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To: Cincinatus' Wife
...and giving two leftist guerrilla groups that continue to wage war an incentive to negotiate since they, too, could be covered by the proposed law.

Essentially, Uribe is proposing a broad amnesty (with conditions), which might not be a bad idea. This program has actually been going on for some time on an individual level, with the "rehabilitation" of individual guerrillas who lay down their arms.

However, I don't expect FARC/ELN to show any interest in it. The paramilitary groups, now that the Colombian army is actually fighting the guerrillas, might be interested; but the (now Chavez-supported) Marxist groups will never settle for this.

FARC just kidnapped eight tourists in Colombia this weekend, btw. Several were Israelis, and the others included a German and a Spaniard.

4 posted on 09/15/2003 4:43:26 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius
Bump!
8 posted on 09/15/2003 12:07:32 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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