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Hostage Rescue in Colombia

By talkleft
(AP Photo/US Air Force - Lance Cheung)

15 hostages, including 3 Americans have been rescued from FARC in Colombia.

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed from years in captivity by a daring Colombian military raid.

Betancourt, who was captured in 2002, and the three Americans held since 2003, were rescued along with 11 Colombian soldiers in dramatic fashion when the Colombian military infiltrated a rebel jungle camp and removed them by helicopter.

A plane carrying the Americans, Defense Department Contractors, is about to land in Texas.

Sen. John McCain was in Colombia today and said he was told about the rescue while there. He said it was a coincidence.

For which side Illum?

Both the FARC and the right wing para military militias fight over the coca fields. Wonder which ones were targeted by this " eradication" mission.
Slowing down the flow of cocaine was the contractors' mission? Wow, you are pretty naive, aren't you?
Why don't you take the time to learn something about what is actually going on down there before making such ignorant statements.

By thaelmann37July 3, 2008 - 10:27am