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Posted by FoM on March 23, 2002 at 21:23:42 PT By Karen DeYoung and Anthony Faiola Source: Washington Post 
President Bush and President Alejandro Toledo of Peru pledged today to join together in what Toledo called "a war without quarter" against terrorism and drug trafficking in the Andean region."We are partners not just through conviction," Toledo said at a news conference with Bush. "But we ourselves have experienced the effects of terrorism here for 20 years," including the explosion Wednesday of a 100-pound car bomb across from the U.S. Embassy that killed nine people and wounded 30. "We share a common perspective on terror," Bush said. "We must stop it." The two leaders met in Toledo's Colonial-style presidential palace on Lima's central square amid a massive security operation throughout the Peruvian capital. More than 7,000 police officers were deployed on city streets, many in full riot gear. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, although Peruvian officials have said they suspect a resurgent Shining Path guerrilla movement, thought to have largely disbanded after their leader was arrested in 1992. Already jittery U.S. and Peruvian security officials were put on even higher alert this morning after six small homemade explosives were tossed from a car and detonated on the roadside in a poor, eastern district of Lima far from anywhere Bush was scheduled to visit. Police also cracked down on a small anti-American demonstration in a central city square, using tear gas and arresting 18 people. Bush's one-day visit, the first to Peru by a sitting U.S. president, was designed to demonstrate the administration's strong interest in Latin America, particularly the Andean countries where the United States is funding major military and development aid programs to try to stop the production and export of cocaine and heroin to U.S. markets. The presidents of Colombia and Bolivia, and the vice president of Ecuador, also flew here to meet with Bush tonight following his bilateral talks with Toledo. There were high hopes in the region that Bush would arrive with a major trade deal, and would announce the renewal of a joint anti-narcotics aerial surveillance program suspended last year. But he had little to offer beyond a pat on the back for their democratic governments and a promise to keep working on those issues. Bush blamed the Senate for failing to vote on the Andean Trade Preferences Act, a 10-year agreement that expired in December. Although the House extended and expanded the trade pact several months ago, a handful of senators have objected to eliminating import duties on textile goods and other regional products. Regional governments have complained privately that the administration, distracted throughout the fall by the war against global terrorism, failed to push the agreement. The aerial surveillance program, jointly operated with the United States in Peru and Colombia, was shut down in April when the Peruvian air force shot down an aircraft carrying U.S. missionaries, killing a woman and her infant daughter. A CIA-piloted plane patrolling over northern Peru mistakenly targeted the plane as a drug flight. Investigations by the State Department and the Senate criticized the program as sloppily organized and supervised. Although an administration review was completed last summer, and the White House has repeatedly indicated it intended to reactivate the flights, it has not yet done so. Sources in Washington have said the administration was still trying to figure out how to respond to Senate demands that the CIA end its involvement in the program and that the program be taken over by the U.S. military or Customs Service. Administration officials have said there were no signs that clandestine drug flights have increased, and that reinstatement of the program was important to Toledo and Colombian President Andres Pastrana as an indication of U.S. support and trust. Toledo, who holds a master's degree and doctorate from Stanford University and is an internationally known economist, is Peru's first indigenous president. He was elected last year, replacing an interim government put in place after longtime President Alberto Fujimoro left the country in disgrace following revelations of corruption and allegations of human rights abuse. Fujimori's former security chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, was a close ally of the CIA. Montesinos is now jailed on corruption and human rights-related charges, and the Peruvian government has complained of U.S. unwillingness to declassify documents to help in his prosecution. Although Toledo planned to raise the issue with Bush today, neither mentioned it at their news conference. Toledo greeted Bush at a Peruvian air force base next to the international airport this afternoon with a full military honor guard, troop review and 21-gun salute. Bush sped through the streets of the Lima accompanied by scores of motorcycle policemen to a meeting with U.S. Embassy staff before heading to the presidential palace. He and Toledo, who have met twice before, walked into the building with their arms around each other. But while they announced several U.S. initiatives coming out of their talks – the resumption of a U.S. Peace Corps program in Peru, the establishment of a teacher training program and a U.S. fellowship for Peruvian business leaders – it was little compared to the languishing trade pact that Toledo hopes will help diminish his country's double-digit unemployment rate. Terrorism, and the drug trafficking that the Bush administration has increasingly described as its close relative, were clearly the central topics of discussion. The importance of the issue was underlined both by the Wednesday bombing and an administration request to Congress last week to expand U.S. military aid and training in Colombia – now limited to anti-drug efforts – to that government's decades-long war against leftist guerrillas. Both the U.S. and Colombian governments have labeled the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, as terrorists. U.S. anti-drug assistance to Colombia over the last two years has totaled nearly $2 billion. A much smaller program in Peru, about $150 million in the current budget, is also limited to fighting drugs. But U.S. officials here said this week there was "no question" that Washington would offer immediate anti-terrorism assistance if it was determined that the Shining Path was responsible for the car bombing. Although no Americans were killed in the attack, agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are here helping with the investigation. Although some U.S. officials have suggested the FARC may have expanded its efforts beyond Colombia's borders and was involved in the bombing, Toledo said there was no evidence of FARC activity in Peru. But, he said, a number of Peruvian military units were deployed along the Colombian border last week. The status of the drug war throughout the region has been a major source of administration concern. Peru, a country of 24 million people, was long one of the top sources for the coca leaves used to make cocaine, largely harvested for shipment to Colombia for refining. Peruvian coca cultivation was slashed from 285,000 acres in 1995 to 84,000 acres in 2000 with large-scale U.S. assistance. At the same time, wide areas of coca growth were eliminated in Peru and Bolivia, although cultivation vastly increased in Colombia, where the FARC, along with a right-wing paramilitary army, has become deeply involved in its processing and export. Now, Peruvian officials have expressed concern that coca growing may be entering a new upswing. The Andean governments have argued, and the administration has agreed, that one of the best ways to stop cultivation of coca and opium poppies, the raw material of heroin, is to provide more jobs. At the same time, Bush said today, "the best thing America needs to do" to reduce drug exports from the Andean region is to "to reduce demand" for them at home and "persuade people to quit using them." Source: Washington Post (DC) Related Articles: Peru Rebels Suspected In Bombing Losing the War on Terrorism in Peru Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #20 posted by entropy on March 24, 2002 at 12:21:50 PT:
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| It appears that the news service got the headline all wrong... the US government is going to resume the practice of shooting down planes suspected of running drugs ... to decrease the amount of TERROR in the world? Maybe those who claim to be so concerned with our well-being should tell thier story to the crew (and their families) of the (drug-"free") missionary plane that was terrorized and shot down... How very Orwellian: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Almost as paradoxical as the notion of declaring WAR on TERROR, One extreme inconvenience for those engaged in post 9-11 war-mongering is the simple fact that WAR IS TERROR. Perhaps unsurprisingly this fact is utterly ignored in the state's doctrinal system which is clearly mirrored in our corporate media. I question the structure of a government and society that seems incapable of approaching any problem (real or imaginary) outside of a context of WAR, we've got (and i'm sure there's more): a war on drugs, a war on poverty, a war on TERROR, what's next? WAR ON WAR!?!? ~entropy [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #19 posted by The GCW on March 24, 2002 at 09:54:01 PT |
| Now Psalms 136 = an acknowledgement of all good things as mentioned on the 1st page PLUS then going specifically to FOOD!
Psalms 136:4-9, ; To Him who alone does great wonders, ... To Him who made the heavens with skill,... Him who spread out the earth above the waters... Him who made the great lights,... The sun to rule by day,... The moon and stars to rule by night,... (all as described on the 1st page).
Then PSALMS 136:25; Who gives FOOD to all flesh,... (FOOD, is used on the 1st page Gen. 1; and in 1 Tim. 4:1-5.)
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Goerge Carlin said legalize it. Christ God indicated it should not have been prohibted to begin with. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A logical reason for the Lord to have given it psychoactive qualities, is that it makes one feel closer to God. It is an aid to communication with the Lord. The reason that people like to be "high" because it feels good to be closer to God. Most are not be aware however, that God is trying to communicate with them however, and just enjoy the high. That is why it is a sacrament to the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. Western churches are all an outgrowth of the Roman Empire however, and wine was the accepted intoxicant there, so they made wine a sacrament for communion. They considered uses of natural substances to be witchcraft, and public policy still suffers as a consequence. From http://www.olywa.net/when/bible08.html PROHIBITION AND THE BIBLE - 8 GREENGREENGREENGREENGREENGREENGREENGREEEEEEEEEEEEN Do you like the B.S. meter? Do you know what it realy is? It is the beginning (partial realization)of the promised relationship to the Holy Spirit of Truth. You can take the B.S. Meter and expand on it revealing the portals of Truth, to all Truth when you put into perspective what it actually is. Mon [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #18 posted by goneposthole on March 24, 2002 at 08:21:18 PT |
| with resultant abject failure; success is failure and failure is success. The drug war and Enron are prime examples. To employ the means necessary to end the war On WOSD, to succeed, requires great care and patience. What to do so what can be done can be done? George Carlin has a better idea than George Bush II. Legalize it. If it looks like an easy answer, it's an easy answer.
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| Comment #17 posted by Rambler on March 24, 2002 at 08:04:57 PT |
| On this topic,Bush has as much credibility as Charles Manson.Bush is like a crummy K-Mart Falwell [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #16 posted by Lehder on March 24, 2002 at 07:45:19 PT |
| Arrested? How do you suppose Bush would deal with one who would proclaim release to captives, set free those who are downtrodden, and heal the ill by a touch and without expensive pharnaceuticals? I think that Bush would not allow the working of miracles on his watch. He would fear anyone who knew what he was thinking; nor would he take kindly to one who complained that the rich paid no tax while showing the poor to pay a shekel taken from the mouth of a fish. Most of all, Bush could not tolerate that the blind should be made to see or the mute to speak; and the corporations could not tolerate that demons should be cast out from their Lunatic Boy. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #15 posted by potpal on March 24, 2002 at 07:14:55 PT |
| Fujimori's former security chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, was a close ally of the CIA. Montesinos is now jailed on
corruption and human rights-related charges. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #14 posted by The GCW on March 24, 2002 at 07:04:00 PT |
| If Christ was doing another tour and ran into Bush, and was inhaling some of Our Fathers finest, would bUSH have his guards arrest Him? Since we see Bush as the self condemned (Titus 3:9-11)and we're told about this ahead of time, through the apostacy, (2 Th.2 & 1 Tim.4) & Bush seems to fit the description of one who hates Our Father (John 14-16), it is Truthful to say he would likely have his guards arrest him. Bush would arrest Christ God. That makes me sick. MMMMMMMMMMMM (titled, Praise the LORD'S Wonderful Works)[instead of, Caging His children for accepting the Lord’s wonderful works] Psalms 135:7; “He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;” (does anyone know what vapors? ?Is it a sort of naturalizer vapor-eyes-er, sort of vapor, that would be one God awesome vapor, our vapor????) (If I am in the hot places where this good God given green seed bearing plant is growing, and it emits vapors,,,, is that some of the vapors...??? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Psalms 135:14-18; For the LORD will judge His people And will have compassion on His servants. The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, The work of man's hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, Yes, everyone who trusts in them. (this seems to fit right in with exactly the present situation...) [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #13 posted by dddd on March 24, 2002 at 06:56:40 PT |
| .....yes...jobs.....the only jobs will be police and military jobs,,plus a few construction jobs for prison building and military facilities....I seem to recall that part of Plan Colombia was that millions were going to be spent on making sure that alternate crops were going to be subsidized,and jobs would be created....they might as well have said that shit will no longer stink,,and Peru will be no different... ..I've always imagined,that after a while,it would not be easy to hire soldiers and cops to attack ,kill,and imprison their own countymen,,especially,when they know that the US is tossing around cash to exploit and bogart,,,like some Daddy Warbucks from hell,,who imagines that the natives allegiance can be secured with cash.. ..the more ya think about it,,the more absurd it becomes.!...Or maybe someone wants to put forth the argument that the US government is somehow merely doing this as a benevolent outreach,,to help these countries stop growing drugs,and rid them or terror...?...dddd [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #12 posted by Lehder on March 24, 2002 at 06:37:13 PT |
| Where is Bush today? I think I read somewhere that he'll be stopping in Mexico on his return from Peru. Well, it's Sunday morning so I'm sure he's delayed by having to stop in for church services somewhere to show that Jesus Christ is fighting terrorism and drugs along with all decent people. We'll hear more of his wisdom later today, as long as thousands and thousands of riot-equipped police can protect the tour and the loud speakers are powerful enough to drown out the crowds. Take notice, Canadians, and toss those DEAth agents out. You could wind up picking my blueberries for fifteen cents per hour. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #11 posted by Lehder on March 24, 2002 at 06:22:13 PT |
| The Andean governments have argued, and the administration has agreed, that one of the best ways to stop cultivation of coca and opium poppies, the raw material of heroin, is to provide more jobs. What kind of jobs? This means destroying the livlihoods of the self-sufficient, destroying rancheros and crop lands and replacing them with sub-subsistence level "jobs" assembling plastic junk for Americans. The objective is to destroy culture and render a proud people dependent on the whims of the US consumer and the handouts of the US government; it means propping up crooked dictators and US- bribed and appointed puppets who repress their own people. The thirdworldization process, aka "the peace process" aka "war on terrorism" aka "war on drugs," brings turmoil poverty corruption violence war and economic dependence to societies that deserve respect, not "help" and propaganda. Here's another example from El Salvadore, quoted from the article Bush Brewing Poverty and Violence in El Salvador: Businesses dramatically raised costs to consumers. At the same time, the government led drives to bust the unions that fight to keep wages in the "modernizing" economy from falling to sweatshop levels. Over the past months it announced the firing of 10,000 workers in the public sector -- a dramatic loss of jobs in El Salvador's small labor economy. http://commondreams.org/views02/0323-03.htm "Jobs" here means control of people, the destruction of their independence. Maybe these people don't need TV sets, eh. I sure as hell don't need mine. Look out, Canada! No country is immune. Totalitarian movements are global in scope, and you have already been targeted. US DEA agents are the vanguards of the thirdworldization process and you have foolishly let them in. Nor is the US itself immune. Because what applies to foreigners, as far as the Bush Cult of Corporation is concerned, applies to all. Just look at our cities and see the thirdworldization process in full swing here too. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #10 posted by Toker00 on March 24, 2002 at 06:14:43 PT |
| "We share a common perspective on terror," Bush said. "We must stop it." So, dummy, Legalize, and stop terrorizing the world. STOP IT. Peace. Realize, then Legalize. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #9 posted by Jose Melendez on March 24, 2002 at 05:02:55 PT:
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| I will learn to type. I will learn to type. I will learn to type. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #8 posted by Jose Melendez on March 24, 2002 at 04:56:25 PT:
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| "We are partners not just through conviction," Toledo said at a news conference with Bush. Does that mean Toledo was also arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by mayan on March 24, 2002 at 02:20:14 PT |
| copvcia.com hacked down:
http://rense.com/general21/ddp.htm Reasonable Doubts - The Truth About 9/11: http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/03/118760.php [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by goneposthole on March 24, 2002 at 00:38:48 PT |
| "We must stop it." Well, legalizing would stop it. No brains, no headaches. follow the link [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by goneposthole on March 24, 2002 at 00:37:23 PT |
| "We must stop it." Well, legalizing would stop it. No brains, no headaches. follow the link [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by dddd on March 24, 2002 at 00:22:44 PT |
| ...now that the Sheeple have been brainwashed into thinking the "War on Terror",is a normal,and necessary part of what we do,,convinced the masses that the war on terror is a war that all America supports,,the false-patriotic assumption that slathers the "news",and has obviously been encouraged in the movies...They make it seem so normal and beyond question..the "news" we see portrays only what the military allows it to portray... .Any US "casualties",are always reported in a very sympathetic maner,with reaction from grieving relatives.This makes it seem as if we are somehow still "victims" of terrorists.....You will NEVER see a local or national network news carry any reports that are questioning or critisizing the war empire..The most harsh critiques are obscure,and treading carefully,,so as not to be accused of non-patriotic tendencies... I think there has emerged a whole new group of endoctrinated,"united we stand" zombies..... ...anyway,,,the US military war beast is out of the cage,,it has been given carte blanche to be the global swat team. If someone doesnt like it,,too bad.....The only people who would oppose the war on terror,,must be in favor of terrorists,or perhaps potential terrorists!!!Same with people who speak out against the drug war!.. ....please note,,,the headline of the story,,,,fighting terror,,,,the drug war has now been sucessfully consumed into being synonamous with the terror war.......ya know;;;a war that starts with;"those who are not for us,are against us",,promises to be THE MOTHER OF ALL WARS...dddd [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by Nuevo Mexican on March 23, 2002 at 23:23:49 PT |
| Pretzel boy is the mad king of oil, and I'm personally disgusted by the lack of outrage Americans have expressed regarding his latest jackboot exercise (except here and other freedom loving websites.) Look at Italy! @ million union members and supporters turn out today as a half million did 2 weeks ago, see Indymedia.org. And now we have the Nixon tapes showing his overt opposition to his own stacked right wing panel that rejected the lies and propaganda about Cannabis. I think the evidence exists in these tapes for a class action lawsuit against the multi-million dollar Nixon Estate for reparations for the millions of lives nationally and globally destroyed due to his abuse om power. My favorite quote from ol'crook is 'people drink to have fun, they smoke marijuana to get High!' Remember the articles about the phamacueticals he was provided with by his buddies in the industry? Hypocrites! Any semblence of sanity in the world is purposely destroyed as to keep the public off balance and ineffective and it seems to be working, but I doubt it works for long. People can only stand so much fear based reality before they become fearless from a sense of having nothing left to lose. Let's discuss how a class action lawsuit should be approached as we now have the evidence and tide on our side! PEACE! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by MikeEEEEE on March 23, 2002 at 22:51:24 PT |
| The US was started by rebels to end imperialist influence. History too often repeats itself. Maybe the US should outlaw tea too. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by p4me on March 23, 2002 at 22:04:16 PT |
| Someone is going to have to tell the Republican leadership that molded their simple piece of clay that their drug policies are not going slow for 30 years. They are going in the wrong direction. I do not see how all of the press is so controlled as the American public does not know about the Schedule One Lie. Someone needs to tell Busch that marijuana is a herbal remedy that helps with many ailments and that this lie is getting ready to blow up and he will look as much a caveman in 30 years as Nixon does now that his tapes have been released. It is 12:40 AM and I think of how badly this situation needs to change. It is insanity of the US spreading a mania across the western hemisphere. So as to help the government with the War Against Drug Ignorance, I will first say that they need to get serious and accomplish something and at least go in the right direction. And, good grief alive, quit lying about marijuana not having medical value. It makes you look inept and corrupt, which they are. So they prohibitionist propaganda always spews this or that about marijuana. Now there are discrepancies between what they say at marijuanafacts.com and what our bumbling and lying DEA superfreak, Asa Hutchinson, say that we all can determine. But you can forget marijuana completely because it is not a problem compared to alcohol. A pint of 80 proof alcohol has 6.4 ounces of alcohol with the rest be almost purely water. To Know how bad alcohol is all you have to drink is that little 6.4 ounces of alcohol and see how you feel the next day. Alcohol is very tough on your body and is worse than the screwed up marijuana laws. So how bad is that? Support the War Against Drug Ignorance, the government needs the help. VAAI [ Post Comment ] |
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