Jonn Lilyea
Marcha Por La Paz in DC (UPDATED)
Posted by Jonn Lilyea on July 20, 2008
Today in Lafayette Park, on Colombia’s Independence Day, local Colombians gathered by the thousands to demand an end to the tyranny of FARC in their homeland from which many were refugees from the affright of that Marxist terrorist organization. My buddy Kate at A Colombo-Americana’s Perspective says events were held world-wide today.
The theme of the group assembled in front of the White House was gratefulness to the United States for giving them a safe haven from which to speak out, and gratefulness for the aid the Americans have given the military and government in Colombia. They were adamant about directing their anger at FARC. Even at their protest against FARC in February, they included the now-released Americans in those whose release they demanded.
There were also members of the Colombian military on hand to accept their gratitude for Colombia’s recent successes against the narco-terrorists.
One guy kept saying over and over that the most beautiful women in the world were Colombian, so I did my own research, and this is the result;
Of course, this is just preliminary research requiring a more in depth study, but initially, I think I’ll have to agree with the Colombian gentleman.
Unfortunately, the battery on my video camera crapped out on me today, but I did slap together some brief clips when my battery did work and put it at YouTube. There are more photos at my Flickr Photostream set entitled Colombia Soy Yo. Use whatever you like, but give me credit, please.
Kate at A Colombo-Americana’s Perspective has a narrative and more photos.
Noticiero Digital has photos and videos of events around the world.
July 20, 2008 at 7:02 pm
FARC, PLO, same shit different letters.
July 20, 2008 at 7:17 pm
According to Vanguardia, Israel, France and the US participated in the operation for different reasons: France because of Betancourt’s half-French nationality, the US because of the three Americans in the group and Israel in order to maintain good bilateral relations with Colombia and the US.
Vanguardia’s Tel Aviv correspondent said the Mossad operation consisted of two agents unknown to each other separately infiltrating FARC.
The pair managed to penetrate the Marxist guerrilla group so effectively that they ultimately controlled what FARC did or didn’t know, the Catalan newspaper said.
The Israeli and US secret services used unmanned spy drones to locate the camp where the hostage were held, the Vanguardia said.