Word: stated
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...fight is brewing in Nassau County, in the state's northeastern corner, where the canvassing board voted to certify the returns announced on election night because they'd missed about 200 presidential ballots in the first recount. That's 52 votes for Bush, and a new lawsuit for Democratic lawyers...
...FARC do have political interests, and in the south of the country, they could probably govern better than the state. As for the ELN, they're almost a resolved case. They're returning to terrorism as a last desperate measure...
...yourself as replacing the state in areas under AUC control...
...guerrillas or the AUC, he'll say the AUC. But if you ask him how he wants to live he won't hesitate in saying that he wants to live without an AUC presence, and without a guerrilla presence. He wants to live where there's a strong, solid state, where there are jobs and stability. The AUC is accepted, but it's not what Colombians want. The solution isn't the AUC. We're part of the solution. It's logical that we're accepted. It's the fault of the guerrillas' intransigence. People see us as the lesser...
...FARC is to hide themselves among civilians, among non-combatants. That gives them immunity against the state forces, but not against us. But you can't let the war be won our way, either. It would delegitimize the state. The only way out is through negotiation, under international auspices. The sad thing is there are people who think we're the solution. We're a solution for what's happening now, not a fix for the long term...