LOL Uribe never misses a photos op--a lot like TortureBoy in that way.
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..."Those terrorists will have to look for another planet, because we kicked them out of here," Uribe, a staunch Washington ally, told the town's 13,000 inhabitants.
The 52-year-old lawyer has increased defense spending in an effort to take control of Colombia's countryside from the Marxist rebels and their far-right paramilitary foes, both of which are linked to the Andean country's huge cocaine trade.
Businesses and schools in Puerto Inirida, near the Venezuelan border, were closed last week during a six-day siege by about 400 FARC members, who launched raids against government troops guarding the town's perimeter, killing two soldiers.
Luis Carlos Sandoval, mayor of the town, said the FARC was preparing an all-out assault in response to the capture of Gentil Alvis Patino, a FARC leader wanted by Colombia on charges of terrorism and drug trafficking. He was arrested in Venezuela last month by authorities there.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7818787