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DTIC ADA501756: Colombian Strategies and Operational Concepts Used in Today's Counterterrorism Warfare

Colombia has experienced internal conflict since 1949. The assassination of a political leader, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, initiated an era of violence between the traditional political parties. In 1964, the first guerrilla movement was officially established under the name of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). FARC, a Marxist-Leninist communist movement, would influence the destiny of the country. Other communist armed movements, such as the National Liberation Army, would emerge later. In 1994, a new armed movement called the United Self Defense of Colombia was formed. This group was created by a part of the population to protect themselves from the guerrilla's kidnappings and extortion, but later became illegal because of their use of illegitimate force and drug trafficking. The illegal groups that were initially established as insurgent guerrillas or self-defense organizations soon became narco-terrorist organizations. They began indiscriminate terrorist attacks against military forces and against the civilian population and the country's infrastructure. Today these illegal groups finance their activities with drug production and trafficking. Colombia's President, Al

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