Interesting: Germany Pledges to Support Colombia

Schroeder pledges support to Colombia in fighting "terrorism and drugs"

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pledged Germany's full support to Colombia in the struggle against terrorism and the drug trade after talks with President Alvaro Uribe.

Schroeder and Uribe told a news conference after their meeting that Germany would work to ensure that the Marxist insurgent group National Liberation Army (ELN) was put on a European Union ( list of "terrorist organizations".

"We support the wish of President Uribe to place this group (the ELN) on the European Union's list" of terrorist groups, Schroeder said.

Uribe said that the ELN, the second largest guerrilla force in the country with 4,500 men, "commits criminal and terrorist acts everyday but does not appear on the list" while the FARC does.

Of course, the exact definition of the "support" (aside from putting the ELN on the terrorist list) is unclear.