The CIA, Smart Bombs, and the War Against the FARC in Colombia

Here’s an interesting story about the CIA’s role in taking down the FARC insurgency in Colombia.

The 50-year-old Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), once considered the best-funded insurgency in the world, is at its smallest and most vulnerable state in decades, due in part to a CIA covert action program that has helped Colombian forces kill at least two dozen rebel leaders, according to interviews with more than 30 former and current U.S. and Colombian officials.

(Read more at the Washington Post.)

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