For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 8, 2002
Statement by the President
On behalf of the people of the United States, I offer sympathy and
condolences to the families of those murdered and to those injured by
the terrorists in Colombia. I condemn these heinous acts. The
terrorists in Colombia have made their goals clear: to kill the
aspirations of the Colombian people for a free, prosperous, and
democratic state. Through violence against innocents, the terrorists
seek the destruction of the democratically elected government of
Colombia. The United States stands with the people of Colombia in
their struggle against terror, and we support President Uribe's efforts
to bring the murderers to justice.
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