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Colombia's Military Toughens Up By Aztec

Colombia's military toughens up FLORENCIA, COLOMBIA -- Seven years and $4.35 billion since the advent of a massive U.S. aid program, the Colombian military has been transformed from an outmatched "garrison force" that had yielded huge swaths of terrain to leftist guerrillas, to an aggressive force that has won back territory. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-colombia18jan18,0,... By aztec on 2008-01-18 08:55:40 in Politics & the war. moderators: demote | dele ...

French Jokes (Most of Them Fairly Ridiculous and the Rest Just In Bad Taste)

wonder if the french would surrender to the Colombian Army? probably so..... "The Italian prisoners did not know what a "latrine" was, I had to show them withe a shovel"- George S.Patton- the greatest general slguy says on Saturday January 19th, 2008 22:08: The french would surrender to Tahiti's army, if Tahiti had an army. Some people are like Slinkies, not really good for much, but you can't help but smile when they tumble down the stairs! billyb says on Saturday Janu ...

Worst Music Video Ever

Now you guys know the real reason why I had to emigrate from Finland.... ...

Culture War

I was discussing the forum with my son and expressed my surprise and concern for the strong language and aggressive verbal debating style that many people use on this forum, especially in war and politics section. He exclaimed "but Mum, how ignorant of you! Didn't you know about the culture war raging in USA?" Then he proceeeded to give a short explanation of what it was about. I read a bit more and I can understand it better now...but I must admit I would probably lose my mental health living i ...

Another Opinion (Not Necessarily Mine, But Interesting)

The FARC did not lie about Emmanuel. They never said tha tthey had him together with his mother in the jungle. According to this article (copied from another discussion group), they just said that they would hand him over together with Clara and Consuelo. They did not know that the child was inthe custody of a government agency (ICBF). (I was reading earlier an article from El Tiempo about the child and how he came to be in Bogotá, and it said that the peasant in whose custody the child was ...

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