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AP. 2 May 2002. Colombian Rebels Bomb Train Carrying Coal From World's Largest Open-Faced Coal Mine. BOGOTA -- A rebel bomb derailed a coal train and damaged a stretch of track, halting the transport of coal from one of the world's largest open-face mine, the mine's operator said Thursday. The attack Wednesday night derailed 20 cars of the loaded coal train, Dow Jones Newswires reported. The train carries 70,000 tons of coal daily between the mine and a seaport. "Fortunately, the explosion didn't cause injuries, but it damaged a stretch of the rail line," Intercor, the multinational operator of the Cerrejon Zona Norte mine, said a statement. Repairs to the tracks, which run from the mine in northern La Guajira province to Puerto Bolivar on the Caribbean coast, will take about five days. The mine is owned by the CZN consortium, made up of Glencore International AG, of Switzerland; Anglo American PLC, of South Africa; and BHP Billiton Ltd, of Australia. With output last year of 19.4 million metric tons of coal, Cerrejon is the world's largest operating open-faced coal mine, its operator says. In a radio interview, army Gen. Gabriel Diaz blamed the attack on the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The FARC, which raises money by producing cocaine [read: taxes coca agriculture much as the Bush administration taxes abortion clinics], kidnapping and extortion [read: expropriating the rich every chance they get], has stepped up attacks on the country's infrastructure. The Bush administration says it wants to expand military aid to this beleaguered South American nation beyond counternarcotics assistance, including training an army brigade to protect an oil pipeline that has been frequently sabotaged by the rebels. Colombia's 38-year war pits the U.S.-backed military and an outlawed right-wing paramilitary group [note the implied alliance] against the FARC and a smaller rebel faction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
