-Caveat Lector- }} Rather: AS INVESTIGATORS LO_K INTO THE INVOLVEME OF THE U. MILIUARY AND THE C.I. IN THE DRUG WARS IN SOUTH AMERICA, THE BODIES OF TWO INNOCENT VICTIMS, A MISSIONARY AND HER INFANT DAUGHTER, ARRID BACK IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY FROM PERU. AND HER HUSBAND AND SIX-YEAR-OLD SON RIVED HOME IN MICHIGAN. THEY WERE IN THE PLANE SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY A PERUAN FIGHTER JET. C. I.A. SPOTTERS HAD SAID IT WAS POSSIBDY A DRUG SMUGGLING PLANE. THE PERU INCIDENT HAS FOCUSED NEW ATTENTION ON JUST HOW THE U. S. IS WAGING THE WAR ON DRUGS AND ARMED REBELS IN SOUTH AMERICA. PRIVATE CITIZENS ARE SUPPORTYNG MILITARY MISSIONS THERE. AND AS CYNTHIA BOWERS REPORTS, IN$TONIGHT'S "EYE ON AMERICA," SO IN CONGRESS THINK THAT'S JUST ASKING FOR TROUBLE. }} Reporter: THE AMERICAN MISSIORIES ARE NOW THE LATEST CASUALTIES OF AN ONGOING!WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. THEIR PLANE WAS TARGETED BY AMERICAN EMPLOYEES OF A PRIVATE U. S. COMNY, ONE OF SEVERAL HELPINFIGHT THE DRUG WAR IN LOMBIA AND PERU. TWO OF THE LARGEST ARE VIRGINIA- BASED DYNCP AND, UNT RECENTLY, M.P.R.I. THESE SOLDIERS-FOR-HIRE HOLD THE CONTRACTS R AIR SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS THROUGH THD $1.3 BILLION AID PACKAGE CALLED PLAN COLOMBIA. WASHGTON SAYS IT0IS INTENDED TO HELP THE SOH AMERICANS CUT DRUG PRODUCTION, BUT SOME IN CONGRESS ARE SKEPTICAL. }} THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AID PACKAGE, THIIS SUPPOSED TO BE A COUNTER-NARCOTICS PACKAGE, AND YET ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A WAR-- AND, IN FACT, A SECRET WAR-- ARE BEGINNING TO EMERGE. }} Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY AND OTHERS SAY THEY N'T GET THE STATE DEPARTBT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVATE MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTH AMERICA. AND SHE WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ESCALATING U. MILITARY COMMITMENT. }} WE COULD BE SUCKED INTO A KIND OF VIETNAM CONFLICT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LOTS OF LIVES AND MANY YEARS TO GET OUT OF. }} Reporter: ED SOYSTER SAYS UNTIL LAST MONTH, HIS PRIVATE LIRY COMPANY, M.P.R.I.. WAS IN COLOMBIA. HE EXPLAINED HOW THE CONTRACTS WORKED. }} OUROCUS IS WITH THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IN ASSISTING THEM WITH RESTRUCTURING AND FOCUSING THEIR EFFORTSTSN THE COUNTER-DRUG APEA. }} Reporter: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, EXACTLY? }} WE'RE AT THAT LEVELl SO WE WORK WITH LOGISTICS, WE WORK WITH THEIR TRAINING, INTELLIGENCE, THOSE THINGS THAT FUNCTION AT THE MINISTRY LEVEL. }} Reporter: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES ARE BARRED BY STATE DEPARTMENT LICENSE FROM EVER TAKING PART IN COMBAT. BUT OBSERVERS SAY IT HAPPENS }} TSAY WE'RE NOT INVOLV IN COMBAT OPERATIONS IS RIDICULOUS. OF COURSE THEY'RE PROVIDING AID AND ANSISTANCE TO COLOMBIAN SPECIAL FORCES. }} Reporter: DYNCOBP ACKNOWLEDGES ONE RECENT INCIDENT: TWO OF ITS PRIVATE SOLDIERS FLEw A HELICOPTER INTO A JUNGLE BATTLE UNDER HEAVY FIRE FROM REBEL FORCES. THE AMERICAN SAID TO BE ARMED, WENT IN TO RESCUE TRAPPED COLOMBIAN POLICE. }} THEY HAD M-16 RIFLES. }} Reporter: SDOES THIS SEEM LIKE A WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THE LAW INOUR MIND? }} THIS IS HYPOCRITICAL. EITHER WE'RE INVOLVED OR WE'RE NOT. AND THINK IT'S CLEAR THAWE ARE. BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE RETIRED MILITA, RETIRED C. I.A., THEY ARE ARMED, THANDLE T ENGAGED INROUND FIGHTS }} Rorr: AND WHAT WILL AMERICA'S RESPONSE BE IF COMBAT CASUALTIES START COMING FRKM THE DRUG WAR IARSOUTH AMERICA,IVEN ESPECIALLY THAT SINCE PLAN COLOMBIA WENT INTO EFFECT, DRUG PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUED TO RISE. IN WASHINGTON, D.C., I'M CYNTHIA BOWERS, FOR "EYE ON AMERICA." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
