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Post subject: 15 hostages rescued from the clutches of leftist guerrillas
 Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 12:03 AM
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| in Colombia and my main man John McCain was just there! Ol` John`s not even president yet and he`s already gettin` it done. Way to go! |
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Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 07:13 AM
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| This story just gets more astounding. They had a report on TV that the hostage's relatives didn't even know about the rescue and arrival of their loved ones until just before they arrived. One man was so startled when he was told that he couldn't remember how to shut off his lawn mower. |
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Posted: Jul 05, 2008 - 10:30 PM
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I saw the arrival of Ingrid Betancourt back in France on live on the French channel TV5. It was shown as well on BBC24.
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Post subject: Re: 15 hostages rescued from the clutches of leftist guerril
Posted: Jul 05, 2008 - 11:20 PM
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| morgram wrote: | | in Colombia and my main man John McCain was just there! Ol` John`s not even president yet and he`s already gettin` it done. Way to go! |
Good Propaganda for Election, but I'm sure there are other people involved in actually accomplishing this, not John McCain....
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Leaders of the Colombian FARC rebel movement were paid millions of dollars to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Swiss radio said on Friday, quoting 'a reliable source'.
The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army 'were in reality ransomed for a high price, and the whole operation afterwards was a set-up,' the radio's French-language channel said.
Saying the United States, which had three of its citizens among those freed, was behind the deal, it put the price of the ransom at some $20 million.
The radio said its source was 'close to the events, reliable and tested many times in recent years.'
The report added said the wife of one of the hostages' guards was the go-between, having been arrested by the Colombian army. She was released to return to the guerrillas, where she persuaded her husband to change sides.
Switzerland, along with France and Spain, has been mediating with the FARC on behalf of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
According to the official version of Wednesday's operation, a Colombian army intelligence agent infiltrated the FARC and tricked the rebels into believing their top leader had sent a helicopter to pick up the hostages.
Colombian soldiers posing as FARC guerrillas flew the hostages from a jungle hideout where they had been assembled before revealing their identity.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the rescue 'was conceived by the Colombians and executed by the Colombians with our full support,' while implying that Washington had provided intelligence and even operational help.
U.S. ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield also told CNN that Washington had provided 'technical support,' while Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos insisted it was a '100 percent Colombian' effort.
The top U.S. military officer for Latin America, Admiral Jim Stavridis, head of United States Southern Command, said the rescue of Americans Thomas Howes, Marc Gonsalves and Keith Stansell had been 'a priority of this command'.
The three were seized by the rebels as they conducted an anti-drug mission for the Pentagon in February 2003.
The operation enhanced Uribe's prestige as he seeks a third term in office, and enabled him to stick to his line of no talks with the rebels without the hostages being freed, the radio noted.
So, That's Why McCain Went to Colombia
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Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 07:55 PM
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| Uribe DID execute the rescue of the hostages, littlestar. Obama would be offering to talk things out with FARC...over dinner! That left-wing source you`ve linked to COULD CARE LESS that 15 people were rescued from a living hell. Did you hear what former hostage Gonsalves had to say about his former captors? I wonder what your left-wing source thinks of FARC. By the way, I love your pic. Cindy McCain looks positively radiant, and get a load of that grin on ol`John. Grinnin` like a possum eatin` a sweet potater, idn`t `e? |
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