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CARACAS-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moved tanks to the Colombian border and mobilized fighter jets on Sunday, warning Bogota could spark a war after its troops struck inside another of its neighbors,Ecuador.Reacting to Colombia's killing on Saturday of a Colombian rebel inside Ecuador, a Venezuelan ally, Chavez also ordered the withdrawal of all his diplomats from Bogota in the worst dispute between the neighbors since he came to office in 1999."Mr. Defense Minister, move me 10 battalions to the frontier with Colombia immediately, tank battalions," Chavez said on his weekly TV show."The air force should mobilize.We do not want war.But we are not going to let them...come and divide and weaken us."Colombia's military said on Saturday troops killed Raul Reyes, a leader of Marxist FARC rebels, during an attack on a jungle camp in Ecuador in a severe blow to Latin America's oldest guerrilla insurgency.The operation included air strikes and fighting with rebels across the frontier.Chavez, who had warned a similar operation in Venezuela would be "cause for war," said on Sunday he would send Russian-made fighter jets into U.S. ally Colombia if its troops struck inside his OPEC country.Colombia denied it failed to respect Ecuador's sovereignty and said Saturday's operation was a response to fire from across the border. "Colombia has not violated any sovereignty, only acted in accordance with the principal of legitimate defense," the government said in a statement....To read more go to:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0227633020080302
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