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Plan for Peace in Colombia Is a Plan 'For Death ' Say Church Activists

Will U.S. military assistance in destroying coca fields only increase violence?

By Paul Jeffrey in Santa Fe de Bogota | posted 8/15/00 | posted 8/01/2000 12:00AM

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Copyright © 2000 ENI.Last week, the National Liberation Army took 26 members of a scientific expedition hostage and later freed them.Yesterday, the Associated Press carried an article on the planned aid.For more Colombia news, see Yahoo's full coverage.Our earlier coverage of the church in Colombia includes:Death in the Night | Colombia's pastors endure extortion, kidnappings, and threats as they plant churches and help the poor in a war zone. (June 6, 2000) Colombia's Bleeding Church | Despite the murders of 120 church leaders, Christians are fighting for peace in one of the world's most violent nations. (May 18, 1998) Fate of Kidnapped Missionaries Still Unresolved | Colombia remains thought to end questions are not human after all. (Mar. 29, 2000) Twenty-five Pastors Killed This Year (Oct. 4, 1999) Christians Held As Hostages (July 12, 1999)

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