"torresD" <torresd30@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:...
> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3570662,00.html
> Re****t: Mossad involved in Betancourt rescue
>
> Spanish newspaper says Israeli,
> US and French secret services took
> part in operation to free hostage
> from Colombian rebels earlier this month
>
> AFP
> Published: 07.20.08, 17:08 / Israel News
>
> Mossad, the Israeli secret service,
> was involved in the operation to free
> hostage Ingrid Betancourt from Colombian rebels,
> a Spanish newspaper said Sunday,
>
> adding US and French secret
> services were also involved.
>
> "Mossad and the US and French
> intelligence services worked
> for more than a year with the
> Colombian authorities to
> develop the plan,"
>
> Vanguardia said,
> citing an Israeli secret service source.
>
>
> Colombian armed forces freed Franco-Colombian
> politician Betancourt, three US nationals and
> 11 Colombian soldiers July 2 from the jungle,
> where they were being held by the Revolutionary
> Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
>
>
> According to Vanguardia, Israel,
> France and the US had different
> reasons for participating in the
> operation:
>
> 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 correspondent in Tel Aviv
> 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, Vanguardia said.
>
Mossad, certainly did the right thing, in this case,
rescuing Betancourt and the other hostages.
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