This AP story is crap. There were three, not two, massacres in recent days and all clearly tied to paramilitaries. Notice the Orwellian newspeak: It's only considered a paramilitary attack if the same government that backs the paras says it is. We forced this story, for three days SCREAMING about how nobody in the US press covered these massacres, and what we get is the shoeshine: the key stains glossed over. Washington is working very hard to make sure no US troop gets killed in Colombia (not since Lori Odom anyway) UNTIL they want to provoke an incident to move US public opinion. But it will be difficult for them to do this. Colombia is not muslim, it's catholic. And there are a ton of Latin Americans in the US who vote and who know exactly what is happening (except in Miami where the upper classes from down here all land and turn to kidnapping Elians). Clinton will arrive in Cartagena on Wednesday. The 15 huey helicopters take off from Miami Southcom on Thursday. First week of September, the shooting starts, but far from the location of US advisors, which is mainly in the north of Colombia. Tomorrow we publish some interesting and inconvenient facts about the nature of what is happening. Stay tuned. And it's perfectly okay to SCREAM. -a --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dave Hinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this sort of thing keeps up I suppose we'll be sending troops > soon... Comments anyone? What's going on here? Note the last line of > the story. > > The following is from the Associated Press. > > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000827/wl/colombia_violence_1.html > > Sunday August 27 7:18 PM ET > Gunmen Kill at Least 17 in Colombia > > BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Gunmen killed at least 17 people in two > separate massacres Sunday, one of which officials attributed to right- > wing paramilitary militias. > > The killings come three days before President Clinton is to visit > Colombia to discuss U.S. anti-narcotics aid to the drug-producing > nation. > > In one attack, gunmen seized, interrogated and then executed 10 > residents of two poor neighborhoods in the Caribbean coastal town of > Cienaga, Magadalena State police told The Associated Press. Police > were investigating whether the attack was carried out by paramilitary > militias or rival left-wing guerrillas. Both groups are active in the > region. > > Meanwhile, suspected rightist gunmen raided two barrios along a nine- > mile stretch of highway outside the Pacific port of Buenaventura, > killing seven people and leaving their bodies along the road. The > killers painted nearby buildings with the initials AUC, the Spanish > initials for the paramilitary umbrella group calling itself the > United Self-defense Forces of Colombia. > > During his one-day stop in Colombia on Wednesday, Clinton will meet > President Andres Pastrana to discuss a $1.3 billion U.S. anti- > narcotics aid package for Colombia and its Andean neighbors recently > approved in Washington. > > The aid is being provided despite objections by international human > rights organizations. The groups have urged Clinton to withhold U.S. > assistance until Pastrana takes firmer action to curb the > paramilitary forces, which have ties to the country's military. > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Alberto M. Giordano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Today's Press Briefing on Plan Colombia > > > > August 26, 2000 > > > > http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html > > > > Today's Press Reports from: Cartagena, Medell�n and Bogot�, > Colombia; Quito, > > Ecuador, Mexico City and Washington, DC > > > > Three Massacres on Eve of Clinton Colombia Visit > > > > (All by right-wing paramilitary squads) > > > > Widespread public opposition: Marches and US Flag Burnings > > in Cartagena, in defiance of official ban on protest > > > > Today's Summary: President Bill Clinton's planned visit to Colombia > on > > Wednesday has provoked: > > > > -- Complete impunity by the right-wing paramilitaries, who > conducted three > > different massacres in the past two days, with the smug knowledge > that Plan > > Colombia won't touch them. The paramilitaries are of fiesta. They > know that > > Plan Colombia will, instead, go after left-wing guerrillas and > peasant > > farmers. Not a word, so far, in the US press about the massacres. > > > > -- Marches and US Flag Burnings continue in Cartagena, the city > that Clinton > > will visit on Wednesday; wide social rejection of his visit and of > Plan > > Colombia. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) also > declared > > Clinton "persona non grata." Again, nothing in the US media. > > > > -- Assistant US Secretary of State Thomas Pickering lost his cool > in > > response to critiques by neighbor countries and warned them to > silence their > > criticisms. His embarrassing statements were not published on the > US State > > Department web site. > > > > -- A bi-national front of local and state officials from the > > Ecuador-Colombia border have united in opposition to herbicide > spraying, > > citing the damage that will be done to the fragile Amazon ecosystem. > > > > More Plan Colombia updates and an urgent Zapatista communique: > > > > http://www.narconews.com/ > > > > Subscribe to the Narco News mailing list: > > > > http://www.egroups.com/group/narconews > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates of 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Ongoing APR* and no annual fee! 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