Pubdate: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 Source: Press Democrat, The (CA) Copyright: 2001 The Press Democrat Contact: http://www.pressdemo.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348 Author: Terry Blakstad CONTRADICTION EDITOR: Let's see. We have a United States surveillance plane sending Peruvian fighter pilots after a planeload of missionaries to shoot them down, thereby killing a mother and her child, and crippling the pilot. Then, we have the Colombian army, using funds provided by the U.S. government, which is ignoring and seeming to condone the mutilation and killing of Colombian civilians with chain saws by right-wing paramilitary groups. All of this is being done in the name of the ever-popular "drug war," which costs the American taxpayer billions of dollars. It's your guess as to which is deadlier: drugs or the war on drugs. All I know is that I feel much safer now. Terry Blakstad, Willits - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D