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LA MACARENA, Colombia -- Accompanying frontline Colombian soldiers is not something I would have tried when I first arrived here 12 years ago. At the time, the army was getting chewed up by Marxist rebels who overran military bases and kidnapped hundreds of troops. Back then, it would have been safer to embed with the guerrillas.
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Embedded reporters never get the story right remember Iraq?
Now Columbia has rehabilitated its self we must take unlimited imports to build its economy.
Reporter embeds with CIA-backed, paramilitary extremist group.
Everything I've read says the exact opposite. And as you will recall, Chavez, not a particularly close ally of the CIA, has been backing F A R C for quite a while now.
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First Posted: 10-29-09 01:26 PM | Updated: 10-29-09 01:30 PM