[Cathryn Crawford]

I immediately looked for Columbia on this list and discovered that my suspicions were correct. Note that no military aid to them was suspended. That's very significant.

[Theo]

Columbia is not on the list. Colombia is, however.

[nuffsenuff]

I believe Columbia didn't receive a waiver FROM the ban and are subject to the ban on aid.

I could be wrong but that's what it looks like.

[Mamzelle]

re: That's very significant.)))

Tell me more...

[MJY1288]

That is very significant, We have pouring money into Colombia in that hopeless war on drugs. I believe we have a bunch of U.S. forces down there training and equiping the Narc's

[two23]

First sentence:

The United States on Tuesday suspended military assistance to nearly 50 countries, including Colombia and six nations seeking NATO membership.

???

[Gunrunner2]

Perhaps I'm confused, but it does seem say Columbia has been suspended and did not receive a presidential waiver.

[Sofa King]

Based on the information initially available to Reuters, the countries subject to the suspension of military aid are:

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia.

[optimistically_conservative]

Country	Fiscal Year	IMET	FMF	MAP	Total
Colombia	2003	$0	$98,000,000	$0	$98,000,000

Country	Fiscal Year	IMET	FMF	MAP	Total
Colombia (counter-narcotics)	2003	$0	$0	$0	$0

[Eva]

Columbia IS on the list.

[William McKinley]

Significant in which way? Do you think cutting off aid to them is a good thing or a bad thing?

[hattend]

As the deadline passed for governments to sign exemption agreements or face the suspension of military aid, President Bush issued waivers for 22 countries.

Waived countries still get the aid.

But the 22 countries did not include Colombia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Colombia got the ax.

[Action-America]

First sentence:  The United States on Tuesday suspended military assistance to nearly 50 countries, including Colombia...

Second sentence:  ...President Bush issued waivers for 22 countries.

Third sentence:  But the 22 countries [receiving waivers] did not include Colombia, ...

Since Colombia did not receive a waiver, military aid to Colombia is being cut off.

 

[DAnconia55]

I immediately looked for Columbia on this list and discovered that my suspicions were correct. Note that no military aid to them was suspended. That's very significant.

Hey now. The government HAS to ensure that only the right people are importing the drugs.

That takes money and arms, ya know.