Columbia Used US Weapons In Bombing Ecuador

Great way to threaten war and start an arms race
"Colombia used U.S.-facilitated electronic weapons and technology in its attack on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadoran territory, Ecuadoran Defense Minister Wellington Sandoval said on TV Thursday.
Five U.S. "intelligent bombs" were used by Colombia in Saturday's attack, he said. The raid resulted in the deaths of 21 FARC rebels, including second-in-command Raul Reyes. Sandoval said only the U.S. army possessed the kind of bombs used by Colombia in the attack, reiterating that no other military force in Latin America had comparable electronic
equipment."

U.S. Diplomacy Sidelined by Loyalty to Uribe

Just what is it that Columbia has that the Bushistas find so important, aside from geography, where it borders Venezuela and Ecuador who have a lot of oil?

Colombia’s Uribe: US ally in “war on terror” named as drug trafficker
"The release of a 13-year-old previously classified military intelligence document linking Colombia’s right-wing president Alvaro Uribe to drug traffickers has intensified the crisis of Washington’s most slavish supporter in Latin America.
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The confidential DIA report described Uribe in the following terms: “A Colombian politician and senator dedicated to collaboration with the Medellín Cartel at high government levels. Uribe was linked to a business involved in narcotics activities in the US."