    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [August 8, 2002]
    [Page 1371]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in Colombia
    August 8, 2002

        On behalf of the people of the United States, I offer sympathy and
    condolences to the families of those murdered and to those injured by
    the terrorists in Colombia. I condemn these heinous acts. The terrorists
    in Colombia have made their goals clear: to kill the aspirations of the
    Colombian people for a free, prosperous, and democratic state. Through
    violence against innocents, the terrorists seek the destruction of the
    democratically elected Government of Colombia. The United States stands
    with the people of Colombia in their struggle against terror, and we
    support President Uribe's efforts to bring the
    murderers to justice.