US, Colombia choked rebels' communications network (Duplicate Post)

The Associated Press

Friday, July 11th 2008, 4:00 AM

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BOGOTA, Colombia — The stunning rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors owed its success not just to artful deception, but also to a five-year U.S.-Colombian operation that choked their captors' ability to communicate.

Known as "Alliance," it began with a satellite phone call in 2003, just weeks after the Americans' surveillance plane crashed in the southern Colombian jungle, according to U.S. and Colombian investigators and court documents.

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By sloopskipper on Jul 11, 2008, 04:49 in Politics & the war.

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