Posted on 07/23/2006 10:52:25 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Bogota, Jul 23 (EFE).- Five members of Conservation International and a cameraman working for the environmental organization were kidnapped in northern Colombia by suspected members of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, guerrilla group, Colombian media reported.
The group was caught by surprise by ELN fighters in the hamlet of La Paz, which is close to Sincelejo, the capital of Cesar province, some 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from Bogota, according to radio and television reports.
The environmentalists had left Sincelejo last week and were working on a project to protect sections of the Serrania del Perija, a mountain range rich in plant and animal life that marks the border between Colombia and Venezuela.
Police are searching for the kidnapped environmentalists. EFE ocm/hv
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Who do we pay so they keep them? /sarc
Actually, hope nothing permanent happens to the environmentalists, except maybe a reevaluation of their beliefs.
Betcha its going to be Like "Ruthless People", with DeVito
I'm betting a few days with the enviros and the guerrillas will seek asylum some place.
Hmmm, who to root for here.
But this can't be! These guerrillas are understanding, kind people who care about the environment and our cause!
There is a god after all.
ELF's captured by ELN's. Interesting. I'll send money so they keep them. No sarcasm either!
Huh. Another "Life imitates South Park" moment.
APf
Life imitates South Park again, when the environmentalists are kidnapped by the rebels.
"You white Americans make me sick! You waste food, oil, and everything else because you're so rich, and then you tell the rest of the world to save the rainforest because you like its pretty flowers."
All we need is "Getting Gay With Kids" to sing their song.
"There's a place called the rainforest; it truly sucks a**.
Let's knock it all down and get rid of it fast.
You say, "Save the rainforest," but what do you know?
You've never been to the rainforest before.
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
To tell you things you might not like to hear.
You only fight these causes 'cause caring sells.
All you activists can go f*** yourselves!
Someday if we work hard, boys and girls,
There'll be no more rainforests left in the entire world!
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
To spread the word and bring you cheer. Yeah!
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
Let's knock down the rainforest! What do you say?!
It's totally gay! It's totally gay!"
Don't send money, send Algore down there to save them. They probably would look upon Al as a high priest or something.
echoes of the film "Salvador"
So... what's the problem here?
Probably more like Proof of Life. It's more about money than politics. What a bunch of idiots running around in rural Columbia.
Re my 15: My bad. The correct name of that "priest" was Camilo Restrepo Torres. As all good terrorists should be, he was shot and killed by the Colombian army. But ELN is alive and well as you can see.
ELN was Castro's creation. The suck just as bad as the FARC. All communist narcoguerrillas are odious.
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