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How do you disguise yourself as a FARC rebel?
2:05 pm on July 6th, 2008 by Ari Savitzky
Buried in the story of the
daring rescue of FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt last week was this ‘lil gem on how the Colombian commandos were able to infiltrate the rebel base and spirit her away:
A white painted helicopter — backed by dozens of others in the area — landed at the rebels’ jungle base at dawn, carrying military personnel masquerading as FARC members. Ms Betancourt said she was disappointed that they were not the aid workers she had expected. Looking at the helicopter crew members, who were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with images of Che Guevara, “I thought, this is FARC,” she said on television, and presumed they were part of a mission to transport the hostages to another location.
Che shirts? Really? That was their disguise? Does this mean that half of disaffected white suburbia could stumble into a FARC base and be treated like one of the gang?
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July 6th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
They WOULD have to speak Spanish.