AT LEAST ONE CIVILIAN WAS KILLED AND 15 SOLDIERS INJURED ON MONDAY BY A CAR BOMB TARGETING A MILITARY CONVOY IN BOGOTA, THE ARMY SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE BLAST, A WEEK BEFORE PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE IS SET TO START HIS SECOND TERM, WAS SET OFF BY REMOTE CONTROL IN A WORKING CLASS PART OF NORTHWESTERN BOGOTA AS MILITARY TRUCKS PASSED BY. IT SHATTERED WINDOWS IN DOZENS OF BUILDINGS AND KILLED A MAN WHO HAD BEEN COLLECTING RECYCLABLE GARBAGE ON THE STREET. AUTHORITIES SAID THEY SUSPECTED THE ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT BY LEFTIST REBELS FIGHTING A FOUR-DECADE-OLD WAR AGAINST THE STATE.
