Warrior Class
Why Special Forces Are America's Tool Of Choice In Colombia And Around The Globe
By Linda Robinson
Posted 2/2/03
Page 10 of 10
Recent Special Forces deployments
[World map data are not available]
Arauca, Colombia
[Map labels]
Inset: COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA
Pipeline: Attacked by armed groups 962 times since 2001
Colombian military base
Clandestine air strip used by armed groups
Three Americans killed, 1999
Two Americans kidnapped, 2003
Arauca
Caño Limón
Arauquita
Saravena
Banadia
Fortúl
Tame
Puerto Rondon
Cravo Norte
[Key]
U.S. Special Forces
Main coca production
Pipeline pumping station
Airport
Gun and drug trade routes
Area controlled by armed groups
Sources: U.S. Army Special Forces Command; Central Intelligence Agency; Occidental Petroleum; Cambio magazine
Graphic by Stephen Rountree--USN&WR
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