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- Colombian rebel chief vows to fight on
- CARACAS AFP — A leader of the Marxist-inspired FARC rebel group vowed to press on with armed warfare in Colombia and ruled out peace talks with President Alvaro Uribe, in an interview with Venezuelan television Wednesday. "The armed struggle is not up for debate," Ivan Marquez, one of the...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- US seeks extradition of rebels captured in hostage rescue
- BOGTA AFP — The United States plans to ask Colombia for the extradition of the two rebels captured during last week's rescue of 15 hostages, and President Alvaro Uribe said he would agree, a top official said Tuesday. General Freddy Padilla, the head of the military, said the extradition...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Families of US ex-hostages excited, praise Colombian rescue
- WASHINGTON, AFP — Relatives of the three US former hostages rescued from leftist Colombian guerrillas on Wednesday have expressed their excitement about seeing their loved ones again after so many years. They also thanked the Colombian military who rescued the men from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC guerrillas...
- Research articles 2008-07-02
- Persuasion and coercion in counterinsurgency warfare
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT IS EVIDENT," remarked Secretary of War Elihu Root at the end of the Philippine War, "that the insurrection has been brought to an end both by making a war distressing and hopeless on the one hand and by making peace attractive." (1) Root's appraisal holds true...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Sri Lanka says 69 Tiger rebels killed in fresh fighting
- COLOMBO AFP — At least 69 Tiger rebels and two soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting in Sri Lanka's north where security forces wrested more territory from the guerrillas, the defence ministry said Thursday. Clashes since Tuesday saw troops take a seven-square-kilometre (2.7-square-mile) stretch of territory from the...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- FARC has offered to free Betancourt: Uribe
- BOGOTA AFP — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Friday a FARC guerrilla had offered to free French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt if his government agreed not to extradite a member of the rebel group. "I hope it was sincere, the guerrilla's offer communicated to the chief of the DAS (Colombian...
- Research articles 2008-06-13
- Sri Lanka clashes leave 16 Tiger rebels dead: military
- COLOMBO AFP — Sri Lankan ground troops killed at least 16 Tamil Tiger rebels while air force fighter jets bombed guerrilla targets in the island's north, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The air sorties were carried out over the rebel-held Iranamadu area late on Friday, the ministry said...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- Heavy fighting claims 66 lives in Sri Lanka: military
- COLOMBO AFP — At least 64 Tamil Tiger rebels and two Sri Lankan soldiers have been killed in the latest battles in the island's north, according to the defence ministry on Thursday. It said the two days of fighting on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred in the Vavuniya, Mannar and...
- Research articles 2008-05-08
- Sri Lanka says 90 dead in assault on Tamil stronghold
- COLOMBO AFP — At least 52 guerrillas and 38 soldiers were killed and hundreds more wounded Wednesday, officials said, as Tamil separatists reported repulsing a Sri Lankan offensive ahead of key local elections. The defence ministry said 84 soldiers were also wounded in the latest bid to take territory...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- Tamil rebels say Sri Lankan jets bombed Catholic church
- COLOMBO AFP — Sri Lankan war planes bombed a Roman Catholic church compound inside rebel-held territory, killing a man and wounding two children, the Tiger guerrillas said Tuesday. "The Sri Lankan air force jet-interceptors have attacked a crowd of people who gathered at an old Catholic Church at Mullaitivu,"...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- France determined to wait it out until Betancourt is freed
- SAN JOSE, Colombia AFP — France said Saturday its medical mission to help French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is languishing after six years in the hands of FARC rebels, will stay put in Bogota until the guerrillas give a response. "We had to do something. Now we're waiting for...
- Research articles 2008-04-05
- France ready to fly out Colombian hostage
- PARIS AFP — President Nicolas Sarkozy put a plane and medical team on standby to help French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt if she is freed by Colombian rebels, his office said Sunday, amid fears for her health. A Falcon 900 plane is ready to leave France at any time to...
- Research articles 2008-03-30
- Ingrid Betancourt "in a bad way": former FARC hostage
- RIO DE JANEIRO AFP — Ingrid Betancourt, a Franco-Colombian being held by FARC guerrillas, is in "a bad way" and losing the will to survive her six-year ordeal, an ex-hostage told Brazilian daily O Globo on Tuesday. "She is in a bad way. I saw her for a few...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- Colombian rebels will not free Betancourt: guerrilla
- BOGOTA AFP — Colombia's leftist FARC rebels have no intention of releasing their top hostage, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, a guerrilla who turned himself in last week told Caracol radio Monday. "They won't release Ingrid for any reason. Let Yolanda (Pulecio, the hostage's mother) dwell on that," said Pablo...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Colombian hostage Betancourt may have weeks to live: France
- PARIS, Feb 28, 2008 AFP — France warned on Thursday that French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt may have only weeks to live, after a fellow captive released by Colombia's FARC guerrillas said her health was failing rapidly. President Nicolas Sarkozy called for her immediate release and offered to travel to...
- Research articles 2008-02-28
- Colombian rebels free four hostages
- SAN JOSE DE GUAVIARE, Colombia AFP — Colombian rebels on Wednesday freed four former lawmakers held hostage for more than six years, handing them over to representatives of the Red Cross and Venezuela, officials said. Two Venezuelan MI-17 helicopters painted with Red Cross symbols picked up the hostages in...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- 18 killed in fresh Maoist unrest in India: police
- RAIPUR, India, Feb 18, 2008 AFP — Thirteen Maoist rebels and five police were killed in gunbattles in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh Monday as heavy fighting continued for a third day in a neighbouring state, police said. Three guerrillas and five police were killed in a gunfight...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Death toll mounts as Sri Lanka pushes for Tiger territory
- COLOMBO AFP — Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers intensified in the north of the island Wednesday, officials said, but there was no sign of major gains by either side despite a rising body count. The International Red Cross also sounded the alarm over what it described...
- Research articles 2008-02-13
- US calls for release of its hostages in Colombia
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US State Department on Wednesday called for Marxist FARC guerrillas to free immediately all hostages it holds, five years after three US nationals fell into FARC rebel hands. "Today marks the fifth anniversary of the kidnapping of Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell by...
- Research articles 2008-02-13
- Colombian rebels won't accept Red Cross visit
- BOGOTA AFP — The largest Colombian guerrilla group said Sunday it will not accept a visit by the Red Cross to examine the state of health of hostages the organization is holding. "For us the security of hostages that could be subject to an exchange comes first," Raul Reyes,...
- Research articles 2008-01-20
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