EDR
August 20th 03, 05:43 PM
In article <K_v0b.201938$YN5.141158@sccrnsc01>, Gary L. Drescher
> wrote:
> NYT today: "Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that
> President Bush has approved the resumption of an American-supported program
> in which Colombian fighter pilots can force or shoot down airplanes
> suspected of ferrying drugs.
> The program, called Airbridge Denial and a key component in Washington's war
> on drugs in South America since 1995, was suspended here and in Peru after a
> Peruvian fighter shot down a private plane in 2001 that was carrying
> American missionaries."
Does this mean I'm safe if I am not flying a Cessna? :-)
> wrote:
> NYT today: "Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today that
> President Bush has approved the resumption of an American-supported program
> in which Colombian fighter pilots can force or shoot down airplanes
> suspected of ferrying drugs.
> The program, called Airbridge Denial and a key component in Washington's war
> on drugs in South America since 1995, was suspended here and in Peru after a
> Peruvian fighter shot down a private plane in 2001 that was carrying
> American missionaries."
Does this mean I'm safe if I am not flying a Cessna? :-)