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You completely missed the point. I talked about the abuse of the label "war on drugs" itself, and hinted at a very different agenda behind that whole operation, which is carried out by those armed units that are not officially linked to the US government - like mercenaries are, since they do not belong to the American branches of the anti drug authorities and armed forces. It is done this way so that the government cannot be held officially responsible for it, and the executing units are not made subject to legal and political countercontrol, and thus all the fun is hidden from public awareness. And you are wondering that your governments and authorities do not admit it in public!?
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I haven't missed anything. Nothing you provided shows any kind of proof. Basically you are just throwing around conspiracy theories. Show me anything on the world wide web that is a credible source. If what you are saying is true it will be there. The U.S. can't control what's on the web.
Not news, they are listed in the wiki site. They are used for spraying pesticides and training.
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What's more, Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. International Police Force monitor filed a lawsuit in Britain in 2001 against DynCorp for firing her after she reported that Dyncorp police trainers in Bosnia were paying for prostitutes and participating in sex trafficking. Many of the Dyncorp employees were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. But none were prosecuted, since they enjoy immunity from prosecution in Bosnia.
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They don't say what happened in the lawsuit. "Suspicion of illegal activity" isn't guilty of illegal activity.
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Earlier that year Ben Johnston, a DynCorp aircraft mechanic for Apache and Blackhawk helicopters in Kosovo, filed a lawsuit against his employer.
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Again they don't say the outcome of the lawsuit which leads me to believe it was found groundless.
If any of these lawsuits were found for the plaintiff I would believe it. None of them do.
This site is just a fact sheet. It doesn't say anything.
On the header: A FORUM FOR ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL OPINION, RESEARCH AND HUMOR
This site is heavy on political opinion and light in research. They don't back up anything they say.
What is there to hate? What is is. If one is wrong in something then one has learned something in being corrected. You haven't taught me anything but that you are willing to believe any rumor that is anti-US in the region.
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Drugs, being a ready source of clandestine money, are in fact a source of income less for FARC and other rebel groups than for the right-wing paramilitaries currently terrorizing Colombia with military (and suspected US) support. In the DEA's own testimony before Congress, "Since the 1970s, drug traffickers based in Colombia have made temporary alliances of convenience with leftist guerrillas, or with right-wing groups."
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So the U.S. is spending 750 million dollars for anti drug work but they are
suspected of supporting right wing groups who are supporting drug trafficking. Does that sound a little stupid to you? It does to me.
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"The U.S. has a hidden agenda in the war on drugs," says Linda Panetta of School of the Americas Watch, after a visit to Colombia."It is getting and keeping control of Colombia's resources: gold, silver, copper. Colombia may have the largest oil reserve in the Americas. The US wants to control it."
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I wouldn't call this proof. It's just her opinion.
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At least six US military-specialty companies have set up operations in the region, according to US military sources. Two Virginia-based companies, DynCorp Inc. and Military Professional Resources Inc., or MPRI, are completing contracts related to logistical support and training of Colombian police and counterinsurgency forces, under contract.
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Nothing you have provided shows that there are U.S. merc units running rampant.
This is my opinion in regards to my research. Companies/Corporations have funneled millions of dollars into the country for there business's. They have hired mercs/security consultants, whatever you want to call them to provide security for there business's. Case in point Shell(?) has the oil contract with Columbia. The pipeline has been dynamited 166 times. Shell employs mercs/security consultants to guard that line. Wouldn't you?