Questions
DIRECTIONS: Decide whether the bolded section is true or false. Write TRUE or FALSE next to each statement, then rewrite each false bolded statement to make it true.
1. An elite Army unit capable of inserting highly trained fighters, including Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, or Delta Force personnel, into battle zones was seen training in Trinidad earlier this month.
2. The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the vaunted “Night Rangers,” operates attack helicopters like the Army’s MH-60 Black Hawks and small transport helicopters into the most perilous situations.
3. No other unit of the armed forces uses the “little bird” helicopters that have been spotted off the Venezuelan coast. Training with such aircraft indicated practice for potential missions battling drug cartels.
4. The U.S. has given over $14 billion in aid to Colombia since 2000 to be used for several reasons, including by Colombian police, military, and government programs to fight drug trafficking organizations, and reduce the flow of drugs into Colombia.
5. Last month, the Trump administration added Colombia to its list of countries it deems as failing to uphold its responsibilities to control drug trafficking.
6. President Trump announced this week that the U.S. will cancel all aid to Colombia following leftist President Gustavo Petro’s criticism of U.S. strikes on drug boats – and also because the drug trade has increased to unprecedented levels under Petro.
7. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing platform that powers much of the internet, went down for several hours Monday, making multiple major websites and apps experience slow loading times.
8. In a TikTok video that went viral, an Amazon employee promoted the scientific theory that the tech giant was testing a so-called ‘kill switch.’
9. Dozens of people including former and current NFL players and a coach have been charged in connection to two investigations into an alleged widespread sports betting scheme and organized crime ring, the FBI and federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
10. One of the two federal criminal cases involves illegal high-stakes poker games involving coaches and operated by organized crime figures.
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