AP: Colombia Troops Being Sought for Iraq
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Recruiters working for U.S. contractors are hiring former Colombian soldiers &#151; and luring away active-duty ones &#151; for security jobs in Iraq, according to a former army officer who met with the recruiters.
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BOGOTA, Colombia - Troops backed by helicopters searched Sunday for seven Colombian tourists kidnapped by Marxist rebels as they celebrated Christmas at a lakeside spa, authorities said.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesdaydenied government accusations they plotted to kill PresidentBush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group proposed a conditional cease-fire with the government on Monday, its most significant step toward peace since conservative Alvaro Uribe became president in 2002.
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A slew of allegations &#151; staged bombings, civilian killings and a fake kidnapping &#151; have eroded confidence in the institution most crucial to President Alvaro Uribe's crusade to make his war-torn country safer: Colombia's U.S.-bankrolled army.
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In Iraq, US and Iraqi forces have stepped up their military operations in areas of the country under the control of Sunni rebels. Ahead of elections set for January, Iraqi and coalition forces are attempting
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Baghdad, Iraq -- Pro-government forces in Iraq are trying to retake control of insurgent-dominated regions ahead of January national elections.
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A wave of bombings in Colombia's most violent city wounded 23 people late Friday, and marines defused another two bombs Saturday. Authorities blamed the bombings on rebels seeking revenge for the killing of a regional guerrilla commander.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent helicopters into Colombia on Friday to pick up three hostages, including a boy born in captivity and held for years by Marxist rebels in jungle camps.
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AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers Iraq events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the New Jersey National Guard at Camp Anaconda, Iraq. Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.
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Farc rebels in Colombia  order all units to focus on killing President Uribe, who wants to seek re-election.
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Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia on Monday said its  peace process with far-right paramilitaries could fail and  ordered an outlaw militia negotiator to be captured and  extradited to the United States for cocaine smuggling.
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BOGOT -- Troops backed by helicopters searched yesterday for seven Colombian tourists kidnapped by Marxist rebels as they celebrated the holidays at a lakeside spa, authorities said. Rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia raided a cluster of bungalows late Friday near San Rafael, 140 miles northwest of Bogot, and herded the vacationers into vehicles, Jorge Mejia, deputy governor ...
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President George W. Bush visited Colombia on Sunday to show support to his closest ally in South America as it fights a decades-old insurgency and drug war supported in part by billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
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Colombia took steps to free jailed rebel fighters on Friday, hoping to persuade guerrilla commanders to hand over hostages they have held for years, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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Troops backed by helicopters searched Sunday for seven Colombian tourists kidnapped by Marxist rebels as they celebrated Christmas at a lakeside spa, authorities said.