Sensational News: Ingrid Betancourt + 3 Americans rescued in Colombia

I know it's not Thailand related but still think a lot of members will welcome the news that Ingrid Betancourt, who was kidnapped by the FARC in Colombia, in February 2002, was rescued today, together with 3 other Americans

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas...mbia/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7486552.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/inter...amp;oref=slogin

LaoPo

No LaoPo, it is not Thai related but still uplifting news, 8 years in limbo and a rescue out of the blue, something to shout about, I'd say.

Also informative, I did not know that Columbian forces were finally driving FARC into more inaccessible places, last I heard they were recruiting outside operatives to train their troops and were, as a consequence being more effective.

So on two counts, good news.

Moss

Ingrid Betancourt, just off the plane.

There was amazing real live footage on CNN and I suppose most of you have seen it on television by the time you read this.

It was a spectacular rescue operation by the Colombian forces.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7486552.stm

Ingrid Betancourt, with her mother Yolanda Pulecio, smiles at her husband Juan Carlos Lecompte

Ingrid Betancourt, with her mother Yolanda Pulecio, smiles upon her arrival at the Catam air base in Bogota

Colombian rebels tricked into freeing hostage Ingrid Betancourt

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...Betancourt.html

LaoPo

Bumped!