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Pipeline Program Futile

In a {July, 2002 report http://www.amazonwatch.org/amazon/CO/uwa/reports/p lancol_0207_wfp_arauca.pdf], Witness for Peace quotes Brigadier General Carlos Lemus Pedraza as saying that his unit, the Colombian Army's 18th Brigade, would need to station a soldier every 3 feet along the entire length of the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline in order to adequately protect it from guerilla attacks.

That pipeline is jointly run by ECOPETROL and Occidental Petroleum.

So a pipeline safety and security study seems a complete waste of money.

Its also important to note that this U.S. aid is coming at a time when ECOPETROL is undergoing significant privatization, which will, as Peacock suggests, greatly benefit U.S. oil companies.

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