2-BitTerrorism

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On March 21st, 2002 a car bomb in Peru shocked the peruvian nation. Obviously organised by a leftist guerrilla group, as a protest against a pending visit of President Bush in Lima at that time, Bush cynically described it as "2-Bit-Terrorism" only and started a strong criticism in the peruvian media on his "double standard" views: "Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do, and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere," Bush said. "Our neighborhood is important to us. Peru is an important country." http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/03/21/peru.embassy.blast/index.html

A couple of weeks later U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (->) claimed, that there is "a bit of a problem with al-Qaida itself and some Hezbollah elements" in Ecuador's remote jungle region near the borders with Peru and Colombia. Peru is targeted since 1994 by the former state oil company in Argentina, YPF, who bought in 1995 Dallas- based Maxus Energy. Peru and Argentina have historically friendly relations which began to spill over into the oil industry during the military dictatorships in both countries in the 1970s. (See Ecuador) (-> Dyn Corp, Peru) (See Oil) (-> Kroll) (-> Greenberg, Maurice R.) (-> Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation/WHISC) (See Armitage Richard)

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