With orders to assassinate the command structure of the rebel group. Interesting timing. February 2003. Is the US trying to secure more oil resources in the event of a failed attempt against Hussein or for the ensuing chaos during the interregnum? Colombia has substantial quantities of oil and the Farc have been siphoning off gasoline to fund their operations in addition to blowing up portions of the pipeline.
Two battalions of US Marine Jungle Expeditionary Forces have recently received deployment orders for insertion into Colombia this coming February, 2003.
According to reliable sources, the battalions, which with support will total roughly 1,100 men, will rotate in and out of southern Colombia, with orders to eliminate all high officers of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), scattering those who escape to the remote corners of the Amazon. The FARC hierarchy has been the subject of intensive US intelligence scrutiny for several years. The offensive will mean that the US is fighting wars on three fronts simultaneously: Afghanistan, Iraq and Colombia.
I’d hate to see anyone die and I’m sure the Special Forces are a nice sort of violent mercenary group, but I hope the Special Forces get their asses handed to them. This sort of intervention is wrong and a violation of everything that is right.