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01-03-2006, 05:04 AM
Watchdog challenges U.S. drug war in Colombia
C.J. Schexnayder, Chronicle Foreign Service
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Bogota, Colombia -- A U.S. government report to be released next week raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the multibillion-dollar U.S. anti-drug campaign in Colombia, despite moves by the Bush administration to extend the program.
The 52-page report by the Government Accountability Office, an advance copy of which has been obtained by The Chronicle, challenges administration conclusions that the drug interdiction effort known as Plan Colombia -- a five-year program that ends this year -- has reduced the amount of cocaine available in the United States.
read whole article (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/07/MNG60G468K1.DTL)
C.J. Schexnayder, Chronicle Foreign Service
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Bogota, Colombia -- A U.S. government report to be released next week raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the multibillion-dollar U.S. anti-drug campaign in Colombia, despite moves by the Bush administration to extend the program.
The 52-page report by the Government Accountability Office, an advance copy of which has been obtained by The Chronicle, challenges administration conclusions that the drug interdiction effort known as Plan Colombia -- a five-year program that ends this year -- has reduced the amount of cocaine available in the United States.
read whole article (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/07/MNG60G468K1.DTL)