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Conflict & Drugs

On-line academic journal on complexity, conflict and drugs in the American Region.


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 Chemical War and Pesticides

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II Mesa Agraria del Caquetá, I de la CMI

Foro “Politica Nacional de Drogas”

Conversatorio Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia


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CHEMICAL WAR AND PESTICIDES


  IMPUNITY IN CHEMICAL WAR IN COLOMBIA:

Spray operations...the politically correct term for bombing defenseless peoples with chemical mixtures, as quoted from the US Department of State:

"--Conducting spray operations is dangerous work. All of the pilots in the spray program have extensive flying experience and receive specialized training for the type of flying and local conditions that they will face. We also provide advance survival training for our pilots in the case of a forced landing. Each spray mission is planned for maximum security, using all available intelligence. If a spray mission should face major risk, it is cancelled or conducted with pre-positioned counterdrug ground troops. There are armed security escort helicopters as well as at least one search and rescue (SAR) helicopter. We are constantly evaluating our operations to refine our procedures and improve security for our personnel."
(Distributed by the US State Department International Information Program. To see the
full document:   

The question is: Who will protect the Colombian  people from "our" personnel?


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