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3 pages in length. FARC's types of attacks and the methods by which they carry out these assaults have increased in both technology and severity. Having moved up from bombs made of gas cylinders to more sophisticated urban guerrilla warfare techniques, it has been speculated that members of other militant groups have been training FARC to employ more dangerous methods of attack. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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cylinders to more sophisticated urban guerrilla warfare techniques, it has been speculated that members of other militant groups have been training FARC to employ more dangerous methods of attack. Historically,
the gas cylinder has acted as FARCs calling card in an attacks aftermath, having typically been focused upon such critical infrastructure as road, telephone systems and electricity supply. The
very nature of attack with gas cylinders is unsound, inasmuch as such bombs are "impossible to aim consistently and often strike civilian homes and shops as well as churches, health
centers, and municipal offices, causing avoidable civilian casualties" (Human Rights Watch, 2001). The bomb, whose composition lends itself to they type of tank used in household stoves, is modified
with shrapnel, fuel and dynamite, outfitted in a truck nearby to the intended target. A fuse is lit and the bomb is sent airborne; however, the proximity to the
intended target is so inaccurate with such a devise that they are branded as being indiscriminate weapons for the civilian deaths they cause, "a violation of one of the most
fundamental principles of the laws of war, which requires that combatants be distinguished from noncombatants and that military objectives be distinguished from protected property or protected places" (Human Rights Watch,
2001). High-profile targets and urban areas are two of the primary attack objectives; because FARC is incapable of carrying out any prolonged bombing campaigns, they are relegated to hit
with great speed and intensity to make up for such a drawback (Human Rights Watch, 2001). Concern grows over the fact that FARCs most recent attacks indicate an ever-increasing "level
of technical and tactical sophistication" (Control Risks Group Ltd, 2003), such as with the car bomb mixture of fuel oil and ammonium nitrated that was detonated in Bogot?, killing three
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