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| Ecuador's Correa Wants U.S. Military to Leave |
| 2014-01-23 |
| [An Nahar] Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa said Wednesday he would ask the United States to withdraw American military personnel assigned to its embassy in Quito. Correa said he became aware of what he described as an outsized presence after learning that four U.S. military personnel were aboard an Ecuadoran military helicopter that came under fire on October 3 last yearnear the border with Colombia. "That's when we learned of all this, of the military group, nearly 50 military personnel. This is inconceivable," he said, adding: "We are already taking measures with respect to it." "Unfortunately, these people have been so infiltrated in all the sectors that what is scandalous appeared normal," he said. U.S. embassy front man Jeffrey Weinshenker said the United States had not yet received "formal notification" of the Ecuadoran request. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I'm sure we can work this out. Please have your leftist president call our leftist president. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-23 03:23 |