Irish Republican Army operatives are training the FARC's narco-terrorist guerillas in Colombia with Cuban and Venezuelan assistance.

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These cartels have ravaged the country for many years threatening to turn it into a narco-terrorist state.

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Venezuela has extended a life line to Colombian illegally armed narco- terrorist groups like the FARC by providing them with support and safe heaven both inside their country and along the border.

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