PDT by microgood
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To: skully
"Uribe's term ends in 2010 but some backers in Congress want to pass a measure allowing the president to run again.'

oh the irony.

8 posted on 03/23/2008 5:33:36 PM PDT by BBell
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To: microgood
demanding that the indigenous people of South America cease using the coca plant (which they have done for 3000 years).

They haven't been exporting it for 3000 years, nor have they been killing judges, police and regular citizens over the trade. If farmers were only growing it for themselves to chew on as they worked, I doubt the USA would have a problem with them.

9 posted on 03/23/2008 6:08:58 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
If farmers were only growing it for themselves to chew on as they worked, I doubt the USA would have a problem with them.

Actually they do. The US government sticks its nose into everyone's business. That is why many countries hate us.

Fighting for the Right to Chew Coca

The latest affront, they say, is a recommendation this month from the UN's drug enforcement watchdog, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), that Bolivia and Peru criminalize the practice of chewing coca and drinking its tea. The move has provoked widespread anger and street protests in the two countries, especially among the majority indigenous populations. For them, coca has been a cultural cornerstone for 3,000 years, as much a part of daily life as coffee in the U.S. (La Paz is home to perhaps the world's only coca museum.)
10 posted on 03/23/2008 7:01:08 PM PDT by microgood
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To: microgood
That is why many countries hate us.

Some folks will hate us no matter if we have any dealings with them or not, just simply because we exist, and are free.

11 posted on 03/23/2008 7:26:52 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
Some folks will hate us no matter if we have any dealings with them or not, just simply because we exist, and are free.

That is definitely why the radical Muslim world hates us, but I think Bolivia just thinks we should mind our own business.
12 posted on 03/23/2008 7:33:50 PM PDT by microgood
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To: microgood

Your bookmarks have been transposed. This is FR not DU.


13 posted on 03/23/2008 9:07:25 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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To: Eagles6
Your bookmarks have been transposed. This is FR not DU.

Sorry. Ineffective and wasteful foreign policy is ineffective and wasteful regardless which side supports it.

I believe in solutions. You are driven by ideology.
14 posted on 03/23/2008 9:33:58 PM PDT by microgood
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To: microgood
I think Bolivia just thinks we should mind our own business.

Probably, but I think those here in the US who have to deal with cocaine addicts on a regular basis might think differently.

15 posted on 03/23/2008 10:07:58 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: microgood
Sorry. Ineffective and wasteful foreign policy is ineffective and wasteful regardless which side supports it.

Ineffective and wasteful 2x. Wow. I'm blown away. What an argument. Almost as convincing as "Bush Sucks". And, of course it is you that decides whether stopping the flow of life destroying poison into America is ineffective or wasteful.

16 posted on 03/23/2008 10:46:44 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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And, of course it is you that decides whether stopping the flow of life destroying poison into America is ineffective or wasteful.

By any measure possible, Plan Colombia has been a waste of money and it has turned countries like Ecuador and Bolivia against us. The whole thing was started by Clinton anyway, and expanded by Bush, kind of like the whole mess in Kosovo.

Plan Colombia has now turned into a counter insurgency battle, which plans always do when they fail to accomplish their original intent. The spraying of crops actually has resulted in increased output of cocaine.
17 posted on 03/24/2008 3:35:10 AM PDT by microgood
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