Entebbe II: Colombia hostage rescue - the Israeli angle
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FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio
Leaders of the Colombian FARC rebel movement were paid millions of dollars to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Swiss radio said on Friday, quoting 'a reliable source'. The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army 'were in reality ransomed for a high price, and the whole operation afterwards was a set-up,' the radio's French-language channel said.
Saying the United States, which had three of its citizens among those freed, was behind the deal, it put the price of the ransom at some $20 million.
Posted Jul 4, 2008 08:08 AM PST
Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
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Freed hostage Betancourt returns to hero's welcome in France
The Jewish Sarkozy can bask in the reflected glory.
Ingrid Betancourt returns 'home' to France - but doubts emerge about 'daring' rescue
Íngrid Betancourt - Wikipedia She was quite the pain in the butt at one time for the corrupt US-backed Columbian government. You will notice the Wikipedia entry has already been zionised except for the "ant-corruption activist" part. Ask yourself why a leftist would be held hostage by a leftist guerilla group? The old Polish saying goes, if you don't understand why something happens in politics, it's the money.
Ingrid Betancourt put aside her quiet life as an expatriated mother to return to her country and fight 17 years ago. She condemned corruption, violence, and fought for remote economic areas and for the poor.
Columbian by birth, Betancourt first worked for the finance minister trying to change things from the inside. Faced with the lack of results, she decided to run for office.
She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 then to the Senate in 1998.
Betancourt then created the "Oxygen" party and decided to run for president in the May 2002 elections.
Behind the Colombia hostage rescue
The release was not because of Betancourt
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Last update - 08:48 04/07/2008
Colombia hostage rescue: the Israeli angle
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was released after six years in captivity on Wednesday, compared her "impeccable" rescue operation to Israeli commando operations.
Perhaps she did not know it, but Israel indeed contributed to the elaborately-planned, daring rescue mission.
Betancourt, who was kidnapped in 2002 by Marxist rebels in Colombia (FARC), was rescued without a shot being fired. Colombian military agents, who had penetrated FARC's leadership, instructed her guards to transfer her to another rebel group.
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FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio
Leaders of the Colombian FARC rebel movement were paid millions of dollars to free Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, Swiss radio said on Friday, quoting 'a reliable source'. The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army 'were in reality ransomed for a high price, and the whole operation afterwards was a set-up,' the radio's French-language channel said.
Saying the United States, which had three of its citizens among those freed, was behind the deal, it put the price of the ransom at some $20 million.
Posted Jul 4, 2008 08:08 AM PST
Category: COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS
Just when McCain was down there to stand in the limelight! Shades of the October Surprise!
U.K. file on Entebbe contains claim that Israel behind hijacking
Freed hostage Betancourt returns to hero's welcome in France
The Jewish Sarkozy can bask in the reflected glory.
Ingrid Betancourt returns 'home' to France - but doubts emerge about 'daring' rescue
Íngrid Betancourt - Wikipedia She was quite the pain in the butt at one time for the corrupt US-backed Columbian government. You will notice the Wikipedia entry has already been zionised except for the "ant-corruption activist" part. Ask yourself why a leftist would be held hostage by a leftist guerilla group? The old Polish saying goes, if you don't understand why something happens in politics, it's the money.
Ingrid Betancourt put aside her quiet life as an expatriated mother to return to her country and fight 17 years ago. She condemned corruption, violence, and fought for remote economic areas and for the poor.
Columbian by birth, Betancourt first worked for the finance minister trying to change things from the inside. Faced with the lack of results, she decided to run for office.
She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 then to the Senate in 1998.
Betancourt then created the "Oxygen" party and decided to run for president in the May 2002 elections.
Behind the Colombia hostage rescue
The release was not because of Betancourt
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m
Last update - 08:48 04/07/2008
Colombia hostage rescue: the Israeli angle
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was released after six years in captivity on Wednesday, compared her "impeccable" rescue operation to Israeli commando operations.
Perhaps she did not know it, but Israel indeed contributed to the elaborately-planned, daring rescue mission.
Betancourt, who was kidnapped in 2002 by Marxist rebels in Colombia (FARC), was rescued without a shot being fired. Colombian military agents, who had penetrated FARC's leadership, instructed her guards to transfer her to another rebel group.
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