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Betancourt not planning to return to Colombia soon

Betancourt not planning to return to Colombia soon 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, the Franco-Colombian politician rescued after more than six years in the hands of Marxist rebels, said she does not plan to return to Colombia for now.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/ts_alt_afp/uscolombiafrancehostag...

By sloopskipper on Jul 10, 2008, 09:28 in Politics & the war. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


sloopskipper says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:28:

bump

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Lisa Zee says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:46:

Smart move!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:47:

I understand her, she is safer abroad who knows what the guerrilla might do.

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tasco66 says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:49:

What does this mean? Now she vows not to return to Colombia until Uribe has exterminated all Farc guerillas?

Bravo, Presidente Uribe for the perfect operation!

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oldbongo says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:53:

obviously, kat must hop over to france, and introduce herself to ingrid.
this would be most helpful to her in this time of post traumatic shock.
as opposed to the disgraceful interview she was forced to endure with larry king.
.....shame on him.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 10, 2008, 09:56:

hi Old bongo nice to see you back ;))

I am off to Paris in August and yes maybe i should go and have a talk with her ;)))

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Lisa Zee says on Jul 10, 2008, 10:03:

"to the disgraceful interview she was forced to endure with Larry king.
.....shame on him."

I agree it was painful to watch. You could tell she was very uncomfortable, she was very composed and classy, he wanted the gory details, but she did not give in!.

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Albatross says on Jul 10, 2008, 10:51:

It couldn't have been any worse than last night with Ann Curry on NBC Nightly News.

"Were you tortured" Ann asked with the most riduculous look on her face... thank God I hadn't eaten yet.
Ingrid replied that it was "too soon" to talk about it... I guess she's waiting to tell all on Oprah.

I miss the good old days when the evening news was worth watching.

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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dwmte7 says on Jul 13, 2008, 11:35:

amen

dwmte

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