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"The flights were stopped in 2001 after an American
missionary and her daughter were killed when Peruvian forces mistakenly shot
down their plane."
The missionaries' plane was shot down after being identified as a drug
runner by American pilots who were Dyncorp employees working under a State
Department contract. The cover story is that the Americans realized the mistake
just before the plane was shot down and tried to call off the strike. That
doesn't wash since the plane was strafed after it lay helpless in the water. -
JR
The Washington
Times
www.washingtontimes.com
Forces to restart drug-interdiction flightsBy Hazel
Feigenblatt
Published September 14,
2003
The United States and Peru plan to resume
drug-interdiction flights over Peru by the end of the year, but Peruvian
forces initially will not shoot down suspect airplanes.
"Because of the tragedy that happened a while
ago, severe rules and procedure rules manuals have been imposed, and we
have to approve them jointly," Prime Minister Beatriz Merino said last
week following a meeting in Washington with Secretary of State Colin L.
Powell.
The flights were stopped in
2001 after an American missionary and her daughter were killed when
Peruvian forces mistakenly shot down their plane.
U.S. aircraft spotted and tracked the plane
and the Peruvians shot it down in a tragedy caused by confusion and
miscommunication between the two forces.
With
the new program, the Peruvian military is expected to begin to use live
fire again only after both countries reach an agreement to set procedures.
Negotiations over the new rules are expected
to be completed in early 2004.
Congress is
expected to authorize $13 million within the next month for personnel
training and other preparations to resume the drug interdiction effort.
Peru is to allocate a similar amount.
In her
meeting with Mr. Powell, Mrs. Merino also urged the United States to start
looking for authorization in Congress to begin negotiations for a
bilateral free trade agreement.
There have
already been three technical meetings between Peruvian and U.S.
representatives for that purpose.
"[Mr.
Powell] understood our interest. He's well informed about it and showed
interest in pushing this agenda," she said.
Mrs. Merino said that Peru is working on tax,
legal and state reforms to guarantee a transparent and efficient
governmental structure.
During the visit to
Washington, Mrs. Merino also met with Treasury Secretary John Snow, U.S.
drug policy chief John Walters, and officials from the World Bank and
Inter-American Development Bank.
Copyright © 2003 News World
Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
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