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Colombia: US helicopters to fly to Saravena

Bogotà, Colombia - In order to protect the 740 km-oil field in the sights of guerrillas and paramilitary troops

The next month United States will send 10 combat helicopters and 60 soldiers at the North-Eastern Colombian borders with Venezuela under the "Plan Escudo", the programme aimed to patrol on the security of Can Limon-Covenas oil field owned by the Occidental Petroleum Company. The oil pipeline since 1986 has been attacked by leftist guerrillas, identified in the 10th front of Revolutionary Armed Forces...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 115170
Rome, Italy, 02/25/2005 18:23
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