British Colombia
(K) Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups
Bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, punishment beatings, extortion, smuggling, and robberies. Targets have included senior British Government officials, British military and police in Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland Loyalist paramilitary groups. Bombing campaigns have been conducted against train and subway stations and shopping areas on mainland Britain, as well as against British and Royal Ulster Constabulary targets in Northern Ireland, and a British military facility on the European Continent. The IRA has been observing a cease-fire since July 1997 and previously observed a cease-fire from 1 September 1994 to February 1996. ... [Read More]
Congressional Testimonies
04/01/04 Afghanistan: Are the British Counternarcotics Efforts Going Wobbly; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... 04/01/04 British Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Hearing Before House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Remarks
1111--04/01/04 Afghanistan: Are the British Counternarcotics Efforts Going Wobbly; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... 1111--04/01/04 British Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Hearing Before House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
British and American Youths to Shadow Secretaries Powell and Straw - July 24
The International Visitor Program, part of the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is coordinating a one-week visit for the British youths in the U.S. around the “shadow” day. The youth development organization “America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth,” of which Secretary Powell was the founding chairman, selected and coordinated the voyage of the two American youths to the U.K. and is assisting with the program for the British youths in the U.S. The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office worked with RPS Rainer, a leading British NGO, to select the two British students. Like their U.S. counterparts, Lara Macardle, 17, of London and Danielle Roberts,17, of Essex have overcome significant personal challenges and today serve as role models and youth leaders. ... [Read More]
Chronology of Non-Significant International Terrorist Incidents, 2003 (Revised 6/22/04)
On 21 November 2003, in Tehran, Iran, a firebomb was thrown at the British Embassy, causing no injuries and little damage, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility. ... On 8 April 2003, in Izmir, Turkey, concussion grenades placed before the Bornova Court, City Bank, and the British Consulate went off, causing property damage. Nobody was hurt in these attacks. Two suspects charged in the bombings were reportedly members of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP). ... [Read More]
2004
1111--04/01/04 Afghanistan: Are the British Counternarcotics Efforts Going Wobbly; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... 1111--04/01/04 British Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Hearing Before House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources; Washington, DC ... [Read More]
Narcotics Affairs Section U.S. Embassy Bogota Colombia
NAS initiated a port security program in 1998 in a difficult environment of police, port officials' and port operators' concerns about their ability to cooperate. That has changed and an effective program is in place. The ports provide funds , the police provide dedicated manpower, and NAS provides technical advice. U.S. Customs provides training and the British, French and Dutch Embassies have contributed training based on NAS recommendations. There are presently key ports in Cartagena, Muelles el Bosque, Santa Marta, Buenaventura and Barranquilla in the program, covering virtually all commercial cargo leaving Colombia for the U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia. For more information see the article Securing Colombia's Ports. ... [Read More]
The Andes Under Siege: Environmental Consequences of the Drug Trade - Publications
Although the loss of tropical forests due to narcotics cultivation is only part of a much larger deforestation problem, every patch of lost forest is potentially significant because of the incredible diversity of species there. Although they cover only six percent of the earth's surface, these forests shelter at least 50 percent of all plant species, and scientific studies suggest that the remoteness of tropical regions causes many more species to remain undiscovered. In Colombia, for example, some 1,100 vascular plant species have been documented on just 250 hectares of forest land, as compared with about 1,450 species for all of the British Isles. ... [Read More]
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