On April 30, 2003, President Uribe of Colombia travelled to the United States, to discuss the (so-called) "War on Terror", with his "Ally", George Bush - President of the United States.
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President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia Comment on the Roadmap and Terrorism
President George W. Bush; President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia
Remarks at Photo Opportunity
Washington, DC
April 30, 2003
refer: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rm/20196.htm
President Bush: It's my honor to welcome to the Oval Office a friend and courageous person, the President of Colombia. He is determined to fight terror. He is determined to fight the flow of narcotics to America. We appreciate his determination; we appreciate his strength.
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Unknown to the average 'Joe', it turns out that in 1991, then- Senator Uribe, had been under investigation of the DIA (Defence Intelligence Agency), for being close personal friends with Pablo Escobar, and having high level involvement with the Medellín Drug Cartell in Colombia.
As to Pablo Escobar, he has often come to be known as "the richest cocaine trafficker on the planet", and was listed by Forbes Magazine in 1989, as the 7th richest man in the World.
To put it simply, in 1991 US Intelligence listed Uribe amond the "most important Colombian Narco-Traffickers".
This same man, is now called an "Ally" by President George Bush.
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National Security Archive
Released August 2, 2004
Ref: http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEB...B131/index.htm
U.S. INTELLIGENCE LISTED COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE AMONG
"IMPORTANT COLOMBIAN NARCO-TRAFFICKERS" IN 1991
Washington, D.C., 1 August 2004 - Then-Senator and now President Álvaro Uribe Vélez of Colombia was a "close personal friend of Pablo Escobar" who was "dedicated to collaboration with the Medellín [drug] cartel at high government levels," according to a 1991 intelligence report from U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officials in Colombia
President Uribe -- now a key U.S. partner in the drug war -- "was linked to a business involved in narcotics activities in the United States" and "has worked for the Medellín cartel," the narcotics trafficking organization led by Escobar until he was killed by Colombian government forces in 1993. The report adds that Uribe participated in Escobar's parliamentary campaign and that as senator he had "attacked all forms of the extradition treaty" with the U.S.
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A PDF format, of the DIA's 1991 report on Uribe can be download from;
ref:
http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEB.../dia910923.pdf
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