Remember the drug war that we've been fighting for decades? This video talks about FARC & the history of the paramilitary in Colombia.It is further evidence that massacres are taking place against innocent civilians as part of the military's counterinsurgency plan .Apparently, the United States may have to take a second look at their involvement with Colombia.Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is investigating the amount of killings because they may be "crimes against humanity." The U.S. sponsors the Colombian military units & has given billions since George Bush took office.
Here's an excerpt from CNN:
"Since 2000, Colombia has received about $5 billion in mostly military aid from the United States to fight drugs and the guerrilla war.
Under the terms of the aid package, Washington is supposed to thoroughly vet the human rights record of Colombian military units. If abuses are uncovered, Washington can suspend aid to the offending units.
U.S. authorities have not publicly said whether aid will be affected by the latest investigations and subsequent purge of the military high command.
None of the commanders fired earlier this week has been arrested or charged with any crime. But Uribe has said criminal investigations are ongoing and promised that offenders would be jailed." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/01/colombia.UN/index.html
