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Colombia urges U.S. to get tough on traffickers

By Patrick Markey

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday urged the United States to slap severe sentences on drug traffickers extradited from his country, in a rare rebuke from a staunch U.S. ally.

(more): http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0151917820080801?feedTyp...

By sloopskipper on Aug 1, 2008, 17:31 in Politics & the war.

sloopskipper says on Aug 1, 2008, 17:33:

Shoot yourself in the foot?

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Cali2005 says on Aug 1, 2008, 19:44:

just so long as uribe doesnt get in trouble for his past shady relationships with traffickers, and mafia, its all good. politicians crack me up..they are all crooked...and love dirty money from narcos...and they love acting like they are the best in the world

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goin_south says on Aug 1, 2008, 19:54:

well, the headlines sound good to most average readers, eh?

“ I would rather be a conservative nut job rather than a liberal with no nuts and no job.”

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