From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R Subject: [Peoples War] Colombia: Armed Clashes Kill 11 - Xinhua Xinhua - Peoples Republic of China Armed Clashes Kill 11 in Colombia ========================= BOGOTA, September 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people died in clashes between government forces and rebels in different parts of Colombia, the army said on Saturday. Four guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia 's second largest rebel group, and one soldier were killed when the rebels were trying to destroy a bridge in Sardinada, Norte de Santander province, the army said in a press release. The ELN is ranking just behind the 16,500-strong Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in this South American country, where a 37-year-old guerrilla war has claimed some 40,000 lives in the past decade. In a separate operation staged in the southern Putumayo province, government troops killed six FARC members in the town of Santa Rosa, where the army also dismantled a rebel camp and seized some weapons. The army confirmed that a total of 12 laboratories, which the guerrillas used to process cocaine, were destroyed in the military offensive in Putumayo. But the press release did not provide the exact dates of the clash and operation. ::: Enditem ::: _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
