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Tanks mass at Colombia's border
Tanks mass at Colombia's border
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2008
By:
Jonathan Rugman
Venezuela's military sends its armed forces to the Colombian border, inflaming a crisis which could become a war.
Heading for the Colombian border: Venezuela has begun mobilising its forces by air, land and sea.
Ten tank battalions are on their way to the frontier - fuelling fears that the crisis could spark a regional war.
Colombia raided neighbouring Ecuador to kill leftist guerrillas - a move condemned by most Latin American governments, and one which pushed Venezuela into action.
Ecuador's demanded an apology - but Columbia claims the rebels were trying to make a uranium 'dirty bomb'.
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