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La Hora, Ecuador

President Correa: Prove Your Charges of CIA Infiltration!

 

"We Ecuadorians also have the right to demand, respectfully but with vigor, that President Correa clarify his accusations that our own intelligence services have been working at the behest of the CIA."

 

By Carlos Freile

 

Translated By Miguel Guttierez

 

April 19, 2008

 

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FARC commander Raul Reyes, killed in a Colombian raid on Ecuadorian terrirtory. Computers found in the raid may prove that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been aiding the rebels and therefore aiding terrorists.

We have every reason to ask President [Rafael Correa] to demand that Colombia provide evidence of the alleged links between our national government and the FARC. We Ecuadorians await that evidence, although critics have aired some well-founded doubts: Why such eagerness to impede the investigation into the alleged financing of the FARC by the PAIS Alliance? [The ruling party]. What were the most recent statements by Hugo Chavez on this subject? Why not meticulously question the Mexican student [read below] about his contacts in Ecuador and how he got to the [FARC] guerrilla camp - and other critical issues?

 

[Editor's Note: President Correa on April 5, accused the CIA of controlling many of his country's spy agencies and said it had shared Ecuadorian intelligence with Colombia during last month's regional crisis . On March 1, there was a Colombian bombing raid of a FARC camp in Ecuadorian territory. The raid killed 25 people including FARC commander Raul Reyes and the four Mexican students . One of them, Andrea Lucía Morret, survived. The author would like to know why Morret isn't being questioned about Colombian allegations of a link between Ecuador and the FARC. The FARC, shorthand for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army, is a left-wing guerilla group that now controls about 40 percent of Colombian territory [see map on right].

 

PRESIDENT CORREA FIRES DEFENSE MINISTER;

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We Ecuadorians also have the right to demand, respectfully but with vigor, that President Correa clarify his accusations that our own intelligence services have been working at the behest of the CIA. As he made this accusation in public, it is his moral obligation to provide us with details about this tremendous charge that, if shown to be true, would demonstrate ruinous conduct, to say the least.

 

If he does not provide evidence of this elephantine accusation, Ecuadorians will have every justification to think that it was an impetuous charge made without sufficient proof, demonstrating either a lack of prudence and moderation, or that the tale of a link was invented to provoke turmoil in the military high command. In both cases, his conduct and honor will have been badly compromised.

 

On the other hand, if President Correa presents his evidence in a forthright manner, we will all applaud his actions and his patriotism. And when he makes this information public, he should distinguish with clarity those elements that have been compromised and those that have not. 

 

And in case there was treasonous conduct - which has yet to be proven - the innocent have a basic right to demand relief from those responsible - for their own honor and the honor of the Armed Forces. This is a point that the President is obliged not to circumvent in any way. 

 

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According to press reports, the Constituent Assembly will form a committee to look into the allegations. This will be a vain and politicized exercise. It would suffice if the President simply report to the country in an exhaustive manner on this supposed infiltration, so that we can all know the truth. Anything else will reduce us to listening to the demagoguery of politicians from a dishonored past we thought we had overcome.

 

cfreile@lahora.com.ec

 

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SEE ALSO:

 

Tal Cual, Venezuela

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http://worldmeets.us/talcual000003.shtml

 

La Jornada, Mexico

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Without the United States …

http://worldmeets.us/lajornada000087.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A map showing the locaton of the March 1 attack on Ecuador by Colombian forces, and neighboring countries. The Ecuadorian President, Rafeal Correa, is charging that his own intelligence services have been infiltrated by the CIA, and that this is how Colombia knew the location of the FARC camp that was bombed.

—BBC NEWS VIDEO: Anti-FARC raid by Colombia into Ecuadorian territory brings region to the brink of armed conflict, Mar. 3, 00:01:20WindowsVideo

RealVideo[LATEST NEWSWIRE PHOTOS: The killing of FARC Commander Raul Reyes].

A map approximating the area of Colombia controlled by the FARC - roughly 40 percent of all Colombian territory.