1.   As Bolivia makes headway in eradicating its coca fields, demand to replace Bolivian leaves for local consumption and shipment to Europe is growing.

2.   A State Department official said Thursday that, in cooperation with Uribe, the administration has nearly doubled its goals for aerial eradication of coca fields.

3.   According to Lt. Benavides, authorities hope that spray planes will be swooping over coca fields in Putumayo within the year.

4.   Aerial photographs of the region indicate that coca fields have expanded and clandestine airstrips have multiplied since the rebels were granted control of the area.

5.   But a State Department official said the coca fields were larger and easier targets than poppies, which are camouflaged by other crops on steep mountainsides.

6.   But growers often pocketed the money and planted new coca fields.

7.   But military officials on both sides acknowledged that distinguishing between the two would not be easy, especially if rebel fighters opt to defend drug labs and coca fields.

8.   But Ms. Albright also acknowledged efforts by the Colombian National Police to defoliate coca fields, disrupt cocaine production and combat drug traffickers.

9.   But with coca fields growing in their zones as bountifully as corn in Kansas, they are surrounded by a lucrative cash crop.

10.   Critics, however, say the American aid does indirectly contribute to the counterinsurgency efforts, since coca fields and drug processing laboratories are often protected by the rebels.