12 July 2010

COSTA RICA: Mammoth U.S. Armada Headed To Fight Drug Trafficking.

GLOBAL POST/ OPINION BLOG/
  "A flotilla of 46 United States Navy warships capable of carrying 200 helicopters, along with 10 Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter jets, and 7,000 combat ready marines available for land based operations is on its way to this Central American country with no standing army.
On July 1, 2010 the Costa Rica Legislative Assembly voted 31-8 to grant the U.S. military full in-country access through the end of 2010 to help fight drug trafficking."