Uribe: Washington Post penetrated by criminals

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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said the Washington Post was penetrated by criminals, after the U.S. newspaper printed allegations by a former police major that the president's brother Santiago Uribe led a paramilitary group, reports El Espectador.

"Criminals have the ability to turn a Nobel Peace prize winner into a useful idiot, to make a useful idiot of a priest, and penetrate a serious newspaper like the Washington Post," Uribe said.

Adolfo Perez Esquivel, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Argentine, said that Colombia must investigate the allegations against Santiago Uribe brought by former major, Juan Carlos Meneses, and warned that charges may be brought internationally if Colombia fails to act.

The Washington Post on Monday printed allegations made by Meneses that Santiago Uribe "led a fearsome paramilitary group" in the 1990s in Yarumal, where the Uribe family own land.


http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/9964-uribe-washington-post-penetrated-by-criminals.html

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Very tense time in Colombia right now. Presidential election this Sunday. Uribe re-re-election was banned by court back in February. Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus and uribe chosen favorite Juan Manuel Santos in tight battle in polls (although Mockus expected to win in second-round runoff, barring massive, vote-tally manipulation).

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The is the article by Juan Forero of The Washington Post that has uribe ballastic;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/23/AR2010052303821.html?sid=ST20100523041

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I hope that Juan Forero will stay safe, because in the past, when uribe attacked media and journalists, some had to go into exile and others were killed.

[DeSwiss]

1. I'm not sure abuot the criminals....

...but idiots? Certainly. No question about it.

- Starting at the very top.......

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2. Looking forward to reaction by the Post

Imagine there was an editors' meeting today over how to handle Uribe's outburst, seeing as how he is zillion times more a criminal.