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Posted by FoM on March 16, 2002 at 07:42:43 PT Knight Ridder News Service Source: Salt Lake Tribune 
The U.S. government is "pretty close" to resuming a program to shoot down suspected drug planes in the Amazon, White House drug czar John Walters says. Walters told Knight Ridder that U.S. officials may want to renew the program first in Colombia, then later in Peru, where a tragic accidental shoot-down over the Amazon River last April killed a U.S. missionary and her infant daughter. That fatal mishap forced the suspension of the program and led to at least two official U.S. investigations and a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. "We're pretty close to deciding within the U.S. government about how we'd like to proceed," Walters said this week. "We're not quite there yet, but we're pretty close." Peru is one of the nations President Bush will visit during a Latin American tour March 21-24. Expectations are high in Lima of imminent renewal of the U.S.-designed strategy to shoot down aircraft suspected of carrying coca, the raw ingredient in cocaine. "We have been informed by the administration that this matter is in a very advanced state of consideration," Peru's ambassador to Washington, Allan Wagner, said Friday. "We hope that this will be accomplished by the time President Bush is in Lima." Coca crops are expanding in both Peru and Colombia, and conservative U.S. legislators are pressing the White House to take more aggressive action. The panel's report called for a "dramatic overhaul" and said the program was marred by language barriers, inadequate radio systems and failure to alert suspicious pilots that they were about to be shot out of the sky. It also demanded that the CIA not be involved. Last April 20 a Peruvian warplane, working with the CIA, shot down a plane that belonged to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, a U.S. missionary group. Killed were Veronica Bowers, 35, and her infant daughter, Charity. Her husband, James, and their son, Cory, were unhurt. The pilot, Kevin Donaldson, was shot in both legs, but miraculously landed the plane in the Amazon. Related Articles & Web Site: Colombia Drug War News Millions Sought From U.S. in Plane Downing U.S. To Start Peruvian Drug Flights U.S. Shares Fault In Peru Incident Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #7 posted by Jose Melendez on April 26, 2002 at 11:11:09 PT |
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http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n802/a04.html?397 PERU SEES DRUG FLIGHTS RELAUNCH, WASHINGTON MUM Peru expects the United States soon to announce it will resume a program to catch drug flights in the Latin American country that was halted after the shooting of an American missionary plane, officials said on Thursday, but Washington said no decision had been made. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by mayan on March 17, 2002 at 07:03:32 PT |
| That's crazy, but just another day in Columbia... This war cost more than it's worth a long time ago. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by Patrick on March 17, 2002 at 02:12:50 PT |
| Colombian archbishop assassinated http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/03/16/colombia.archbishop/index.html Actually, I personally hate to post you folks with stories from cnn but, since they are so obviously pro-prohibitionist and do in fact manage to get a message around the world with their coverage I thought I would share this mainstream media Colombian news story here on this particlular drug related thread. Raise any questions from any real journalists? [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #4 posted by overtoke on March 16, 2002 at 15:44:42 PT:
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| What will eventually happen is that "Freedom Fighters" in Columbia will have to attack the United States as a last resort to their problems. Many of you refuse to accept that the WTC attacks were the fault of Americans. We were attacked by "Freedom Fighters" Instead of recognizing the reason we were attacked and try to remedy those reasons (all legitimate) we instead go out and commit genocide. (Trying to erase the Taliban...) Look at who is leading the St. Patricks Day Parade in NYC tomorrow... A Convicted "Terrorist" that served 12 years in prison for blowing up a police station? No. Instead this guy is a Convicted "Freedom Fighter" that served 12 years in prison for blowing up a police station. The War on Drugs Creates Terrorism. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by mayan on March 16, 2002 at 15:02:40 PT |
| Isn't it nice that they are about to shoot down more "suspected" drug planes? These savages obviously didn't learn a thing from the Bower's incicent. This is a flawed policy at best & will not do a damned thing to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it,the more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow. The more they fight it, they more they grow. The more they fight it, the more they grow... Will these lame-brains ever get it? Amazing... [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by Chive on March 16, 2002 at 12:14:45 PT:
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| Another incident that shows that the legal implications are more harmful than the drugs themselves. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by Jose Melendez on March 16, 2002 at 09:41:13 PT:
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The U.S. government is "pretty close" to resuming a program to shoot down suspected drug planes
in the Amazon, White House drug czar John Walters says.
NO WAY JOSE!!!The Bowers family, who suffered the devastating loss of mother and child, have announced they will sue the United States Government. I used to wonder if they were paid off or threatened, but they are just now speaking out. I predict public opinion will be solidly in support of them and against the internationally prohibited crime of shooting down aircraft.From:
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More Holes in thePeru Plane Cover-Up By Peter Gorman
Publisher's Note: On February 19, authentic journalist Peter Gorman, who has spent much of the past 18 years in the Iquitos region of Peru, near the Colombian border, wrote a story for The Narco News Bulletin that raised a lot of eyebrows at the time. Gorman reported that U.S.-paid mercenaries, from the private sector, were assembled in the Iquitos region with "shoot-to-kill" orders as part of the U.S.-imposed "Plan Colombia" military intervention program. [ Post Comment ] |
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