> If this is true, pretty amazing. Can anyone verify? Is Narco News reliable?
> CK
>
It is, as is the original source: AFP. Here's something from an AP report:
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The State Department has said it is developing a counterterrorist strategy for Colombia and other Andean nations. Taylor declined to provide details, but he said the regional strategy - like the global one - will be based on law enforcement cooperation, intelligence exchanges, blocks on terrorist financing and ``where appropriate - as we are doing in Afghanistan - the use of military power.''
[ ... http://www.prairienet.org/clm/clmnews_files/011016AP03.html ]
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Reminds one of David Lloyd George's comment about reserving the right to bomb ....
For information on Colombia, I'd suggest the excellent new Colombian Labor Monitor site:
http://www.prairienet.org/clm/
-david