Colombia's FARC Terrorist Group Faces Devastating Reversals

By Merle D. Kellerhals Jr. The Colombian terrorist group known as the FARC is suffering mounting losses at the hands of aggressive Colombian military and law enforcement authorities while simultaneously watching its influence and relevance weaken. Terrorism experts believe that for any terrorist organization to survive it must maintain some degree of popular influence and be relevant in the minds of the public. Take that veneer away and the group begins to disintegrate. Every effort by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to win relevance and influence in the past year has failed, while President Alvaro Uribe's hardline strategy to rein in the group has won widespread popular support and successes. Uribe has indicated that if there are to be negotiations with the FARC leadership, they should expect little or no... [read full story]