Shades of Diem? The fact that paramilitaries want to do so *now* seems to me that they know now is the best time for them to cash in on the "anti-terror" hype: and deliver their terror against the "terrorist" revolutionaries in the Farc and the ELN.
If I am missing some part of this story, please tell me so... Macdonald ----- BBC. 25 September 2001. Colombia murder plot uncovered. Colombian secret police say they have thwarted a plot by right-wing paramilitaries to assassinate President Andres Pastrana. Colonel German Jaramillo, a head of the Colombian secret police (Das), said that the plan had been to kill the President as he visited the western city of Armenia at the end of July. The visit was cancelled but news of the assassination plot was kept secret until now so that the alleged gunman could be captured. And two men believed to be members of the right wing paramilitaries of the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) have been arrested in connection with the plot. The AUC, which numbers up to 10,000 fighters, is an alliance of right-wing death squads formed to fight Marxist guerrillas. The AUC has long criticised President Pastrana for giving too many concessions to their sworn enemies, the left-wing guerrillas, and getting nothing in return. It is funded by rich land owners and industrialists. ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green ---- Leninist-International: Building bridges in the tradition of V.I. Lenin. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international ---- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
