The Christian Science Monitor had this encouraging report about progress against the rebels in Colombia:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0622/p06s02-woam.html
The part I found most interesting was:
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Then last fall, in an operation called Liberty One, which many officials point to as the real beginning of the plan, the Army felled five FARC commanders and captured at least four others, virtually eliminating the FARC presence around the capital. Before Liberty One, officials note that the rebels had succeeded in drawing a noose around Bogotá, preventing its 7 million citizens from traveling far outside it. Now that threat has been lifted.
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I read earlier there are 8 million people in Bogota, but I didn't have time to count them when I was there.
And in another story the mother of one of 3 US contractors held captive by the FARC complains that our government is not doing enough to obtain their release:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040812/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_american_hostage
The message board on that one is entertaining. One of the posts is titled: "Cry me a river biaaaaatch!!!!".
Steve
