Betancourt arrives in France as questions arise about her rescue

JennyJul 4th, 2008 - 15:27:57

very ironic that she says this

''There was not a single shot fired,' she said.

She said that she owed her life to the French insistence that Colombia undertake no armed military operation to rescue the hostages. '


Just the other day in Paris, there was a military display to show off
france's mad skills regarding rescuing hostages. 17 people were shot before someone realized they were using real bullets instead of blanks.

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OUCH!Jul 4th, 2008 - 16:58:32

lol.

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tonny from belgiumJul 4th, 2008 - 19:39:50

THis story sgould be easy to verify .The offiial story talks about the capture of a guerilla commander and a few others during the same operation.If that is verified the story about a ransom is highly unlikely.

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SP4: I knew itJul 5th, 2008 - 08:24:56

This bogus military rescue operation reminds me of the one filmed of an American rescue operation in Iraq several years back to 'rescue' a than 19-year-old US female soldier who was being 'held hostage' in an Iraqi hospital.

A British news crew who was also in the area did their own filming and soon realized that the young female soldier was being cared for by Iraqi hospital personnel and that their were no armed Iraqis around so their was no 'hostage' situation.

The American military film crew, however, filmed the same scenario as if it were a Bollywood movie complete with commandos and everything.

The reality is even with American trainers and used, hand-me-down weapons from America the Ciolombian military isn't that well-trained or disciplined so most likely it is very unlikely that it was a 'military' operation by the Colombian right-wing regime's military.

A pay-off seems more plausible to be the case.

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lanceJul 5th, 2008 - 16:14:04

Remember:

'Freedom Of The Press' means the press has the freedom to accept payments for a story from anyone for no matter what purpose. Even propagandists have the right to pay for a story.

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(the real)SP4: I knew it too!Jul 7th, 2008 - 20:43:04

SP4: I knew itJul 5th, 2008 - 08:24:56

sp4 - you're not SP4, I am

This bogus military rescue operation reminds me of the one filmed of an American rescue operation in Iraq several years back to 'rescue' a than 19-year-old US female soldier who was being 'held hostage' in an Iraqi hospital.

sp4 - I would not give a crap about this.

A British news crew who was also in the area did their own filming and soon realized that the young female soldier was being cared for by Iraqi hospital personnel and that their were no armed Iraqis around so their was no 'hostage' situation.

sp4 - still would not care.

The American military film crew, however, filmed the same scenario as if it were a Bollywood movie complete with commandos and everything.

sp4 - who else cares?

The reality is even with American trainers and used, hand-me-down weapons from America the Ciolombian military isn't that well-trained or disciplined so most likely it is very unlikely that it was a 'military' operation by the Colombian right-wing regime's military.

sp4 - next: Jimmy Hoffas grave

A pay-off seems more plausible to be the case.

sp4 - actually, according to docs and files seen by the Wall Street Journal, it is possible, the rebels have ongoing help from so-called 'human rights' groups who are really arms of the FARC and FARC thought these, or certain friendly elements in the government, were loaning choppers to them to move the hostages. This would have to be the case, because FARC does not have it's own airforce, and would HAVE to trust who ever came out of the choppers, in order for this to be true.

Chavez figures in this, as he was trying to arrange a trade, leaving FARC in a better position with numerous releases while leaving himself in the position of strengthening his rebels and being lauded by the international community.

to mr. not-so-SP4:Get your own handle.

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