guerrillas attack army patrol and kill 18 Colombia
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The deaths mark one of the deadliest days for the military since President Alvaro Uribe was first elected in 2002 on a pledge to bring peace to this country after more than 40 years on civil conflict.
Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the hemisphere's oldest and largest insurgency, have since sought to avoid outright confrontation with the armed forces, preferring hit-and-run attacks and ambushes.
Police in Bogota are on high alert ahead of Uribe's Aug. 7 inauguration to prevent a recurrence of his first inauguration. As Uribe took office in 2002, rebels launched mortars that rained down on the presidential palace. Some of the projectiles fell short in a nearby slum killing 21.
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The deaths mark one of the deadliest days for the military since President Alvaro Uribe was first elected in 2002 on a pledge to bring peace to this country after more than 40 years on civil conflict.
Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the hemisphere's oldest and largest insurgency, have since sought to avoid outright confrontation with the armed forces, preferring hit-and-run attacks and ambushes.
Police in Bogota are on high alert ahead of Uribe's Aug. 7 inauguration to prevent a recurrence of his first inauguration. As Uribe took office in 2002, rebels launched mortars that rained down on the presidential palace. Some of the projectiles fell short in a nearby slum killing 21.
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