[Excerpt: Efforts to disarm the brutal AUC, responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 41-year civil conflict, has been the centrepiece of President Alvaro Uribe's strategy to bring an end to the violence....He is hoping to demobilise the paramilitaries, then force the Marxist guerrillas to the peace table, if need be at the point of a gun.]
http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/americas/4429727.stm Last Updated: Sunday, 10 April, 2005, 09:37 GMT 10:37 UK http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/americas/4429727.stm Colombia fighters reject amnesty By Jeremy McDermott BBC correspondent in Medellin The peace process between the Colombian government and the leadership of the illegal right-wing paramilitaries is threatening to fall apart. After a tense day of negotiations, the United Self Defence Forces of Colombia, the AUC, said it would not accept the terms of a proposed amnesty law. Paramilitary leaders say the legislative framework making its way through Congress is too severe. The US and the UN say it is too lenient and leaves loopholes. The AUC says the new law would still leave them open to extradition to the United States on drugs charges, where many have warrants pending on drugs trafficking charges. Strategy Efforts to disarm the brutal AUC, responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 41-year civil conflict, has been the centrepiece of President Alvaro Uribe's strategy to bring an end to the violence. He is hoping to demobilise the paramilitaries, then force the Marxist guerrillas to the peace table, if need be at the point of a gun. However, both the paramilitaries and the guerrillas are deeply involved in the drugs trade. There is evidence that elements of the two sides have come to arrangements to facilitate business. Should the paramilitary peace process fail, the once sworn enemies may find themselves united in their drug smuggling interests and against the government. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
