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FARC's 'Human Rights' Friends (the Pelosi connection)
WSJ ^ | 7/7/08 | MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY

Posted on 07/07/2008 5:41:17 AM PDT by DogBarkTree

As we learn more about the Colombian military's daring hostage rescue last week, one detail stands out: In tricking FARC rebels into putting the hostages aboard a helicopter, undercover special forces simply told the comandantes that the aircraft was being loaned to them by a fictitious nongovernmental organization sympathetic to their cause called the International Humanitarian Mission.

It may have taken years for army intelligence to infiltrate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and it may have been tough to convincingly impersonate rebels. But what seems to have been a walk in the park was getting the FARC to believe that an NGO was providing resources to help it in the dirty work of ferrying captives to a new location.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; colombia; congress; farc; geopolitics; hostages; latinamerica; pelosi; wot
I think stretch Pelosi may have stretched her luck a bit to far this time.
1 posted on 07/07/2008 5:41:18 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
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"... I am reminded of President Álvaro Uribe's 2003 statement that some "human rights" organizations in his country were fronts for terrorists. Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd got his back up over Mr. Uribe's statement, and piously lectured the Colombian president about "the importance of democratic values ..."


Anyone who does not believe that the Democrat Party is the enemy of freedom loving people everywhere is in denial.

2 posted on 07/07/2008 5:51:11 AM PDT by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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God that’s monstrous. Anyone connected to this in any way should be stood up against a wall and shot.


3 posted on 07/07/2008 5:58:18 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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... that would be Sen. Chris “VIP Rate” Dodd.


4 posted on 07/07/2008 6:33:26 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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Here’s an easy prediction. Pelosi and her gang of democrats will destroy this country’s good relationship with Columbia after His Anointedness steps up to the throne of the US government.


5 posted on 07/07/2008 7:15:47 AM PDT by BooksForTheRight.com (Fight liberal lies with knowledge. Read conservative books and articles.)
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Pelosi in bed with FARC marxist terrorists ?

I`m shocked, SHOCKED !


6 posted on 07/07/2008 8:47:34 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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