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Subject: JDW: Dutch, US move on Antilles airfields pact
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 09:44:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: Colombian Labor Monitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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[NOTE: Ecuador, Panama, Dutch Antilles.... Take a look at a map of
the region. The U.S. is preparing for a dramatic escalation in
its intervention in Colombia. And it has nothing to do with the
so-called "war on drugs." -DG]
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Left-wing and Green Party members of parliament
voted against the agreement, saying they feared
that the Netherlands, through the US operations
from the FOLs, would become involved in a drugs
war-style conflict in Colombia.
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JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY
www.janes.com
June 6, 2001
Dutch, US move on Antilles airfields pact
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By Joris Janssen Lok
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The Dutch Parliament voted on 29 May in favour
of a government-to-government agreement between the Netherlands and the
USA that covers the use of two airfields in the Netherlands Antilles, off
the coast of Venezuela, as forward operating locations (FOLs) by US armed
forces.
The long-awaited agreement follows two years during which US fighter and
surveillance aircraft have been operating as part of the 'War on Drugs'
effort from the islands of Aruba and Curacao. The US Air Force has
established a de facto permanent presence at Hato Air Base, Curacao,
including F-16 fighters to intercept drugs trafficking aircraft over the
Caribbean.
Left-wing and Green Party members of parliament voted against the
agreement, saying they feared that the Netherlands, through the US
operations from the FOLs, would become involved in a drugs war-style
conflict in Colombia.
The US forces are receiving support from Royal Netherlands Navy maritime
patrol aircraft and surface ships stationed in the region, as well as from
the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Coast Guard.
Copyright 2001 Jane's Information Group Limited
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