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Betancourt says captors hated her
cbc.ca ^ | 9/27/09 | CBC News

Posted on 09/27/2009 4:16:42 PM PDT by Nachum

ngrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician held hostage for more than six years by guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, told CBC News in an exclusive interview that her captors despised her.

"I was a politician. They hated politicians. I was a person with some education. They had none, so they thought I [had] a privileged social background and they hated me for that," Betancourt told the CBC's Mellissa Fung in an excerpt from an interview that will air on The National on Monday at 9 p.m. ET.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: betancourt; captors; colombia; farc; hated; hostages; says

1 posted on 09/27/2009 4:16:43 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum
Betancourt is not the sharpest tool in the drawer. Talk to the Air Crew , including Randy Howes, that was also rescued after 5 years of captured existence. Then you will get a very accurate picture of Betancourt.

She is lucky FARC let her live.A more caustic , self interested human being , few of us have seen.Typical leftist.

2 posted on 09/27/2009 4:26:50 PM PDT by Candor7 (The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
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To: Nachum

Please do NOT give Betancourt the time of day!!!!!!!


3 posted on 09/27/2009 4:36:25 PM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: Nachum

She’s an interesting person. I look forward to seeing her book.


4 posted on 09/27/2009 4:38:00 PM PDT by marron
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To: Nachum

Is this the woman who was despised by other captives as well?


5 posted on 09/27/2009 4:43:36 PM PDT by fortunate sun (Fight the marxist occupation of America. Support the Healthcare Insurrection.)
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To: Nachum
They hated politicians.

She said that as if that was a bad thing.

6 posted on 09/27/2009 4:47:04 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Nachum

They only hated her because they met her.


7 posted on 09/27/2009 5:44:21 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: Nachum

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, in Canada to receive several awards, told CBC News in an exclusive interivew her Colombian captors clearly hated her.

8 posted on 09/27/2009 5:51:45 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: fanfan

CBC ping


9 posted on 09/27/2009 6:10:59 PM PDT by Don W (I will praise Him.)
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To: Don W; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Squawk 8888; headsonpikes; AntiKev; Snowyman; ...
Thanks for the ping, Don W.


10 posted on 09/28/2009 4:57:55 AM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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