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Wed Jan-07-09 08:51 PM
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Colombia rebels say they downed unmanned spy plane

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Wed Jan 7, 2009 8:06am GMT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian rebels brought down a small, unmanned spy plane they say was being used to track insurgent activities in the mountainous eastern part of the country, a website used by the guerrillas said on Wednesday.

Photographs of the propeller-driven craft were published on www.anncol.eu, which calls itself the New Colombian News Agency and is used by the leftist rebels to publish information.

The website did not say how or when the plane was brought down.

The government of President Alvaro Uribe has received billions of dollars in U.S. aid ...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5061JT20090107

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