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Ddoc Click Here: <A HREF="http://library.northernlight.com/HD20011004220000012.html?cb=0&dx=1006&s c=0#%0Ddoc">Colombia Proposes to U.S. Tripling Anti-Drug Ba�</A> ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colombia Proposes to U.S. Tripling Anti-Drug Bases ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Story Filed: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:51 PM EST BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - In meetings with U.S. officials, the chief of Colombia's anti-narcotics force proposed tripling the number of jungle bases used to launch offensives against cocaine, Colombian officials said on Thursday. Gen. Gustavo Socha Salamanca made the proposal during an ongoing, five-day visit to Washington where he met with State Department officials and members of Congress, the anti-narcotics police said in a statement. The statement did not say how much the bases would cost. Colombia currently has two anti-narcotics bases, both located in the country's drug-producing south. The bases are used to quickly deploy troops and launch planes to spray herbicides on crops of coca -- the raw ingredient in cocaine. Washington is pouring $1 billion into President Andres Pastrana's Plan Colombia anti-drug offensive, with most of the aid used to train Socha's troops and provide them with advanced military hardware at the jungle bases. U.S. officials say Plan Colombia has yet to affect cocaine prices since its launch last year. Colombian and U.S. officials hope the anti-drug effort will also stem the income of Marxist-rebels and far-right paramilitary forces. Both groups admit to taxing drug producers to finance their efforts in Colombia's 37-year guerrilla war. The conflict has claimed 40,000 mainly civilian lives in the past decade. Copyright � 2001 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the dotted and sphere logos are house marks of Reuters Limited. Reuters is a registered trade mark in more than 25 countries worldwide. You may now print or save this document. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Portions of above Copyright � 1997-2001, Northern Light Technology Inc. All rights reserved. <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
