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- usernamed, on 07/03/2008, -1/+37Why isn't this getting more Diggs? Am I the only one to find this rescue awesome?
http://tinyurl.com/5qnzdd
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The hostages, who had been divided in three groups, were taken to a rendezvous with two disguised MI-17 helicopters piloted by Colombian military agents — one on the ground, the other hovering above. The choppers were painted white, without insignias.
Betancourt said her hands and feet were bound, which she called "humiliating."
At first she thought the pilots — a crew of four with nine "assistants" dressed in white — were from a relief organization. Then she saw their Che Guevara shirts and assumed they were rebels.
Only when they were airborne did she notice that Cesar, who had treated her so cruelly for so many years, was naked and blindfolded on the floor.
"The chief of the operation said, `We're the national army. You're free,'" she said. "The helicopter almost fell from the sky because we were jumping up and down, yelling, crying, hugging one another. We couldn't believe it." - kuz2r, on 07/03/2008, -1/+36Ingrid Betancourt is free after 6 years, amazing operation.
- djturtlep, on 07/03/2008, -0/+20Great news! It will be a day long remembered by her family.
- rubaaan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+17the story was nuts!
some of the hostages were captured in 1998!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE?!
10 ***** years in a jungle with no communication to the outside world.
at least in jail you get visits and know whats going on in the world. 10 years of being oblivious to everything going on. wait till they see the iphone and flat panel tvs. crazy stuff. - rubaaan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+14some of the ones rescued have been there since 98.
- DeadPain, on 07/04/2008, -0/+14"why the ***** did it take so long to rescue those people?"
FARC captors had orders to kill all hostages if anyone tried to rescue them... The Colombian government took some chances with this operation - Barackalypse, on 07/04/2008, -3/+13Sorry Hugo Chavez, even with all the resources you're funneling to FARC freedom wills out yet again.
- loconet, on 07/04/2008, -2/+11Please, let this be the thread where everyone learns that it's COLOMBIA and COLOMBIAN not Columbia nor Columbian.
Having said that, fantastic work by the Colombian armed forces to pull this off. Their families must be very happy. - slythic, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8Dugg for getting COLOMBIA spelled right in the title. It's about damn time.
- Fremen93, on 07/04/2008, -2/+10Its just hard to believe that they kept her for 6 years in the jungle...that's just unbelievably cruel. I mean, what the hell were they waiting for??
- EclipseGSX, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7It really is an amazing story. Read more than just this article... there are some much better ones explaining the entire history. This will be a movie sometime in the near future.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8Can the rightard stupidity.
You do NOT need violence to change.
You need human beings.
People who give up and just say "ah ***** it, it'll be easier with a gun" are the problem
Change your attitude. Changing for the good is hard. Killing is easy.
It's sad how many people like you have already given up. - chicoer2001, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7Great job by the Colombian Army. And no blood was shed.
- alphgeek, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6A/ Wow they must have BIG cojones.
B/ It must be dull as ***** hanging around in the jungle for years. - inactive, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7they'll make a movie on it.
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5what he said^
- vexingmodstwo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5I was wondering the same thing. I'm glad a story finally made it to the front page about this.
- rz8472, on 07/04/2008, -2/+7The Columbian government has its share of problems, but FARC is just ***** up. I read in the SF Chronicle once that they fill their mortar shells with semen as a 'crude chemical weapon'
- vexingmodstwo, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6I really really hope that the reason this story isn't getting more diggs has nothing to do with FARC being communists.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -2/+6A troll is a troll, and a troll calling himself an ex Marine is a pretty good indicator he never was one. I think this is self explanatory. Nice trolling there, kiddo.
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/04/2008, -2/+6Don't forget Ecuador as well.
- alphgeek, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph
- jasz, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3I'm glad this made it to the front page... I submitted it as soon as it happened (I happened to be listening to the radio when it happened).. but I'm just not too popular here :P
In any case, this news fills with joy the hearts of thousands of colombians (me included). Check out the CNN videos section to hear (in English) the tale of how she was rescued, it's amazing! not a single bullet was fired!
Other interesting links:
Soldiers and police offers reuniting with their families:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2XJ9m4u6U
Ingrid telling the story of her rescue (1st part - in Spanish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDnxPCFqGjE
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AkU6mesU6A
It is a good day to be a Colombian, I'm proud of my president, and I'm proud of our army! At this rate, I am willing to vote for a third re-election of Uribe! - jasz, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4I support Obama and the Democrat party, but this is the only issue I disagree with him/them.
The Free Trade Agreement will be of benefit to both US and Colombian workers; I want Obama to become president, but moreover I want him (Obama) to understand that the Colombian government DOES protect its people and that this agreement will bring more jobs to both American and Colombian workers, it's a win-win situation.
Unfortunately, entities like FARC and the paramilitary groups blur out the reality about the Colombian government.
Digg me down if you believe I'm lying, but ask any Colombian and they'll tell you how proud we are of our government since Uribe became president. Over 85% of the Colombian population supports the president, more than any other president in the history of the country, way more than the percentage of americans that support Bush these days. - kidlover69, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4Probably used Hot Topic Che shirts...
- SugarCoatedSalt, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3trust me I know that. but isn't it so freaking Obvious Ecuador is cooperating with FARC along with Venezuela and then playing the innocent card, then threatening to go to an all out war, where the Dominican Republic had to intervene in order to stop them.
- sanriver12, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2they were civil contractors, they worked for Northrop Grumman
http://www.northropgrumman.com/index.html
they did drug surveillance flights
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/08/60II/mai ... - SaladCactusKing, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2That was so ***** cool.
- BeardDob, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4Good job with the stupidity robinohio1.
- specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Awww for the love of God!!!!
- specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Hopefully, that ***** was fantastic.
- specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Naturally, and that doesn't take any credit out of the operation since it FARC is collapsing thanks to the Colombian Army.
- loconet, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1huh?
- mrhedges, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Wow, imagine what Putin would have done in this situation.
- GodelEscherBach, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3DUGG!!! Who dugg this guy down? It's a bit disturbing, but this guy is either in the business (SIGINT, HUMINT, IMINT) or just made a few good assumptions. He seems to have the inside scoop and uhh. . . spilled the beans here. . .
FWIW, I don't think giving the US some credit is in anyway discrediting the amazing job the Colombians did.
1) Colombian personnel were used because it would be extremely disagreeable to the American public if American lives were lost in a covert operation in South America. Believe it or not, there were lessons learned in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. (Let the locals fight their own war, but give them a non-violent hand b/c there are Americans down there too. Then, give the locals credit so that America does not appear hegemonious or heavy-handed.)
2) We need a strong independent ally in South America that is seen as tough on drug cartels. If the US were to take any credit whatsoever for this operation, this would show weakness in the Colombian government military. This cannot happen because of Hugo Chavez in the bordering country of Venezuela. We need an ally, not a puppet. A strong government is one that the people believe in. That cannot happen if it appears that the Americans were pulling strings.
The US sits in a very fragile position right now in terms of international relations. I'm not about to comment on the Bush presidency, but thank god there is/are some analyst(s) working in the US government right now who has his/her head(s) screwed on straight. - inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Tadaaaa!
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http://jeniya.info - ptanonimo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1A great woman, an horrible ordeal.
- jpop, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Kudos for the Colombian military. Jeers for the media that has to blab every single detail on how it was done so that any collaborators can be murdered and the same methodology can't be used again in the future...
- pintomp3, on 07/04/2008, -4/+4i'de like to farc her:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Farc ... - inactive, on 07/04/2008, -5/+5Colombia frees long-held US hostages in a daring raid. Meanwhile, the Democrat controlled Congress refuses to acknowledge the leadership of Uribe and the efforts of Colombians to combat Hugo Chavez' influence, by refusing to open free trade.
- ptanonimo, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2Th French almost rescued her once, but the operation failed due to brazilian Faggotry.
Being the ***** he is, Chavez will eventually be part of the solution for the FARC problem as a whole. - ptanonimo, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1This only happened because the guerrilla is collapsing.
- liuite, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1now they have screwed over the rest of the kidnapped people since FARC will make it harder for humanitarian groups to work with them.
- govsucks, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Tree swinging collectivist farc = PWNs
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1You are correct all points and everything I have said is available to the public in The NY Times - Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune. You offer good and truthful insight however. My motivation is to give the relentless anti American Canadians and others a little insight into their own misguided and nationalistic jealousy. America can be your best friend or your worst enemy - the choice is yours. Here is a perfect example of a 5 1/2 years operation involving multiple US Federal Agencies including the military,NSA and CIA and cost upwards of 250 million dollars. The US was the only country in the world that could have pulled off an operation of this magnitude and it was other countries citizens who benefited the most. Only 3 of the 15 captives were American. They were repatriated form a group of ignorant jungle thugs who summarily shot 2 of the people outright on their initial capture. No pansy water boarding by these guys - the FARC is finished and it is the US who is most responsible, along with the Colombians they diligently and professionally trained.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -4/+3how come nobodies mentioning the private military contractors that were also imprisoned w/ that chick? i wanna know what they were doing down there in the first place.... were they blackwater?? and why did that cia plane with tons of cocaine aboard crash recently? http://focused.org/misc/4413-plane-crashed-yucatan ...
- darthsand, on 07/04/2008, -1/+0woo woo!
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