Bogota Hostage Rescue: Military Costumed as Aid Workers Duped FARC

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Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor (New NP Highlighter not working)

After FARC was duped out of releasing their hostages, one can only imagine a conversation between two Elder FARC commanders talking on the phone, perhaps it goes something like this ,

Franco: Hey Miguel did ya hear what happened today? 

Miguel: I know, I know, damn Kids today,  "Terrorist Ideology and Terrorist help is so hard to get nowadays, not like the old Che Guevara days, when Marxist discipline, Proletariat Manifesto, the struggle of the classes and shoot em ups was the word of the day, Nope those days are gone, Ya, know these young kids today, with their Ipods, Rap music, MTV , MySpace,and MacDonald's, just don't get us anymore!

Franco:  I hear ya, the good old days are gone.  Whatta we gonna do?  I mean Geez Miguel it's not like we can get the older guys to buy our Marxists blather, they all know the scam!  I hear even Fidel "Bless his Marxist Cotton Socks" is holding on barely.

Miguel:  Maybe we should get Michael Moore to give the Troops a Pep Talk?

Franco: Ooookay  (pause) but tell em Saradon and Penn aren't invited, they're too Lefty even for me!

Miguel: Yeah, we don't want to "Creep out the Troops"!

Franco: Okay, well... finish your "Moon over my Hammies" and we'll chat later!  

Yep, that is how I see the conversation going down!  I bet their (FARC) faces are Red.~Some Rebels who willingly released the hostages, will be doing Jungle Dirt Naps.

It shows the Captors ain't particularly bright, when complete strangers walk right up to them out of the blue and say "Halo" nice day we're having, oh by the way that Big Leader guy said we could have all your hostages okay? You don't need to call him to confirm cause he's at Denny's eating his Moon over his Hammies breakfast special, to which the Farc captors reply, "Oh" Okay, here you go, take em! 

This Rescue seems to be right out of a Friggin Monty Python Skit!~

One wonders what style of costume one wears to dupe jungle guerrillas?  One can be assured anything that is not camouflaged must be absolutely Dazzling (Like jingling Car keys to a two year old) to Jungle Terrorists who are used to living, eating, sleeping in the jungle.   Military dressed as aid workers told FARC they were on orders from a Top Guerrilla Leader to take the Hostages, one can assume a Phone call to confirm was out of the question.  Ballsy, is all I can say about the Military Rescuers!

Apparently a similar ploy was used in the past in Venezuela to free hostages from another left wing faction.  I guess since living in the jungle, FARC don't get a lot of news coverage over these kind of Scams.   But you can be assured, next time they will not be fooled by Military disguised as  Aid Workers.  May I suggest to the military next time they need to free future hostages, that disguised as Vegas Showgirls, TV's Evangelist Benny Hinn, or That Annoying Zorbee TV spokesperson,  may be a perfect ploy next time. The List is endless!

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2008/07/06/6079341-sun.html
Costumed rescuers duped rebs
By IAN JAMES, AP

BOGOTA -- Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.

The would-be envoys had honed their accents in acting lessons: Italian, Arab, Caribbean Spanish, and Australian English -- "identical to Crocodile Dundee," Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos said as he explained how Columbia's military duped the rebels into turning over 15 hostages.

Santos said military intelligence agents had infiltrated the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, so that guerrillas believed the hostages were being moved on the orders of top rebel leader Alfonso Cano for negotiations on a hostage exchange. To play their roles, some soldiers wore Che Guevara T-shirts.

Video filmed during the rescue shows the hostages filing grim-faced toward the helicopter in a grassy clearing fringed with a coca field, then embracing and weeping with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.

Presenting the video at a news conference, Santos said Wednesday's elaborate ruse intentionally mimicked two hostage handovers brokered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this year.