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"Rebel guerrillas have forced down a US government
helicopter
during an anti-drug mission"
during an anti-drug mission"
Unfortunately, Anovova is perpetuating the lie that these
helicopters
are being used for "anti drug" missions. This is a war on the people
of Columbia and has absolutely nothing to do with drugs!
mart
are being used for "anti drug" missions. This is a war on the people
of Columbia and has absolutely nothing to do with drugs!
mart
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Ananova :
US helicopter is downed by Colombian rebels
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Rebel guerrillas have forced down a US government helicopter during an
anti-drug mission.
Colombia's military destroyed the helicopter to keep it from falling into
the hands of rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
Five Colombian police officers died protecting the downed UH-1N aircraft,
and three Colombian soldiers were wounded. There were no Americans aboard
the US State Department helicopter when it was hit by ground fire.
Rebels have shown off the wreckage like a trophy, taking a TV crew along a
tropical river to a white-sand beach where the charred helicopter lay.
The crew - including Colombian police and a Peruvian pilot working for a
private American company contracted by the US government for the drug war -
had been evacuated unharmed, officials said.
Hovering above the fighting was a second US Huey helicopter with a
search-and-rescue team that included Americans and Colombians working for
the same contractor that employed the Peruvian pilot, said Colonel Carlos
Rivera, deputy director of Colombia's anti-narcotics police.
The team was not called into action, he said.
The helicopter was destroyed later to prevent it from falling into the hands
of the guerrillas, said a US Embassy official. The embassy gave the
Colombian military approval to destroy the aircraft.
The incident marks the second time the Farc has shot or forced down a
counterdrug helicopter in less than a year. It illustrates the obstacles
facing anti-drug efforts in the nation that produces most of the world's
cocaine.
It also highlights the large role played by civilian contractors in the war
against drugs, which Colombia is fighting with hundreds of millions of
dollars in US aid for destroying crops and laboratories guarded by the Farc
and other insurgent groups.
Story filed: 22:56 Thursday 24th January 2002
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