Thursday, March 06, 2008

FARC and kidnapping

From the beginning of this entire affair, a common concern has been that the killing of Raul Reyes jeopardized the continued release of people the FARC is holding prisoner. Fortunately, that may not be the case--they just released four of the six people kidnapped in January in a "humanitarian" gesture.

Today is also the march against violence, including that coming from paramilitaries and the state.

3 comments:

Anonymous,  11:24 AM  

Interesting take on an argentinean newspaper,
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elmundo/subnotas/100206-31579-2008-03-06.html

Anonymous,  2:57 PM  

It's that "Insurgent" math.

You start off with 8 Colombians tied to a tree in the middle of the jungle.....and after a couple of GOODWILL releases totaling 8 innocent people freed.....You actually gain 2 New Colombians tied to a tree, and the admiration because of your kindness in releaseing 8 people of several Heads of State in the region.

Amazing!

Greg Weeks 8:01 AM  

It is definitely true that all these hostage releases have much less meaning if the FARC keeps taking more.

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