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'Foreign Terrorist Organization' Reaches Out to Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky (FARC)
Fox News / AP ^ | November 10, 2006

Posted on 11/10/2006 10:33:10 AM PST by Stoat

'Foreign Terrorist Organization' Reaches Out to Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky

Friday , November 10, 2006

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's largest rebel group is calling on , Oliver Stone and to help it reach a deal with the government on exchanging imprisoned guerrillas for rebel-held hostages, including three U.S. citizens.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, issued a letter made public Thursday asking the celebrities to advocate the swap to the American people.

"To the people of the United States, we ask for your always generous solidarity to pressure President Bush and his government to support a prisoner exchange in Colombia," said Raul Reyes, the chief spokesman for the FARC.

The letter was also addressed to leftist academics , James Petras and Angela Davis, as well as activist Jesse Jackson.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chomsky; farc; jessejackson; michaelmoore; noamchomsky; oliverstone; terror; terrorism; terrorists
Just a freindly letter between good, old friends.
1 posted on 11/10/2006 10:33:12 AM PST by Stoat
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To: Stoat
Makes more sense with all the text. Some of the article content was missing in your post.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's largest rebel group is calling on Denzel Washington, Oliver Stone and Michael Moore to help it reach a deal with the government on exchanging imprisoned guerrillas for rebel-held hostages, including three U.S. citizens.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, issued a letter made public Thursday asking the celebrities to advocate the swap to the American people.

"To the people of the United States, we ask for your always generous solidarity to pressure President Bush and his government to support a prisoner exchange in Colombia," said Raul Reyes, the chief spokesman for the FARC.

The letter was also addressed to leftist academics Noam Chomsky, James Petras and Angela Davis, as well as activist Jesse Jackson.

Calls to representatives of those addressed in the letter were not immediately returned.

The three American defense contractors, Thomas Howes, Keith Stansell and Marc Gonsalves, were on an intelligence-collecting mission when their small aircraft went down in February 2003 in Southern Colombia. They were captured by the rebels. In the letter, Latin America's largest rebel group confirmed the three were well.

2 posted on 11/10/2006 10:38:59 AM PST by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: Stoat

Since the American left and the Colombian terrorist organization think alike and share goals, this is no surprise.


3 posted on 11/10/2006 10:41:21 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: big'ol_freeper
Makes more sense with all the text. Some of the article content was missing in your post.

Not sure how that happened, but thank you  :-)

4 posted on 11/10/2006 10:43:07 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat; hchutch; Tailgunner Joe; Clemenza; wardaddy; Commander8; Txcoastman; Caipirabob; Calusa; ...

How nice... I'm sure Fatass Moore will be receptive to their ideas.(/sarc)

Colombia ping list.


5 posted on 11/10/2006 10:44:45 AM PST by El Conservador ("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
Since the American left and the Colombian terrorist organization think alike and share goals, this is no surprise.

I have no doubt that there have been countless other communications between these same parties that have not been made public.

6 posted on 11/10/2006 10:46:35 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: El Conservador

Thank you for pinging your list :-)


7 posted on 11/10/2006 10:47:12 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: big'ol_freeper

"Howes, Stansell and Gonsalves are alive in our custody, treated with respect and dignity in the jungle," said Reyes. "They are the only North American prisoners alive in the world."

The FARC, listed by the U.S. government as a "foreign terrorist organization," is holding some 60 prominent hostages in all, including former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, politicians and military officers. It says it will only release them in exchange for nearly 600 imprisoned rebels.

President Alvaro Uribe recently broke off preliminary negotiations after blaming the rebel group for a car-bomb in a military installation that injured more than 20 people, insisting that the hostages would be freed by military operations. The families of the kidnapped are united in opposing such rescues, fearing their loved ones will be killed in the crossfire.

Uribe later relented and said that he would be open to potential talks if the rebels gave a sign of good faith.

The guerrilla group said the Colombian government's offensive in its strongholds was jeopardizing the lives of the three hostages.

The rebel leader also promised that the group would soon send evidence the three were alive. Since being kidnapped nearly four years ago, the families have received one so-called proof of life.

The FARC's latest missive comes as one of the most famous rebels stands trial in a Washington D.C. courtroom for the kidnapping of the three.

Ricardo Palmera, better known by his nom de guerre Simon Trinidad, was captured in Ecuador in 2004 and later extradited to the United States. Another guerrilla, known as Sonia, is preparing to stand trial in Washington on charges of drug-trafficking.

The FARC insists that any exchange must include Trinidad and Sonia.

In the past six years, the U.S. government has provided $4 billion in mostly military aid to Colombia to fight the more than five-decades old insurgency and the country's enormous drugs trade.


8 posted on 11/10/2006 10:47:52 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: Stoat

And since the radicals in this instance are not Arabs or in the Middle East, Alan Dershowitz and Tom Lantos can join right in with Chomsky and "Stormin' Norman" Finkelstein. After all, other than support for Israel, what else do they disagree on?


9 posted on 11/10/2006 10:50:26 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vayo'mer HaShem, za`aqat Sedom va`Amorah ki rabbah; vechatta'tam, ki khavedah me'od.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
And since the radicals in this instance are not Arabs or in the Middle East, Alan Dershowitz and Tom Lantos can join right in with Chomsky and "Stormin' Norman" Finkelstein. After all, other than support for Israel, what else do they disagree on?

Hopefully they will all get together for lunch sometime to discuss common goals, and thereby provide a convenient target.

10 posted on 11/10/2006 10:53:48 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat
And since the radicals in this instance are not Arabs or in the Middle East, Alan Dershowitz and Tom Lantos can join right in with Chomsky and "Stormin' Norman" Finkelstein. After all, other than support for Israel, what else do they disagree on?

Hopefully they will all get together for lunch sometime to discuss common goals, and thereby provide a convenient target.

Works for me!

Lantos has a real split personality?: John Hagee on Israel and Pete Seeger on everything else! Maybe he should have that checked into?

11 posted on 11/10/2006 10:57:41 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vayo'mer HaShem, za`aqat Sedom va`Amorah ki rabbah; vechatta'tam, ki khavedah me'od.)
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To: Stoat
"If you do this favor for us......Free Cocaine for a year."
12 posted on 11/10/2006 11:54:17 AM PST by wolfcreek (A personal attack is the reaction of an exhausted and/or disturbed mind.)
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To: wolfcreek

I can state without fear of contradiction, such an offer would hold no interest for Michael Moore. Try again.


13 posted on 11/10/2006 12:08:06 PM PST by redbaiter
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To: redbaiter

Why's that? You think he's *above* doing drugs? Don't let all that blubber fool ya.


14 posted on 11/10/2006 1:18:29 PM PST by wolfcreek (A personal attack is the reaction of an exhausted and/or disturbed mind.)
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To: wolfcreek

If he was interested in free blow his body mass would be somewhere south of Moby Dick.


15 posted on 11/10/2006 3:35:38 PM PST by redbaiter
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To: Stoat
Yeah, we'll trade you your hastages for Michael Moore, Noam, Je$$e, and everyone elso on your mailing list.

Heck, we'll even be generous and throw in enough to buy Michael a week's worth of food...

16 posted on 11/13/2006 7:11:23 AM PST by Fudd
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