[News] US Document Reveals Intentions of the US-Colombia Military Agreement
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<http://www.chavezcode.com/2009/11/breaking-news-official-us-air-force.html>BREAKING
NEWS: Official US Air Force Document Reveals the
True Intentions Behind the US-Colombia Military Agreement *
By Eva Golinger
An official document from the Department of the
US Air Force reveals that the military base in
Palanquero, Colombia will provide the Pentagon
with
an opportunity for conducting full
spectrum operations throughout South America
This information contradicts the explanations
offered by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and
the US State Department regarding the military
agreement signed between the two nations this
past October 30th. Both governments have publicly
stated that the military agreement refers only to
counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations
within Colombian territory. President Uribe has
reiterated numerous times that the military
agreement with the US will not affect Colombias
neighbors, despite constant concern in the region
regarding the true objectives of the agreement.
But the US Air Force document, dated May 2009,
confirms that the concerns of South American
nations have been right on target. The document
exposes that the true intentions behind the
agreement are to enable the US to engage in full
spectrum military operations in a critical
sub-region of our hemisphere where security and
stability is under constant threat from narcotics
funded terrorist insurgencies
and anti-US governments
The military agreement between Washington and
Colombia authorizes the access and use of seven
military installations in Palanquero, Malambo,
Tolemaida, Larandia, Apíay, Cartagena and Málaga.
Additionally, the agreement allows for the
access and use of all other installations and
locations as necessary throughout Colombia, with
no restrictions. Together with the complete
immunity the agreement provides to US military
and civilian personnel, including private defense
and security contractors, the clause authorizing
the US to utilize any installation throughout the
entire country - even commercial airports, for
military ends, signifies a complete renouncing of
Colombian sovereignty and officially converts
Colombia into a client-state of the US.
The Air Force document underlines the importance
of the military base in Palanquero and justifies
the $46 million requested in the 2010 budget (now
approved by Congress) in order to improve the
airfield, associated ramps and other
installations on the base to convert it into a US
Cooperative Security Location (CSL).
Establishing a Cooperative Security Location
(CSL) in Palanquero best supports the COCOMs
(Command Combatants) Theater Posture Strategy
and demonstrates our commitment to this
relationship. Development of this CSL provides a
unique opportunity for full spectrum operations
in a critical sub-region of our hemisphere where
security and stability is under constant threat
from narcotics funded terrorist insurgencies,
anti-US governments, endemic poverty and recurring natural disasters.
Its not difficult to imagine which governments
in South America are considered by Washington to
be anti-US governments. The constant aggressive
declarations and statements emitted by the State
and Defense Departments and the US Congress
against Venezuela and Bolivia, and even to some
extent Ecuador, evidence that the ALBA nations
are the ones perceived by Washington as a
constant threat. To classify a country as
anti-US is to consider it an enemy of the
United States. In this context, its obvious that
the military agreement with Colombia is a
reaction to a region the US now considers full of enemies.
COUNTERNARCOTICS OPERATIONS ARE SECONDARY
Per the US Air Force document, Access to
Colombia will further its strategic partnership
with the United States. The strong security
cooperation relationship also offers an
opportunity for conducting full spectrum
operations throughout South America to include
mitigating the Counternarcotics capability. This
statement clearly evidences that counternarcotics
operations are secondary to the real objectives
of the military agreement between Colombia and
Washington. Again, this clearly contrasts the
constant declarations of the Uribe and Obama
governments insisting that the main focus of the
agreement is to combat drug trafficking and
production. The Air Force document emphasizes the
necessity to improve full spectrum military
operations throughout South America not just in
Colombia in order to combat constant threats
from anti-US governments in the region.
PALANQUERO IS THE BEST OPTION FOR CONTINENTAL MOBILITY
The Air Force document explains that Palanquero
is unquestionably the best site for investing in
infrastructure development within Colombia. Its
central location is within reach of
operations
areas
its isolation maximizes Operational
Security (OPSEC) and Force Protection and
minimizes the US military profile. The intent is
to leverage existing infrastructure to the
maximum extent possible, improve the US ability
to respond rapidly to crisis, and assure regional
access and presence at minimum cost. Palanquero
supports the mobility mission by providing access
to the entire South American continent with the exception of Cape Horn
ESPIONAGE AND WARFARE
The document additionally confirms that the US
military presence in Palanquero, Colombia, will
improve the capacity of espionage and
intelligence operations, and will allow the US
armed forces to increase their warfare
capabilities in the region. Development of this
CSL will further the strategic partnership forged
between the US and Colombia and is in the
interest of both nations
A presence will also
increase our capability to conduct Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), improve
global reach, support logistics requirements,
improve partnerships, improve theater security
cooperation and expand expeditionary warfare capability.
The language of war included in this document
evidences the true intentions behind the military
agreement between Washington and Colombia: they
are preparing for war in Latin America. The past
few days have been full of conflict and tension
between Colombia and Venezuela. Just days ago,
the Venezuelan government captured three spies
from the Colombian intelligence agency, DAS, and
discovered several active destabilization and
espionage operations against Cuba, Ecuador and
Venezuela. The operations - Fénix, Salomón and
Falcón, respectively, were revealed in documents
found with the captured DAS agents. Approximately
two weeks ago, 10 bodies were found in Táchira, a
border zone with Colombia. After completing the
relevant investigations, the Venezuelan
government discovered that the bodies belonged to
Colombian paramilitaries infiltrated inside
Venezuelan territory. This dangerous paramilitary
infiltration from Colombia forms part of a
destabilization plan against Venezuela that seeks
to create a paramilitary state inside Venezuelan
territory in order to breakdown President Chávezs government.
The military agreement between Washington and
Colombia will only increase regional tensions and
violence. The information revealed in the US Air
Force document unquestionably evidences that
Washington seeks to promote a state of warfare in
South America, using Colombia as its launching
pad. Before this declaration of war, the peoples
of Latin America must stand strong and unified.
Latin American integration is the best defense
against the Empires aggression.
*The US Air Force document was submitted in May
2009 to Congress as part of the 2010 budget
justification. It is an official government
document and reaffirms the authenticity of the
White Book: Global Enroute Strategy of the US Air
Mobility Command, which was denounced by
President Chávez during the UNASUR meeting in
Bariloche, Argentina this past August 28th. I
have placed the original document and the
non-official translation to Spanish that I did of
the relevant parts relating to Palanquero on the
web page of the Center to Alert and Defend the
People Centro de Alerta para la Defensa de los
pueblos, a new space we are creating to garantee
that strategic information is available to those
under constant threat from imperialist aggression.
Original document in English:
<http://www.centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/original_in_english_air_for.pdf>http://www.centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/original_in_english_air_for.pdf
Traducción no oficial al español:
<http://www.centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/traduccion_del_documento_de.pdf>http://www.centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/traduccion_del_documento_de.pdf
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