U.S. troops accused of arming Colombian death squads (Classic LA FP)

[clem_c_rock]

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1115243418773&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037&t=TS_Home&DPL=JvsODSH7Aw0u%2bwoRO%2bYKDSblFxAk%2bwoVO%2bYODSbhFxAg%2bwkRO%2bUPDSXiFxMh%2bwkZO%2bUCDSTmFxIk%2bw8RO%2bMKDSPkFxUj%2bw8UO%2bMNDSPgFxUv%2bw8YO%2bILDSLkFxQh1w%3d%3d&tacodalogin=yes

once again we show how we've always played Latin America.

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National police Chief Gen. Jorge Daniel Castro said officers stopped a suspicious man in the area, who offered a bribe to be allowed to go free. Under threat of arrest, the man led the officers to a nearby house where more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition for assault rifles, machine-guns and pistols were found, officials said.

Shortly afterward, the two U.S. army soldiers - apparently unaware of the police operation - tried to go to the house. Castro said three Colombians were also involved.

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[bennywhale]

1. Aah yes

but Latin America is our "near abroad". We have every right to do what we want there.

We're the United States of America for God's sake

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Aww, shucks. They're just trying to "stabilize" Columbia.

Like they did in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Angola, Mozambique, Indonesia, Iran, Congo, Honduras, Guatamala, Haiti, and countless other places we've "helped".

[clem_c_rock]

3. A pat on the back for spreading our goodwill and freedom