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Bombardment Kills 18 Colombian Rebels

   Authorities say the air attack took place early Friday in the province
   of Meta

   VOA News 01 January 2010

   Colombian  officials  say  an  aerial bombardment has killed 18 rebels
   from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
   Authorities say the air attack took place early Friday in the province
   of Meta.
   Officials  say  ground troops followed the bombing by storming a rebel
   base and capturing at least 13 fighters in the area.
   Officials  say  Meta  is  a lucrative cocaine-producing region for the
   rebels.
   Late Thursday, officials say rebels killed a soldier and a 14-year-old
   civilian in an attack several hundred kilometers southwest of Bogota.
   The   FARC   has   been   fighting   the   Colombian   government  for
   four-and-a-half  decades  and  has  been  designated  as  a  terrorist
   organization by Colombia, the United States and the European Union.

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