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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2739)8/14/2001 4:05:19 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 23908
 
Well, I guess that scrap holds the key:

Army chief Gen. Jorge Enrique Mora said Colombian authorities had evidence that the men had had physical contact with cocaine and amphetamines.

``It is obvious that they were here for some kind of payback. Whether that payback was drugs, cocaine, money or weapons we don't know at this point,'' Mora said.

Colombia is the world's No. 1 cocaine producer and state security forces have accused the 17,000-member FARC of being deeply involved in drug trafficking.


As the IRA is under pressure to disarm, some of its weaponry will likely be traded for cocaine...

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