"Relief emblem used in rescue; Colombian soldier wore Red Cross" by Frank Bajak, Associated Press | July 17, 2008
BOGOTA - A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said yesterday.
His government apologized to the Red Cross for the incident, which Uribe called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier. International Red Cross spokesman Florian Westphal said in Geneva that the relief organization accepted Uribe's explanation for how its symbol was misused.
Use of the Red Cross symbol for a military operation violates the first Geneva Convention because it would damage the relief group's standard for neutrality in conflicts and could endanger medical personnel using the symbol.
In the July 2 rescue, a team of Colombian military intelligence agents posing as members of a fake international humanitarian group airlifted to safety hostages including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US military contractors.
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Of course, it must have been real; rescues are never lied about, are they?
Please see: Keeping Up the Colombian Lie
Since the papers keep lying about this item (as well as countless others), why should we ever believe a word they say ever again?
It's NOT NEWS, folks, it is AGENDA-PUSHING PROPAGANDA and LIES!!!
