[Infellgedq]

They certainly got well and truly FARCed over...

[Payodcapy542fro]

Who captured CESAR????? When!?

[realfan87]

The key to the trick was when they duped most of the FARC thugs into beaming over to the USS Enterprise, which the crew had secretly abandoned and left on a timed destruct sequence.

[xiaoselangone]

This is an amazing story. Fiction has nothing on this.

[indahouweres]

Originally posted by DanS
This is an amazing story. Fiction has nothing on this. Though very shortly it will become a film based on reality, which pretty much is fiction.

[MADwanker]

"three US defence department contract workers" English translation: "mercenaries."

[addyta.org]

Originally posted by DanS
This is an amazing story. Fiction has nothing on this. If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an
improbable fiction.

[Bejemoelemymn]

Originally posted by Kidicious


True. In fiction you have the good guys and the bad guys. There's nothing good about the US or Colombian govts. Oh, God, Kid agrees with me

[Numbiydq]

Freedom fighters fight for freedom.
Mercenaries fight for money.

[MeatteCen]

There's nothing good about the US or Colombian govts. 82% of the Columbian populous (propably more after this) disagrees with you.

[toponlinecasinoer]

Originally posted by Kidicious


And coffee Coffee drinkers are less likely to have heart attacks, says a recent study.

[PhilipBartew]

Colombia Lied? Huh? Now who woulda thought Colombia would lie about the FARC?

Originally posted by Forbes.com PARIS (Thomson Financial) - 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.

[pataagusata]

This was pretty funny stuff.

GO FARC!

[RaicickKida]

Spin control by Forbes?

[untostaronaf]

For those interested...it's not mentioned, in the translation for this Swiss claim, that the payment was supposedly made to the captured guerrilla commander "Cesar" not to the FARC organization.

In other words, more than a "ransom", the Swiss allegation is that it would be a bribe or reward to "Cesar", who was on the helicopter when this all took place.

If you want to look this up, it's even on Wikipedia, to make it easy.

Oh well, what the hell does it matter...Ingrid is free, and I say bye.

[UHlVExs7]

Originally posted by Patroklos


82% of the Columbian populous (propably more after this) disagrees with you. And even more of the US populous. So what?

[b91ZmxzX]

He said fight for money, not make it.

[Progniusis]

Seeing how a FARC leader was captured in the operation, the bribe theory seems weak. If it is true and FARC sold-out one of its own leaders then their not showing a lot of internal loyalty and will probably crumble as members sellout the leaders who are selling them out.

[JNancy46]

Originally posted by Kidicious


True. In fiction you have the good guys and the bad guys. There's nothing good about the US or Colombian govts. Oh yeah, but FARC is really pleasant. Holding hostages?

In the American Revolution we just held Cornwallis' dogs, and they wanted to stay........

ACK!