tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post1619169103329600128..comments2023-02-28T12:46:20.040+01:00Comments on Ecowar: Another frontier in Wars on Terror and DrugsBennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-12233203703797096432008-03-12T18:43:00.000+01:002008-03-12T18:43:00.000+01:00A quite well informed and updated comment on Colom...A quite well informed and updated comment on Colombia: <A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/07/7537/" REL="nofollow">Plan Colombia: Mixing Monsanto’s Roundup With Bush’s Sulfur</A><BR/><BR/><EM>"I went to Colombia, a few years back, as a member of a human rights delegation sponsored by the Colombia Support Network of Madison, Wisconsin, to investigate the effect of fumigation on the farmers or campesinos where the spraying was taking place.<BR/><BR/>In the southern province of Putumayo, where the heaviest concentration of coca is grown and where the FARC is strong, we interviewed dozens of campesinos and compesino leaders. We saw the devastation of the countryside caused by the fumigation and saw the effects of the spray on children and adults in the region."</EM>Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754440720637307312.post-79510136774140414982008-02-12T00:09:00.000+01:002008-02-12T00:09:00.000+01:00Another blogger posting (updates) on this subject:...Another blogger posting (updates) on this subject: <A HREF="http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/us-herbicides-exact-high-toll-on-indigenous-populations-by-thomas-d-williams/" REL="nofollow">US Herbicides Exact High Toll on Indigenous Populations</A> By Thomas D. Williams / Dandelion Salad:<BR/><EM>"Despite years of ongoing, critical public health controversies in Colombia and Ecuador over the US-assisted aerial herbicide spraying of coca and poppy crops while trying to reduce illegal cocaine and heroin production, US State Department officials are pursuing that very same spraying strategy today."</EM>Bennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192096337281267499noreply@blogger.com