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Attack on Colombian President's plane thwarted

Bogotà, Colombia - Two FARC members had flight plans

Police arrested two members of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and seized a lot of explosives in a raid to Cartagena, arranged for a terrorist attack on the plane of Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe. Near the Cartagena Airport 150 Kg explosives have been found and two men were arrested because they had Presidential plane flight plans. Intelligence services uncovered the plot, according to General...

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Rome, Italy, 12/20/2004 16:43
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