Colombian troops killed in blast.3/7/2009 3:45:23 AM At least five soldiers have been killed in an explosion south of Bogota, the Colombian capital. Another eight officers were injured in the incident near the town of Vista Hermosa Vista Hermosa means "beautiful view" in Spanish and may refer to:
It is thought the military team was searching for hidden munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. belonging to rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Noun 1. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers (Farc) when the blast occurred. A lieutenant was among those killed in the remote region of central Colombia's Meta department Meta is a department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, at the East of the Andes mountains, in the plain called the Llanos. Its capital is Villavicencio. The name belongs also to a river that crosses this department. . Another four soldiers were killed in a Farc attack in the southwestern Cauca department on Monday. The leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left Farc have been fighting the government for more than four decades but have suffered significant losses during the past year. Farc's senior leaders have been killed by the military and there have been large numbers of desertions. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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