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Colombian car bomb kills one in capital, hurts 15
07/21/2006, 34 minutes ago

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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - At least one civilian was killed and 15 soldiers injured on Monday by a car bomb targeting a military convoy in Bogota, the army said.

The blast, a week before President Alvaro Uribe is set to start his second term, was set off by remote control in a working class part of northwestern Bogota as military trucks passed by.

It shattered windows in dozens of buildings and killed a man who had been collecting recyclable garbage on the street.

Authorities said they suspected the attack was carried out by leftist rebels fighting a four-decade-old war against the state.

The capital city is on maximum alert ahead of Uribe's August 7 inauguration. Four years ago his first inauguration was marred by rebel missile attacks that killed 21 people and injured 60.

Uribe, whose father was killed by rebels in a botched kidnapping, is popular for his U.S.-backed crackdown on the guerrillas and won re-election in a 62-percent landslide in May.

He is credited with reducing crime, particularly in urban areas, and opening transportation routes long off limits due to guerrillas who fund themselves through cocaine smuggling and kidnapping for ransom. But many rural parts of the country remain under rebel control.

The southern jungle province of Caqueta was left without electricity on Monday after rebels bombed power installations, authorities said.

By toneloc24 on Jul 31, 2006, 12:16 in Politics & the war.

toneloc24 says on Jul 31, 2006, 12:26:

In El Tiempo http://www.eltiempo.com/bogota/2006-07-31/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3045087.html

Julio 31 de 2006

Una persona muerta y 10 heridas deja explosión de carro bomba en el noroccidente de Bogotá

La explosión de un carro bomba al paso de un convoy militar dejó 9 soldados y un suboficial heridos. La víctima mortal era un indigente.

Según las autoridades, la persona fallecida es un indigente que se encontraba al lado del vehículo. Los heridos son un suboficial y nueve soldados.

Los militares pertenecen al batallón de Policía Militar número 15. Algunas versiones dan cuenta de otros heridos, pero no hay una confirmación oficial.

La explosión se registró en la carrera 45 con calle 75, en el barrio Gaitán, a pocas cuadras de la Escuela Militar de Cadetes José María Córdoba, en la localidad de Barrios Unidos.

Uno de los soldados heridos se encuentra en estado crítico y acaba de ser sometido a cirugía en el Hospital Militar, oriente de Bogotá.

Los soldados estaban en el sector realizando operaciones de seguridad, previas a la posesión del presidente �?lvaro Uribe, la próxima semana.

En el momento de la explosión, acababan de ser recogidos y se dirigían al Cantón Norte. A su paso, estalló un Mazda blanco 323 cargado con 15 kilos del explosivo pentolita, de acuerdo con la valoración inicial.

Los residentes del sector han reportado la ruptura de los ventanales de las casas en varias cuadras alrededor.

La Policía Metropolitana ofreció 1.000 millones de pesos a quien dé información que lleve a la captura de los autores.

Las autoridades tienen acordonado el sector e impiden el tránsito por las calles aledañas, mientras recogen pistas para comenzar la investigación.

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mcraig says on Jul 31, 2006, 17:22:

terroist are wimps I hope everyone keeps on moving on like it doesnt bother them. Terroist are coming to end daily an so will these clowns.

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platano says on Aug 1, 2006, 00:04:

Possibly AUC or possibly FARC or possibly hooligans... Has anyone taken responsibility for this attack?

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