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DdC · 03-09-2002, 06:00 PM

The Hypocrisy of the Peace Process
March 4, 2002 by Garry M. Leech

The Washington-Bogotá axis and the mainstream media in both the United States and Colombia have blamed the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the collapse of the peace process. President Andrés Pastrana used the FARC's ongoing military activities during negotiations as justification for ordering the Colombian military's invasion of the rebel safe haven. But while the FARC has been repeatedly condemned for continuing to wage war outside the rebel zone, few questioned the fact that the Colombian military and the paramilitaries were doing exactly the same thing.

There is no question that the FARC's tactics have included the targeting of the civilian population and criticism of these tactics is clearly justified (see, Losing Sight of Che). However, the tactics used by the FARC--extortion, kidnapping, bombing infrastructure and towns, profiting from the drug trade--remain the same as when the government agreed to the safe haven and negotiations three years ago. Not at that time, or any time since, has there been an agreement between the government and the FARC that the rebels cease operations outside the zone.
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DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,088 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 47 Thanked 570 Times in 378 Posts	The Hypocrisy of the Peace Process March 4, 2002 by Garry M. Leech The Washington-Bogotá axis and the mainstream media in both the United States and Colombia have blamed the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for the collapse of the peace process. President Andrés Pastrana used the FARC's ongoing military activities during negotiations as justification for ordering the Colombian military's invasion of the rebel safe haven. But while the FARC has been repeatedly condemned for continuing to wage war outside the rebel zone, few questioned the fact that the Colombian military and the paramilitaries were doing exactly the same thing. There is no question that the FARC's tactics have included the targeting of the civilian population and criticism of these tactics is clearly justified (see, Losing Sight of Che). However, the tactics used by the FARC--extortion, kidnapping, bombing infrastructure and towns, profiting from the drug trade--remain the same as when the government agreed to the safe haven and negotiations three years ago. Not at that time, or any time since, has there been an agreement between the government and the FARC that the rebels cease operations outside the zone. continued <a href="http://www.colombiareport.o rg/colombia103.htm" target="_blank">http ://www.colombiareport.o rg/colombia103.htm</A> Get Out of Colombia by Congressman Ron Paul, MD <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul19.html" target="_blank">http ://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul19.html</A> The Colombia Deception <a href="http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2001/05/100377.php" target="_blank">http ://sf.indymedia.org/news/2001/05/100377.php</A> Witness For Peace <a href="http://www.witnessforpeace. org/" target="_blank">http ://www.witnessforpeace. org/</A> Americas <a href="http://www.americas.org" target="_blank">http ://www.americas.org</A> Colombia Report <a href="http://www.colombiareport.o rg" target="_blank">http ://www.colombiareport.o rg</A> Witness <a href="http://www.witness.org" target="_blank">http ://www.witness.org</A> Colombia Support <a href="http://www.colombiasupport. net" target="_blank">http ://www.colombiasupport. net</A> Cannabis News <a href="http://www.cannabisnews.com " target="_blank">http ://www.cannabisnews.com </A> Map Inc <a href="http://www.mapinc.org" target="_blank">http ://www.mapinc.org</A> Plan Kentucky: How would we like it? __________________ Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze/Ethanol then Ganja//Hemp.