COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY RECRUITS TRAIN IN URABA COLOMBIA, 2003-02-15 (photo)

Colombian paramilitary recruits, holding simulated wood weapons, cross a barbed wire in the Uraba jungle, northwest of Colombia on February 15, 2003. A paramilitary wing that broke up peace contacts with the government announced that it will continue fighting leftist guerrillas. The position of Elmer Cardenas bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) is a setback for Colombian president Alvaro Uribe in his efforts to start negotiations with illegal groups fighting in Colombia's four-decade war. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera FOR STORY COLOMBIA-PARAMILITARIES JMG