http://www.interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/12250000aaa0169e .upi&Sys=mariopro&Type=N ews&Filter=World%20News&Fid=WORLDNEW Colombian rebels take 40 tourists hostage SANTAFÉ DE BOGOTÁ, Colombia, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Colombian guerrillas have kidnapped an estimated 40 tourists in northern Antioquia province, the BBC reported Saturday. Army sources said rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stormed a spa near San Rafael and forced vacationers into vehicles. The Colombian government had previously cancelled police leave for the holiday. It promised 120,000 security forces to be on alert. However, that didn't stop the rebels from taking their hostages into nearby mountains, the BBC said. The mass kidnapping came as statistics revealed a 38 percent drop in abductions in 2004. Copyright 2004 by United Press International. All rights reserved. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/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: osint@yahoogroups.com 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/