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    Colombia extradites former paramilitaries
    Brazil Sun
    Tuesday 13th May, 2008  


    14 commanders of extreme-right Colombian paramilitary groups, suspected of drug trafficking, have been extradited to the US.

    The extraditions were made possible because the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe expelled the paramilitaries from a re-insertion programme that afforded them privileges under special legislation.

    The controversial Law for Justice and Peace gave the leaders of the paramilitary United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia, which has now mostly demobilised, relatively mild penalties, of up to eight years in jail and protection from extradition.

    The paramilitaries who were extradited Tuesday were said to have violated some of the provisions of the law.

    According to Colombian media, they had failed to provide reparations for their victims and they continued to commit crimes from jail.

    Relatives of some of the thousands of civilian victims of the paramilitaries had tried to prevent their extradition.

    They fear that they may now never get the compensation from the paramilitaries' assets under the law.

    According to human rights organisations, the paramilitaries are responsible for the deaths of at least 9,000 people, including civilians, leftist leaders, trade unionists and small farmers.

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    By ~galljdaj+, 05-14-08, 09:32 AM

    Colombia extradites former paramilitaries

    How Righteous! First! Train them. Second! Supply and use them. Third! Jail or execute them! 'they ARE REALLY BAD PEOPLE'
    By Anonymous, 05-14-08, 09:46 AM

    Yep ends justify the means

    ~galljdaj+;82184:
    How Righteous! First! Train them. Second! Supply and use them. Third! Jail or execute them! 'they ARE REALLY BAD PEOPLE'

    Gotta take out the hound dogs before they turn on you.

    By ~galljdaj+, 05-14-08, 12:36 PM

    the lil coward advocates...

    ... criminal behavior for what? To be a god fearing Community! To follow the 'die=rection' of that god! To be known as a wonderful peoples and nation! To be envied all around the world for our goodness and helpfulness! To be the leader of freedoms! The lil coward has claimed in other posts to have taken an Military Oath and to have served Our Country under that Oath! Now he is a murder supporter to maintain the societal Goals of Our Country! Do the two work together or are the abhorant to each other! Can murder be a foundation for freedom?
    By Anonymous, 05-14-08, 01:15 PM

    Some people deserve a bullet

    ~galljdaj+;82203:
    ... criminal behavior for what? To be a god fearing Community! To follow the 'die=rection' of that god! To be known as a wonderful peoples and nation! To be envied all around the world for our goodness and helpfulness! To be the leader of freedoms! The lil coward has claimed in other posts to have taken an Military Oath and to have served Our Country under that Oath! Now he is a murder supporter to maintain the societal Goals of Our Country! Do the two work together or are the abhorant to each other! Can murder be a foundation for freedom?

    I believe you deserve a day in court lucky for you I 'm not Bush. If I was I would sue you for libel and defamation. You cross the line from freedom of speech to criminal behavior in damn near every post, so much so you are afraid to name George Bush instead you use the term lil pundit who’s the coward here? You do so because you know what you’re doing is not only wrong but criminal! New terrorism laws cover you and at times me and will eventually get you jailed. tick tock To answer your insolent attack upon my character when you use criminals to further an agenda that may be deemed criminal the prudent thing to do is take out the trash. Do I agree with any of it? No for the most part I want my country to be a paragon of virtue and trustworthy. The reality is it can’t be nor will it ever be all the countries of the world engage in criminal behavior and have done shitty things. Some have murdered hundreds of millions of their own people China and Russia come to mind, Some have legislated murder and called it legal abortion, When we as a people tolerate the murder of unborn children then murdering upright humans ain’t so far a stretch the US has murdered 60 million plus babies since roe v wade. Odd you support one form of murder flippantly but not the other. Kinda makes you fucked up. All governments are corrupt that’s the fact. When they become to corrupt they unravel much as the US government is right now. Worse the people being elected are not doing the peoples business they do the big business business. Enough of your incessant bullshit. Do something create legislation or at least post some truth you are still so sucked in by the two party lie. No worries martial law is coming real soon and the Fema camps will solve all both our problems.


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