Colombia: February 21, 2002

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The government has decided to take back control of the FARC demilitarized zone. Some 15,000 troops are moving in and, initially, warplanes hit 85 rebel targets. 

Elsewhere, a joint FARC/ELN unit defeated AUC militiamen 450 kilometers southwest of the capital, killing at least 18 of them. 

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