Endless War in Afghanistan and Colombia By David Boaz Two front-page stories in the Washington Post today tell a depressing story: President Trump’s most senior military and foreign policy advisers have proposed a major shift in strategy in Afghanistan that would effectively put the United States back on a war footing with […]
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Plan Colombia not over By David T. Rowlands Colombian right-wing paramilitary AUC. United States Undersecretary of State James Steinberg, speaking in Bogota on October 26, claimed the future relationship between Washington and its most favoured client in Latin America, Colombia, would be based on “reciprocity and mutual respect”. The stated purpose of Steinberg’s visit was to […]
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Plan Colombia: Ten Years Later Drug War Chronicle, Issue #640 The United States has been trying to suppress Colombian coca production and cocaine trafficking since at least the time of Ronald Reagan, but the contemporary phase of US intervention in Colombia in the name of the war on drugs celebrated its 10th anniversary this week. As Washington […]
Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico – Stephen Lendman It’s called “Plan Mexico,” or more formally the “Merida Initiative,” and here’s the scheme. It’s to do for Mexicans what Plan Colombia has done to that nation since 1999, and, in fact, much earlier. Since then, billions have gone for the following: […]
[SEE: CIA/Peruvian Planes Mistake Missionary Family for Drug-Running Competitors ; Anonymous ‘CIA plane crash lands with four tons of coke’ ; Arrest of 4 Mexican Generals linked to downed CIA drug plane] [( MUST SEE: Cocaine plane trail is open challenge for Obama administration ) One of the planes in this report has ended-up in Riyadh, Saudi […]
[The Establishment rag, Foreign Policy, has an op-ed piece from that old snake, Paul Wolfowitz and a writer named O’Hanlon, called Plan Afghanistan. The piece has no merits that I can see, so I will not post it here, balthough it does serve to highlight our plans for creating civil war in Afghanistan, by turning […]
China plans Colombian rail link to challenge Panama canal A link between Cartagena in the Caribbean to an unspecified site on the country’s Pacific coast would facilitate Chinese imports Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk Chinese plans for a rail link in Colombia could compete with the Panama canal which transformed global […]
PLAN COLOMBIA Plan Colombia not over Colombia’s Recovery from American-Inspired Death Squads Colombia/Us Tip-Toeing Past that Whole Death Squads Thing All part of a plan? Study throws light on social leader killings in Colombia By Steve Hide ‘The killing of civilian leaders is a tradition here. Something which in other countries would be considered a […]
Venezuela, China, Russia and Cuba are deployed in an exercise on the border with Colombia Contingent of the Cuban `Black Wasps’ paraded in front of the Venezuelan pavilion. Photo: Operational Strategic Command of Venezuela. Caracas Carlos E. Hernández The National Armed Forces (FAN) carried out, between September 22 and 29, a combined exercise in […]
Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers The United States is poised to deport Helegner Tijera Moreno, a former first lieutenant who deserted from the Venezuelan, faces deportation back to the country that accused him of “political militancy.” Courtesy of Helegner Tijera Moreno Venezuelan military deserter faces deportation back to government U.S. calls dictatorship […]
A video shows the moment of the detonation of the drone a few meters from Caracas Avenue This was the explosion of one of the drones during the military act of the dictator Nicolás Maduro One day after the drone attack against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro , a video was released of the moment […]
Hezbollah Slams Western/Israeli Plot To Export Sunni Terrorism Most World Terrorism Is By Sunni Terrorists, 4 Years Running Sunni Terrorism is Killing Internationally but America Blames Iran: Christians and Hezbollah Washington In Bed With Countless Sunni Terrorist Outfits In Insane Crusade To Dominate the World [SAUDI/SUNNI SUPERSTATE…how it all began— THE LOCATION CHOSEN FOR THIS […]
Photo: Presidencia de la República “No” wins plebiscite: Colombians reject FARC peace accord BOGOTA By Richard Emblin When the polls closed at 4 pm across Colombia, more than 34.8 million were eligible to cast their vote in the historic peace plebiscite. With a “Yes” or “No” on the ballot, voter turnout was steady […]
[SEE: Blackwater’s Colombian Mercenaries In Abu Dhabi ; Saudis Hire 800 Colombian Sniper Mercenaries To Murder Yemenis ; U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational Mercenaries ; Yemen Press Reveals “Colombian Snipers” Are Really Blackwater Agents ] Latin American Mercenaries, Bankrolled by UAE, Join Yemen Proxy War U.S.-Trained Mercenaries in Yemen Once again America is participating in the slaughter […]
[SEE: Saudis Hire 800 Colombian Sniper Mercenaries To Murder Yemenis] Mercenaries “Blackwater” under the name of Colombian soldiers to Yemen NAKHEL NEWS Palm-questioned columnist Abdullah bin Amer in health to be Colombian soldiers and officers to be sent to Yemen to be from Colombia army but mercenaries belonging to the company “Blackwater”. According to Yemeni […]
DrugTraffickers are restructured into 28 Cartels-ZETA Borderland Beat Reporter Chivis From Zeta Weekly and posted on BB Forum by Havana Written by: Rosario Castro Mosso and Enrique Mendoza Hernández Traffickers are restructured At the end of Vicente Fox’s term, Mexico had seven cartels, while President Felipe Calderon recognizes only 11 criminal organizations in 2011. Leaders of thugs […]
[The man in charge of Colombia’s National Police Force during that “Democratic Security” policy, Oscar Naranjo, is now chief national security adviser for Mexico’s attempt to recreate the Colombian Cartel Wars. Both Colombian and Mexican drug-control operations were the US-administered implementation of American counter-insurgency methods acquired in the Afghanistan and the Middle East, introduced into civilian […]
[SEE: Fighting “Simulated Wars” Nearly Always Leads To Real Wars; Mexican official: CIA ‘manages’ drug trade] Mexico is re-thinking anti-gang war plan MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s U.S.-backed militarized offensive against its gangsters likely will rely even more upon the commando tactics gaining currency in Washington policy debates, analysts say. U.S. officials already have bet heavily on […]
[MAP showing locations of current drug gangs in Colombia -vs–former paramilitary districts.] A trip through Colombia’s conflict zone Elyssa Pachico Caucasia is the kind of backwater we’d like to pretend doesn’t exist. It is too hot for puffy-eyed women to do much except sit by the road, selling limp pieces of mango stuffed into plastic […]
Yair Klein Israeli mercenary. Photo Week [The old master trainer of mercenaries and terrorists is threatening to do the one thing which no other source has ever done, reveal that he trained both sides of an American limited war effort in Colombia, and promised to provide details of that era. […]
[The map above shows location of the “ Barrancón Special Forces School” American training facility, where the lead troops who supervised the Mapiripan massacre acquired their deadly skills. Colombian Green Berets were trained there by Navy Seals and their American counterparts at the top secret center. The Colombian Special Forces then trained the paramilitary death squads, […]
Protesting U.S.-Sponsored Terrorism in Colombia By Garry Leech Thousands of protesters plan to converge on Washington D.C. from April 19-22 to protest the escalating U.S. involvement in Colombia, including the training of Colombian troops at the U.S. army’s notorious School of the Americas (SOA) in Fort Benning, Georgia. According to School of the Americas Watch […]
[Like vampires, they can’t come into your house unless they are invited. There is still time to save yourselves, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Don’t open the door!] U.S. Promotes New Plan To Battle Drug Trade In Afghanistan, Central Asia, Russia Tajik guards stand to attention during the official opening of a new border […]
Influence mercenary in Colombia By Juan Diego Restrepo E. * OPINION The case of Colombia in Abu Dhabi and training in military units demanding answers about who has control over the mercenaries who arrived in the country over the past 30 years. The latest news on the production of Colombian mercenaries arrived from Abu Dhabi, the […]
Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder Adam Ferguson/VII Network Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, has a new project. By MARK MAZZETTI and EMILY B. HAGER ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by an […]
Chiquita accused of supporting massacre of 931 in Colombia EDWARD FOX Two lawsuits were filed Tuesday against Chiquita Brands International for their alleged role in supporting the massacre and torture of 931 people in Colombia’s banana growing region. The two cases, filed before a federal court in Washington, relate to the killing of 254 people […]
[Colombia’s complicated history servicing American needs and desires in S. America Angel or devil? Alvaro Uribe for reaching to caress the possibility of a third term, the reality that ‘the king died, King put’ must be hell POLICY A cascade of court decisions, scandals and revelations is cracking Uribe’s legacy. However, his popularity remains intact.Why? While […]
Land Reform Could End Colombia’s Guerrilla War By John Otis / Chaparral Anti-narcotics police stand guard on a farm in Caceres northwest of Colombia, Monday Dec. 20, 2010. It is no surprise that Sudan, blighted by unceasing years of loud civil war, has the largest population of internally displaced people in the world: perhaps as many […]
[It is very interesting to watch Pres. Santos trying to untie the American knot. So far, he has walked a fine line defending Colombia’s interests without cutting their own throats with the American administration. The Colombian Supreme Court has challenged the demobilization plan to pardon most of the paramilitary foot-soldiers, but nothing has been said […]
Pentagon Trained Troops Led by Officer Accused In Colombian Massacre WASHINGTON, D.C. March 30, 2000 — Pentagon officials, under pressure to investigate alleged links between elite U.S. military trainers and Colombian forces implicated in a 1997 civilian massacre, have confirmed that they trained soldiers commanded by the officer accused of masterminding the attack. With a […]
Revealed: The secrets of Colombia’s murderous Castaño brothers When their father was killed by Marxist guerrillas, Fidel, Carlos and Vicente Castaño swore revenge. Nearly 30 years and 140,000 victims later, their legacy of violence lives on. Jeremy McDermott, who has followed the brothers’ trail of terror across Colombia for more than a decade, reveals the […]
Pentagon Trained Troops Led by Officer Accused In Colombian Massacre By Frank Smyth and Maud S. Beelman International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Center for Public Integrity (Washington, 30 March) Pentagon officials, under pressure to investigate alleged links between elite U.S. military trainers and Colombian forces implicated in a 1997 civilian massacre, have confirmed […]
Colombia defies “peak oil” but for how long? GMT (Reuters) * Existing fields, heavy oil, key to output growth – govt * Security improvements allowing more exploration * Colombia has goal of 1.4 mln bpd in coming years * Big question: can Colombia find new crude reserves? By Jack Kimball BOGOTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – […]
[SEE: Columbia Attempts to Demobilize 18,000 Paramilitaries Without Igniting Civil War ] Colombian prosecutors issue arrest warrant for ex-police chief in 1989 candidate assassination LIBARDO CARDONA Associated Press November 25, 2010 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian prosecutors issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a 73-year-old former domestic security chief who they say participated in the 1989 assassination […]
Yair Klein threatens to blow whistle on Colombian gov’t http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=196194 By DAN IZENBERG “What I have on these officials is fantastic,” Klein says; Justice Ministry says it does not plan to take any action in former IDF officer’s case. A Justice Ministry spokesman said Sunday that the ministry does not anticipate having to take any action […]
Army of terror: the legacy of US-backed human rights abuses in Colombia. http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/30075547.html# Harvard International Review – Winter, 1998 PETER SANTINA, Staff Writer, Harvard International Review After three decades of civil war, Colombia is finally approaching peace. On August 7, 1998, Andres Pastrana assumed the presidency, replacing the discredited Ernesto Samper. The country’s two […]
Zionist torturers and Colombian oligarchs NorteAmericanos_for_Bolivar Mon, 23 Dec 2002 14:44:30 -0800 A connection between the Israeli Military man Yair Klien and the Colombian Death Squads. A deadly union of Zionist torturers and Colombian oligarchs. NorteAmericanos for Bolivar —– Original Message —– Subject: Colombia’s Paramilitaries and Israel New World Phalange, Colombia’s Paramilitaries and Israel by […]
Colombia’s president unveils major offensive against guerrillas Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (R) speaks with Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera during a meeting at the Defense ministry in Bogota BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday he would “redouble” the military’s offensive against leftist guerillas after attack killed 40 police and military officers. Colombia’s rebel […]
Colombia’s new president to be sworn in amid tensions Posted: 07 August 2010 1534 hrs Juan Manuel Santos BOGOTA : Juan Manuel Santos will be sworn in as Colombia’s new president Saturday as his administration prepares to tackle the country’s leftist insurgency and mend relations with neighboring Venezuela. As the chosen successor of conservative President […]
[BP sells exporation blocks RC4 and RC5 off Cartegena, north of Rosario Island, in Caribbean conflict zone, within range of American fleet docked in Costa Rica.] Block RC#4, located to the north of the Rosario Islands, BP sells Colombian unit to Ecopetrol, Talisman Eric Watkins OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 — BP PLC […]
Published on Sunday, March 17, 2002 in the Los Angeles Times A Colombian Village Caught in a Cross-Fire The Bombing of Santo Domingo Shows How Messy U.S. Involvement in the Latin American Drug War Can Be. by T. Christian Miller SANTO DOMINGO, Colombia — Death came to Santo Domingo as its people celebrated life.Villagers were gathering […]
COLOMBIA VS. VENEZUELA: Big Oil’s Secret War? by Bill Weinberg “Oilmen are like cats; you can never tell from the sound of them whether they are fighting or making love.” –Calouste Gulbenkian The famous Armenian entrepreneur spoke these words when reflecting on the post-World War I carve-up of oil rights in Iraq and the Persian […]
Chavez accuses U.S. plane of ‘electronic warfare’ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A day after saying he hopes to eventually cool tensions withColombia, President Hugo Chavez charged that his neighbor recently allowed a U.S. military plane to carry out “electronic warfare” operations against Venezuela. Chavez told a crowd of soldiers Monday that his intelligence services detected the American […]
“opportunity for conducting full spectrum operations throughout South America” against threats not only from drug trafficking and guerrilla movements, but also from “anti-U.S. governments” in the region. Unsettling Revelations Regarding U.S. Lease of Colombian Military Bases by COHA Research Associate Christina Esquivel U.S. Air Force Reveals Another Possible Explanation Behind Bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement On […]
CIA collusion with “Al Qaeda” financiers and attack planners By Wayne Madsen Online Journal Contributing Writer Aug 26, 2009, 00:19 (WMR) — WMR has learned from an intelligence source from a NATO country that elements of the CIA have coordinated their activities with top Gulf state officials who have been connected to “Al Qaeda” networks […]
Eva Golinger: U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational Mercenaries by Eva Golinger For the year 2009 the State Department of the United States will invest approximately $520 million in Plan Colombia. More than half of this money went to private North American contractors charged with developing, promoting and furthering irregular warfare in Colombian territory […]
West Plots To Supplant United Nations With Global NATO Rick Rozoff May 28, 2009 Stop NATO Ten years ago it first became evident to the world that moves were afoot in major Western capitals to circumvent, subvert and ultimately supplant the United Nations, as the UN could not always be counted on to act in […]
Kissinger’s 1974 Plan for Food Control Genocide by Joseph Brewda Dec. 8, 1995 On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security Council under Henry Kissinger completed a classified 200-page study, “National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests.” The study falsely claimed that population growth in the […]
SEE: Texas makes emergency plans in case violence spills over from Mexico US Congress Approves Plan Mexico By Kristin Bricker Published on: May 22, 2008 The US Congress approved Plan Mexico, also known as the Merida Initiative, last week, dealing a potentially deadly blow to activists and indigenous communities in Mexico. In the House, 244 Democrats […]
[SEE: MENA] Cocaine plane trail is open challenge for Obama administration Posted by Bill Conroy A twin-propeller Cessna 402C aircraft was seized near Carepa, Colombia, just across the border from Panama in mid-December of last year while it was in the process of attempting to transport about 850 kilos of cocaine to a suspected destination […]
How the U.S. Garrisons the Planet and Doesn’t Even Notice By Tom Engelhardt 04/09/08 “TomDispatch” — – Here it is, as simply as I can put it: In the course of any year, there must be relatively few countries on this planet on which U.S. soldiers do not set foot, whether with guns blazing, humanitarian […]
The myth of ‘training’ to fight ISIS Mideast ethnic divisions keep tribal troops unteachable Illustration on the failing results of our training of Iraqi defense forces by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times By Robert Weiner and Joseph Abay – – Wednesday, November 5, 2014 With Congress set to reconvene for the lame-duck session on Nov. 14, […]
El Salvador (1997-2000), oversaw implementation of US/El Salvadoran militant rehabiliation and repatriation program. Colombia (2000-03), during administration of “Plan Colombia,” leftist assassination program Pakistan (2007-10), during the administration of the US destabilization of FATA, which ended in the arrest and deportation of CIA spy Raymond Davis (March 16, 2011). US ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013), during […]
[In the following article by Joshua Kucera from the Soros’ website Eurasianet,Why Is It So Hard To Stop Central Asia’s Drug Trade?, he asks the wrong question. He should be asking if it is even possible to stop the drugs, or who really wants to stop the drug traffic there. Certainly the locals do not want […]
Drug trafficking, an instrument of imperial rule Salvador Capote alainet After several decades of “drug war”, accompanied by a huge cost in human lives and material resources, drug traffickers are now stronger than ever and control a larger territory than ever before. In the past six years, occurred in Mexico more than 47,000 murders […]
GOOGLE TRANS. George Borodin: guests from Colombia, El Salvador, and Kosovo: The U.S. is prepared in Azerbaijan and Central Asia “death squads” REGNUM Deputy Secretary of State and Head of the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement in the U.S. Department of State William Brownfield (right) pledged robust support CARICC. Together with the Director Lt. […]
US Drug War Against Russia Waged From the Asian Foothold Nil Nikandrov – http://www.strategic-culture.org The US intelligence community launched its first drug attacks against Russia in the early 1990ies, an epoch when drastic reforms were bleeding Russia’s law enforcement agencies and the borders of the formerly insulated country became easy to cross for envoys of Western […]
Juan Manuel Santos: ‘It is time to think again about the war on drugs’ Colombia’s president speaks frankly of the price his country has paid and his success in dismantling the cartels John Mulholland in Bogotá guardian.co.uk Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. Photograph: Felipe Caicedo/AP The security detail at the presidential offices in Bogotá was understandably […]
