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Old August 19th 03, 09:46 PM
Gary L. Drescher
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Default be careful if you fly in Colombia

Er, I meant "Colombia". But Columbia's pretty difficult too now.

"Gary L. Drescher" wrote in message
news:K_v0b.201938$YN5.141158@sccrnsc01...
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."