Posted on 05/03/2002 2:23:11 PM PDT by colette_g
Brussels, 3 May 2002
8549/02 (Presse 121)
DECISION ADOPTED BY WRITTEN PROCEDURE
FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM - updated list
It contains ETA and the United Self-Defense Forces / Group of Colombia (AUC) (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) but not the IRA or FARC!!
Are we at war with terrorism, or just with a few particular terrorists? If we are at war with terrorism, how can we differentiate between al Ada and its cousin, the Philippine abu-Say? We can't, of course, except by the size of the threat they pose. The questions don't end there, and the answers are hitting closer to home. How can we distinguish between the Colombian ARC narco-terrorists and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that is training them? Evidence accumulating around the world indicates that we can't.
May 6, 2002
Colombia rebels met with dozen IRA chiefs
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Marxist rebels in Colombia, seeking to escalate terrorist attacks against that country's government, have met with more than a dozen Irish Republican Army leaders in the past three years, including a trusted confidant of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, authorities said.
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