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[EAN: 9781234488901], Neubuch, UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. JOINT,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. Original publisher: Washington: U. S. G. P. O. , 2010. LC Number: KF25 .… More...

[EAN: 9781234488901], Neubuch, UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. JOINT,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. Original publisher: Washington: U. S. G. P. O. , 2010. LC Number: KF25 . E2 2009n OCLC Number: (OCoLC)613333786 Subject: Predatory lending -- United States. Excerpt: . . . 11 8. Counternarcotics: Colombia Counternarcotics issues remain of concern to the Committee, es-pecially in light of evidence showing the nexus between drug traf-ficking and terrorism. In addition to parts of southeast and south-west Asia, Latin America, specifically, Colombia, continues to be a major drug producing region. The Committee held a closed hearing on March 7, 2001, to hear information about Colombia, with a par-ticular emphasis on Plan Colombia. The hearing centered on cur-rent intelligence analysis and assessments of the political and mili-tary situations in Colombia, with significant insight into the illegal armed groups, drug production, and drug trafficking activity in the country. The hearing also addressed the potential for regional spill-over, as well as human rights issues in relation to the Government of Colombia. 9. Counternarcotics: Review of the Peruvian shootdown of a civilian aircraft on April 20, 2001 On the morning of April 20, 2001, a Peruvian Air Force A - 37 fighter engaged in counter-drug operations over northeastern Peru fired on and disabled a suspected drug trafficking aircraft. The sin-gle engine float plane actually was owned and operated by the As-sociation of Baptists for World Evangelism and was carrying mis-sionaries returning to their homes in Iquitos, Peru. Two of the mis-sionaries were killed by the gunfire and a third was wounded. The damaged float plane made an emergency landing on the Amazon River about 80 miles from Iquitos, Peru. The missionarys plane had been tracked by a Cessna Citation owned by the U. S. military and operated by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) as part of a bi-national drug interdiction program. The Committee held one closed hearing and a closed briefing con-cerning the Peru shootdown. On April 24, 2001, the Committee . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<