International Human Rights Observers Denied Visas
Paras Call Websurfers to Action
The Elmer Cardenas Block of the right-wing Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC, or commonly callled Paramilitaries) is calling websurfers to action in the Colombian civil war with a web-based Flash game in which one must kill guerillas who are attempting to take the small town of Aguas Blancas.
The game is well-done and difficult. One is attacked by multiple guerillas at the same time while gas cylinders are lobbed at the mayor's offices. The guerillas are small targets and very good shots. If nothing else, one has to give the AUC credit for creativity.
The AUC is on the US State Department's list of terrorist organizations and has been implicated in numerous massacres of unarmed civilians as well as forced displacements of rural populations.
Play the game, or read Reuters' coverage.
