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Colombian
Soldiers
Being
Trained
by
US
Special
Forces
5/28/98
The Washington Post reports this week (5/25) that US Special Forces units are currently training members of the Colombian military under a program which sidesteps requirements that US military aid go only to units which have not been implicated in human rights abuses. The Post indicates that the program, which involves "hundreds" of US troops, represents a deeper and more hands-on involvement of US forces in Colombia's internal conflict. The program, "Joint Combined Exchange Training" (JCET) is the same one under which Indonesian troops have been trained for the past seven years, even though many members of Congress were under the impression that all military ties with the Suharto regime had been severed.
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Issue #44, 5/28/98
Drug Crazy Hits the Stores! | Final Week for Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts Offer! | Colombian Soldiers Being Trained by US Special Forces | Helicopter Manufacturers Battle over Which Will Arm Colombians | Washington: Conference on Latin American and the Drug War | Medical Marijuana Summit in California | California Medical Association Calls for Rescheduling of Marijuana | Speaking at Medical Marijuana Conference Lands Patient in Jail | Geriatric Prison Approved for Construction in Oklahoma | Romania's Secret Service Implicated in Cigarette Smuggling | Web Site News | Quote and Link of the Week | Editorial: Medicinal Marijuana, Summits and Balloons
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