Colombian Death Squad Opposes Peace Plan
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BOGOTA -- A Colombian death squad condemned the recent peace proposal 
of its Marxist rebel enemies as a recipe for the breakup of the state and
tantamount to an open declaration of war. The right-wing Peasant
Self-Defense Force of Cordoba and Urabasaid it would continue to attack
the guerrillas even inside those areas set to be demilitarized for
full-fledged peace talks later this year.

The National Liberation Army, Colombia's second largest rebel group,
hosted a three-day meeting in Germany this week in which it lay the
foundations for a negotiated solution to the country's long-running civil
conflict.