IRA-FARC links would be troubling, says US

The US would consider any links between the IRA and guerrillas in Colombia troubling, the state department said today.

Thu, 16 Aug, 2001 - 22:20

The US would consider any links between the IRA and guerrillas in Colombia troubling, the state department said today.

Colombian officials arrested three IRA members in Bogota last weekend and said they were training rebels in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

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