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Rebels Fight BackArmed Forces chief Tapias said three soldiers were injured in the airstrikes and three US-made Black Hawk helicopters came under fire from rebels using ground-to-air artillery. [MH 2/23/02] Air Force Gen. Hector Fabio Velasco said rebel anti-aircraft fire hit an Israeli-made K-Fir plane. [LJ 2/22/02 from AFP, DPA, Reuters]
More Infrastructure AttacksElsewhere in Colombia on Feb. 22, the FARC blew up electricity pylons; attacked an electrical plant in Altamira, Huila department; damaged a communications facility in Fusagasuga, Cundinamarca department; and sabotaged a gas pipeline in Barbosa, Antioquia department. The attack on the electrical plant in Huila left much of the former peace zone in neighboring Caqueta department blacked out. [CNN en Espanol 2/23/02 with info from Reuters, AP; LJ 2/23/02 from AFP, DPA, Reuters] The rebels also attacked rightwing paramilitary units in the departments of Putumayo, Valle del Cauca y Norte de Santander, killing more than 60 paramilitaries. [LJ 2/24/02 from AFP, DPA, Reuters] From the Weekly News Update on the Americas (ISSN 1084-922X), published by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012, 212-674-9499, wnu@igc.org. |
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