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Madam, - In your Editorial of July 4th about Farc's "bloody, pseudo-Marxist war against the Colombian authorities", you neglect to mention that, even by Washington's own estimates, about three-quarters of all killings relating to terrorism in Colombia have been committed by the so-called paramilitary organisations, most recently the United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). This figure is confirmed by the Human Rights Watch and others. The AUC is backed by the Colombian government and, by extension, the US.