Big deal news just broke here in Colombia. Every single news channel here has been looping the footage. The guerrillas just lost fifteen hostages, including their four high profile bargaining chips: French citizen and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and three American military contractors. the other eleven people were Colombian military and police. The military announced the rescue on TV.
They are saying the guerrilla group was infiltrated and possibly bribed (lower level guerrilla members have killed their own leaders for rewards before, and desertions are more and more common). John McCain happens to be visiting Colombia right now and says he's been speaking to President Uribe about the American contractors, making him seem awfully presidential. That won't be hard for his campaign to spin well.
2 comments:
I thought it was very weird that McCain went to Colombia. Where's the votes in that? But it's always a good thing when people who are held hostage are released.
the hostages are out ? that's great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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