http://www.narconews.com/…
Months in the Planning, the Operation Included US Special Forces Posing as Members of a “French Humanitarian Group”
By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
July 3, 2008
A U.S. military special-operations unit carried out the recent rescue of three Defense Department contractors being held by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to a source who [...]

July 5th, 2008 | Tags: Betancourt, Colombia, created terror, FARC, mercenaries, Octopus | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/….
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:31 PM on 04th July 2008
‘I cry with joy,’ Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did.
After six years of being held hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country [...]

July 5th, 2008 | Tags: Betancourt, Colombia, FARC, Latin America | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Source: Xinhua
11:51, July 05, 2008
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Friday that he was happy with the rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

July 5th, 2008 | Tags: Betancourt, castro, Colombia, created terror, FARC, Latin America | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

hat tip ~ Narco News Bulletin
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
July 2, 2008 03:07
The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

July 3rd, 2008 | Tags: arms trafficking, AUC, Banadex, Chiquita, Colombia, Conspiracy 101, created terror, death squads, ELN, FARC, John McCain, Lindner, mercenaries, military industrial complex, Octopus | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/…
Ecuador police link plot to militias
By JEANNETH VALDIVIESO, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jun 13, 8:51 PM ET
Two Colombians arrested in an alleged plot against President Rafael Correa claimed to have links to Colombian paramilitaries and said they were offered US$1.5 million to kill Ecuador’s leader, according to security officials and police documents.

June 15th, 2008 | Tags: assassination, Colombia, Ecuador, FARC, Latin America | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://www.sott.net/…
Bernard Lane
Theaustralian.news.com.au
Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08 EDT
TWO Australian arms dealers offered to sell rifles, grenade launchers and missiles to a Marxist guerilla group seeking to topple the Government of Colombia, according to Spain’s El Pais newspaper.

May 17th, 2008 | Tags: arms trafficking, Australia, Colombia, created terror, FARC, Latin America, Venezuela, Weapons | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://www.upi.com/…
Published: May 15, 2008 at 11:04 PM
BOGOTA, May 15 (UPI) — Colombian officials did not tamper with computer files that belonged to rebel leaders indicating rebel ties to Venezuela, Interpol officials said Thursday.

May 17th, 2008 | Tags: arms trafficking, Chavez, Colombia, created terror, Ecuador, FARC, Interpol, Latin America, propaganda, Russia, USA, Venezuela, Weapons | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://www.globalresearch.ca/…
by John Pilger
Global Research, April 24, 2008
New Statesman
John Pilger argues that an unreported war is being waged by the US to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the poor

April 25th, 2008 | Tags: Colombia, created terror, Drugwar, FARC, Latin America, media, Octopus, Plan Colombia, propaganda, Uribe, Venezuela | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

http://www.globalresearch.ca/…
Tom Burghardt
March 23, 2008
Antifascist Calling…
As diplomatic and military fallout from the March 1 Colombian raid into Ecuador escalate regional tensions, allegations from Ecuadorean sources link the unprovoked attack to the U.S. Manta airbase and charge the American mercenary firm DynCorp with piloting the planes that killed FARC commander Raúl Reyes and 24 others.

March 24th, 2008 | Tags: Colombia, created terror, Ecuador, FARC, Latin America, mercenaries | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment