Isn't there a "free-trade" deal out there somewhere that the democraps are holding up?
(Yeah, bitch Pelosi can hold up the trade bill but noyt spying or war bills! Pffffft!)
"Daring, revenge key in tricking FARC; Planners detail what worked in freeing captives" by Frank Bajak, Associated Press | July 4, 2008
BOGOTA - The Colombians installed US-provided remote-controlled video monitoring devices - which can zoom in and out - along rivers that are the only transport route through dense jungles, US and Colombian officials said. US surveillance planes intercepted rebel radio and satellite phone conversations and employed foliage-penetrating imagery.
US spy satellites helped track the hostages on a monthlong journey that began May 31 and ended with the rescue Wednesday.
On Monday, President Alvaro Uribe gave the go-ahead.
On Tuesday, left a military base in an Andean mountain valley, settling down for a nervous night in a wilderness clearing.
Aboard [the two Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters] were four air force crewmen in civilian disguise, seven military intelligence agents, and the guerrilla turncoat, military officials said. Two of the agents were dressed as rebels, and the rest wore white, as if representing some sort of humanitarian mission. All had taken a week and a half of acting lessons.
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Are you sure this WHOLE THING wasn't a STAGED PRODUCTION, readers?
Are you?
And would someone released from U.S. torture chambers gather so much coverage and attention, readers?
More STINK!!!!
"Freedom is 'like being born again'
"Ex-hostages tell of cruelty, grueling living conditions"
"Rescued meet with families in US
"The men, employees of a
Interesting, no?
And the intrigue continues to build:
"FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio"
"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."
And that is why YOU are here, isn't it?
