Selling Weapons To Colombia's FARC Guerillas Is A Dangerous Business

Colombian soldiers show weapons they say they seized from FARC rebels. U.S. and Colombian officials fear the FARC is trying to get surface-to-air missiles; three arms dealers have been arrested in stings with U.S. undercover agents posing as rebels. (Carlos Ortega / EPA / September 5, 2009)

Colombia Fears Rebels May Get Surface-To-Air Missiles -- L.A. Times

The arms would force Colombia to revise its air superiority strategy, which has dealt a blow to the FARC. Colombian and U.S. officials track attempted arms sales and have arrested three dealers.

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia - Colombia and the United States have a recurring worry: This country's largest rebel group succeeds in acquiring surface-to-air missiles and forces the government to alter a strategy that has knocked the insurgents on their heels and turned the tide in a decades-long conflict.

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My Comment: A lot of information in this article on counter insurgency tactics, the arms trade, and the guerrilla movement FARC.

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