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(21 Sep 2003) 1. Aerial over Caqueta state 2. Colombian military and residents 3. Military waiting 4. Soldier helping a woman 5. US soldiers looking at people 6. Residents waiting to receive medical assistance 7. Various of military doctors giving assistance to patients 8. Soldiers walking around at hospital 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Sigifredo Sierra, resident: "This medical assistance is great especially when you know that the situation is not good at all because of the economic reforms and the security situation in the country." 10. Doctor and residents talking 11. Young girl being assisted by a doctor 12. Doctor assisting a woman 13. Residents waiting to see the doctors 14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Luis Alberto Ardila, military commander: "The support the American embassy has given us, is focused on the planning and medicines with a total estimated of 80-thousand US dollars." (Question: How many people are going to be benefited with this medical brigade?) "It will benefit approximately three-thousand to four-thousand people." 15. Soldiers and residents 16. Various of US soldiers looking around 17. Soldiers, residents and doctors STORYLINE: Several Colombian military medical teams arrived to the city of Florencia in Caqueta state, 235 miles (378 kilometers) southwest of Colombian capital Bogota, to offer free medical attention to thousands of residents. The medical team attended about three-thousand people who suffered from illnesses caused by extreme poverty after 39 years of civil war in Colombia. According to Luis Alberto Ardila, military commander of Florencia, the mission - which ended on Sunday - was providing free medical care. Some residents had rotten teeth extracted, received treatment for intestinal worms or had tropical rashes examined. The US government has given Colombia more than 80-thousand US dollars in order to help the Colombian Army to perform humanitarian missions. Colombia has received nearly 2.5 (b) billion US dollars from the US in the last three years to battle drug trafficking and a leftist rebel insurgency as part of 'Plan Colombia'. Colombia was the third biggest recipient of United States (US) aid last year. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...