Article: American Army Special Forces Move into Colombia to Protect Oil Pipeline.

Article: U.S. special forces to train Colombian ...
AP Worldstream;  October 3, 2002 ;     550 words ... ... Colombia U.S. special forces will begin training a new Colombian army commando ... U.S. special forces troops have ... member Colombian army counternarcotics ... for the new special forces commando ... from the Colombian army's Rapid ...

Article: Colombian Army Drill: Respect For Rights; Training ...
The Washington Post;  August 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... thick underbrush, Colombian army troops exchange gunfire ... working closely with the Colombian army in the late 1980s ... training conducted by the Special Forces has continued, most ... Andean region. "The Colombian army and the military in ...

Article: Colombian Army Deploys Troops
AP Online;  January 23, 2001 ;     639 words ... ... Writer AP Online 01-23-2001 Colombian Army Deploys Troops BOGOTA, Colombia ... verge of collapse Tuesday, the Colombian army deployed hundreds of troops ... Associated Press that helicopters and special forces troops from Bogota and other ...

Article: Colombian Army commander insists U.S. forces not on ...
AP Worldstream;  February 26, 2003 ;     485 words ... ... leftist rebels, the commander of the Colombian army has insisted. The comments by Army ... the air force, army aviation and our special forces units, said Ospina, who made his ... rules. Many are Green Berets and other special forces who are training Colombian soldiers ...

Article: Colombian Army, Rebels Fight Battle Near Bogota
The Washington Post;  July 9, 1999 ;     483 words ... ... hundreds of Marxist rebels prepared to attack the capital, the Colombian army said. An army spokeswoman said 40 crack counterinsurgency ... Brigade, the No. 1 Mobile Brigade and U.S.-trained Special Forces were being flown into the combat zone. Army Col. Paulino ...

Article: Colombian Army Fighting Legacy of Abuses
The Washington Post;  February 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... drug trade. A bigger question, though, is whether the Colombian army can be repaired. In addition to its dismal human rights ... s members had taken short training courses from U.S. Special Forces troops sent to Colombia for that purpose. The army's ...

Article: In the imperial weeds: in his travels with special ...
Washington Monthly;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... approvingly as a tiny group of U.S. Special Forces advisers bolsters the shaky Colombian army against a powerful narco-insurgency ... Salvador, where, he writes, "fifty-five Special Forces trainers accomplished arguably more than ...