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A Colombian soldier looks on as plumes of black smoke billow up from a blasted pipeline. This was attack number 162 for the year.
Oil escaping from blasted pipelines forms slicks in surrounding areas.
Colombian soldiers survey the damage left after rebels set off an explosion at the Occidental Petroleum Pipeline in the province of Arauca.
Helicopters bringing in supplies to the Occidental Petroleum Pipeline because roads are too risky.

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