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War in Colombia to intensify as support for military solution grows.(efforts to end civil war are examined)(Brief Article)
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America's Insider
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August 30, 2001
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BOGOTA -- US pressure and rebel intransigence are dealing new blows to Colombia's battered peace process at a time when many Colombians appear to be ready to support a military solution to the country's guerrilla wars.
Two weeks before US Secretary of State Colin Powell is due to travel to Colombia in a show of support for President Andres Pastrana and the government's anti-drug efforts, US officials have mounted a public campaign against Colombia's largest guerrilla organization, the FARC. In on- and off-the-record comments, US officials have accused the FARC of mistreating prisoners, using its Switzerland-sized demilitarized zone in southeastern Colombia as a base for ...