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Colombia: Betancourt, US hostages freed (hurrah for McCain!)
breitbart ^ | 7/02/2008 | breitbart

Posted on 07/02/2008 12:34:40 PM PDT by milwguy

BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops on Wednesday after years in captivity, the government said.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: betancourt; chavez; colombia; democrats; farc; hostages; latinamerica; mccain; mccaindidnothing; rescue; sarkozy; shamelessmccainplug; terror; uribe; wot
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To: indylindy

“It does mention Sarkozy.”

The account of Sarkozy I read simply stated he had no comment at this time. Looking forward to more updated information.

Regardless this is excellent news. What about the others though? Apparently up to 40 were being held, or did I misread that?


21 posted on 07/02/2008 12:59:19 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: rockinqsranch

McCain was here in Indy yesterday. I doubt he went down there and secured a release in a few hours. This addition to the headline has not been proven to be true.

Is Hillary runing Mccain’s campaign now?


22 posted on 07/02/2008 1:01:36 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: ishabibble

I really wish you people would just shut up when McCain does something right. You and your cronies never miss a chance to knock him, and I’m really sick of it. He did a good thing. Sit down and shut up.
_________

As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.


23 posted on 07/02/2008 1:04:17 PM PDT by dmz
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To: dmz

“As regards this story, what did McCain do at all? Not knocking him, just wondering what ‘good thing’ he did. You seem to know something hidden from the rest of us.”

Even the rumor of a good thing is enough to excite them. They can’t push his on and off record. What are they to do?


24 posted on 07/02/2008 1:08:01 PM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because ya can't blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: indylindy

“Is Hillary runing Mccain’s campaign now?”

LOL, beginning to wonder.


25 posted on 07/02/2008 1:08:14 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: milwguy

Doesn’t this sorta look like the Columbian government could have done this any time they wanted to?

Rather than look good, this is rather troubling to me.

I’m glad for the rescue, and wondering how long they held off for the right time to execute it.


26 posted on 07/02/2008 1:08:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ( I say no to the Hillary Clinton wing of the Republican party. Not now or ever, John McCain...)
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To: ishabibble
I really wish you people would just shut up when McCain does something right.

Oh, please, McCain had just as much to do with this as the blind guy selling pencils down on the corner.

This is a great victory for our friend President Uribe and his wonderful country and a blow against FARC, Hugo, et al.

27 posted on 07/02/2008 1:11:01 PM PDT by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: dmz

McCain was not involved in the operation, but he had a press conference from Colombia this morning and was in public full support of Uribe. This is a plus for him and plan Colombia.

Latest information here, in Spanish;
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15649

There are videos of the press conference the minister of defense (Colombian) gave explaining operation “Jaque” (As in ‘check’ from checkmate).

15 hostages were rescued, Betancourt one of them, the 3 American contractors, and the others were Colombian police and military members.

The Americans were found by the river “Abacoris”(sp) taking a bath, and with 2 Colombians on two (possibly their captors).

No word on casualties, it sounded like the FARC members were captured alive.

They had 2 helicopters, one picked everybody the other was backup. The 2 hostage takers, one of them was the “leader”. Surprised it was only 2, maybe the rest were killed ...


28 posted on 07/02/2008 1:13:06 PM PDT by ElCapitanAmericaLives
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To: rockinqsranch

Next thing we will here is that McCain had to run to safety after undergoing a barrage of sniper fire.

If McCain was behind it, fine. I do not see any proof of that yet. It isn’t honest to lead people to a conclusion that is false or not proven.

But....it is great news indeed.


29 posted on 07/02/2008 1:13:15 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: indylindy

here=hear caught it too late!


30 posted on 07/02/2008 1:13:59 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: TADSLOS
"Chances are that he reached across the aisle to FARC and promised them a trade deal too."

Weaselly and pathetic statement by you. Crawl under a rock and stay there.
31 posted on 07/02/2008 1:24:09 PM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)
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To: ElCapitanAmericaLives

If McCain was not involved in the negotiations, then why is he given the credit?

When I hear how he negotiated the release, I will give him credit. A press conference at a convenient time....geesh


32 posted on 07/02/2008 1:24:18 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: indylindy

True, let’s not try to turn this into a “Hillary under sniper fire” kind of episode by giving McCain unwarranted credit.

I assume that it MIGHT be possible that the Colombian govt. and/or military made a sudden renewed effort to find hostages, camps, etc. in honor of McCain’s visit...... but we would hope that they had not knowingly held back from rescuing anyone whose location they knew about just to time this with McCain’s visit!! Now THAT would become a scandal for the loony left. Just watch, that will be the new talking point on lefty websites......


33 posted on 07/02/2008 1:24:55 PM PDT by Enchante (OBAMA: "That's not the Wesley Clark I knew!")
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To: DoughtyOne

I am sure the Colombian gov’t waited years to rescue the Americans. They figured they would wait until a guy with a middle name Hussein had a chance to win the White House before they would rescue them.

FARC is being decimated. The computers recovered a couple months ago have been a treasure trove of info on FARC’s structure and their relationship with HUGO and his buddies. 3 of their top leaders have been killed or died in the last few months. URIBE has them on the run, and is the most popular President in South America. MCCain happened to be there when the raid was launched. Good for him, because if anyone knows what the hell of being held captive by marxist animals is, it is Sen McCain.

I hope tonight we see pictures of our men with Sen McCain standing next to them.


34 posted on 07/02/2008 1:25:09 PM PDT by milwguy (........)
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To: King of Florida

True enough, but I was reacting to the millionth McCain slam I’ve seen here on FR in the past few days. The release of these people is wonderful news, so why does some spoiler have to wreck it?


35 posted on 07/02/2008 1:25:41 PM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: ishabibble

“He did a good thing. Sit down and shut up.”

What did he do now?


36 posted on 07/02/2008 1:25:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (McCain or Obama? Calf brains in walnut sauce or boiled liver with Brussels sprouts?)
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To: AuntB

McCain was in Indianapolis for money yesterday. How convenient. I will apologize when I hear that he negotiated the release.

Shame conservatives are becoming fabricators like dummies.

Nothing is this Breitbart piece even mentions Juan.


37 posted on 07/02/2008 1:27:11 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: indylindy

Look smart ass, many of us don’t agree with many of McCain’s views but he at least he knows who the enemy is and why we are at war and his youngest son getting ready for his second tour in Iraq.

The choice is Marxist Obama or McCain. IF you want the Marxist, you would feel mor comfortable at DU.

Bobby Barr, anti war, pro gay marriage, pro leagal drugs,
and on the ACLU payroll. You can have him.


38 posted on 07/02/2008 1:28:30 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Don't Blame Me - I Supported Duncan Hunter)
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To: milwguy

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME HOME Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes Welcome Home. Oh and welcome back to the world Ingrid Betancourt. I am celebrating


39 posted on 07/02/2008 1:28:43 PM PDT by Cripplehawk
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To: indylindy

He is not taking the credit, but nobody should ignore the importance of him being there today in Colombia supporting the Uribe government, who gets a lot of criticism from the Democrats. That, has a lot of significance, plus we shouldn’t keep ignoring South America like we have for so long. The thread of Chavez still looms in the region, and Uribe is our ally. McCain meeting with him, is a good sign.

More on the operation, from the noticas24 article;

Seems like the Colombian military has infiltrated the FARC “secretariat” and somehow fooled them into ordering moving the hostages.

They followed them into boarding a helicopter which turned out to be from the Colombian military. At that point they were “neutralized”.

They are currently flying the hostages to San Jose del Guaviare, then they will be moved to the Tolemaida aerial base 190km from Bogota. Hope we see some video tonight.

CIA was involved in locating hostages.


40 posted on 07/02/2008 1:31:46 PM PDT by ElCapitanAmericaLives
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