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Judi Lynn

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11. These paramilitaries are former members of the AUC, which allegedly demobilized,
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 03:49 PM
Feb 2014

although all human rights groups, and others have made statements that they are nothing other than the AUC, reorganized into smaller groups with new names.

The AUC, if you are familiar with it, has been shown, through court testimonies (sometimes by former paras who were murdered after testifying) for years and years, to have been joined at the hip to the Colombian military, which you know IS deeply funded by US hard-earned taxdollars.

Court trials have been going on for years regarding this unsavory alliance, the paras have been considered the adjunct group which would handle the truly evil work the Colombian military didn't want to associate its name with, although in some massacres, it has been testified various Colombian military personel actually did wade in a participate along with the paras.

In some cases they were known to surround towns and keep traffic out, and the citizens in while the paras did their "magic," sometimes taking human beings apart with chain saws for dramatic effect, and to create terror, as a psychological trauma which would last far longer to Colombians who heard about it: a good way to paralyze people with fear at a distance to keep them so frightened they wouldn't dare rise up against you.

Investigations are still going on regarding current Colombian military personel, extremely high ranking, and their ties to the former paras.

Same guys in the new paramilitary groups, just the names of the groups have changed. They pursue the same goals, and achieve them the same way. Everything is exactly the same except for the names.

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oh...Well that's a relief! Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #1
Are these the paramilitaries supported by the US? /nt Ash_F Feb 2014 #2
Sounds like these paramiltaries might be better supported by Putin. Times change. pampango Feb 2014 #4
Times change but I believe the US has been supporting the right in this confilct Ash_F Feb 2014 #5
That's a very simplistic way to put it, since this isn't a monolithic "right vs. left" affair. gbscar Feb 2014 #7
Are you talking about Columbia? /nt Ash_F Feb 2014 #8
Yes, I am talking about Colombia. I wouldn't be replying otherwise. n/t gbscar Feb 2014 #9
The US has been supporting these groups Ash_F Feb 2014 #10
That's still rather simplistic. The U.S. has supported allies of the predecessors of said groups. gbscar Feb 2014 #14
Oh well that's ok then Ash_F Feb 2014 #16
I hope you didn't stop reading there, but it's your choice. n/t gbscar Feb 2014 #24
Priceless! So completely the way they operated. Congenital liars, all. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #18
tell that to the paramilitaries being discussed in this story Enrique Feb 2014 #15
I'd certainly tell them that, if it would make any difference. gbscar Feb 2014 #22
These paramilitaries are former members of the AUC, which allegedly demobilized, Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #11
Thanks. USGov does some sick stuff for the love of money. Ash_F Feb 2014 #12
They do descend from the AUC and they share a percentage of the same personnel gbscar Feb 2014 #19
Bingo. DeSwiss Feb 2014 #20
Gotta have conflicts to use as a justification to butt into other countries, Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #26
Charming. n/t Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #3
Because murder is of course justified in cases of communistic homosexuality. truthisfreedom Feb 2014 #6
If this group had to choose, it will go after peaceful communists every time. happyslug Feb 2014 #13
Just as the US used to claim it intended to wipe out all the "commies" Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #17
The Reagan narrative was a piece of crap, but painting the exact opposite picture is little better gbscar Feb 2014 #21
Sadly, there have been homosexuals who were murdered without being "communist" n/t gbscar Feb 2014 #23
But the point I was mking, is these people see Commies as their REAL ENEMY happyslug Feb 2014 #25
Sounds like a press release from the G O P blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #27
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