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	Colombia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Colombia
		A bombing campaign was undertaken by the cartels in retaliation for confiscation of property and extradition to the USA of leading cartel members, but the Colombian security forces scored a major victory in December 1989 when drug lord José Rodriguez Gacha was killed in a shoot-out with police.
		In the most serious defeat for the armed forces in 1999, FARC was reported to have killed 45 marines and two others.
		The Colombian government's chief negotiator in talks with FARC rebels resigned in April 2000, after a guerrilla leader announced a plan to levy a ‘peace tax’ on companies and individuals with assets of over US$1 million.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Colombia (2530 words)

	Area Handbook Series/ Peru / Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		Gonzales, Michael J. "Chinese Plantation Workers and Social Conflict in Peru in the Late 19th Century," Journal of Latin American Studies, 21, October 1989, 385-424.
		The Colombian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492.
		Armed Forces of Latin America: Their Histories, Development, Present Strength, and Military Potential.
	www.country-data.com /frd/cs/peru/pe_bibl.html (8322 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		FIS's armed wing, the Islamic Salvation Army, disbanded itself in January 2000 and many armed militants surrendered under an amnesty program designed to promote national reconciliation.
		A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade.
		In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had led to the death of more than 100,000 people and had created some 1 million refugees.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	Small Wars Journal
		An early critic of radical Islam, he has lived under government-provided armed guard since 1980 when the first of a series of death threats was made against him.
		With unprecedented access to important players-including Colombian president César Gaviria and the incorruptible head of the special police unit that pursued Escobar, Colonel Hugo Martinez-as well as top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's intercepted phone conversations, Bowden has produced a gripping narrative that is a stark portrayal of rough justice in the real world.
		Western correspondents saw in the Liberian war a primeval, savage Africa-a 'heart of darkness.' They focused on sensational 'primitive' aspects of the conflict, such as the prevalence of traditional healers and soothsayers, and shocked the international community with tales of cannibalism, especially the eating of the body parts of defeated opponents, which was widespread.
	www.smallwarsjournal.com /reading_list.htm (14068 words)

	FARC Colombia/ Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
		See index under "Armed Forces of the Colombian Revolution" and "Army of National Liberation" for additional references.
		The Colombian armed forces are changing their strategy against the FARC guerrillas.
		Interviews Raul Reyes, head of the International Commission of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who discusses the political program of the group and addresses the accusations of "narco-guerrillas" drug actions.
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/tergps/tgrec.htm (1373 words)

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