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Re: U.S./Columbia paid $20 million to FARC (4.00 / 2)

It said that the US, which had three citizens among those freed, was behind the deal and that "the whole operation afterwards was a set-up".

I thought Sarkozy took the credit?

Oh, I forget, it's Sarkozy l'Americain.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:17:54 PM EST
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Re: U.S./Columbia paid $20 million to FARC (none / 1)

Count Chocula l'Americain.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Jul 4th, 2008 at 02:35:56 PM EST
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Re: U.S./Columbia paid $20 million to FARC (4.00 / 3)

You missed the fact that McCain was actually there in person. I'm sure he'll try to get the credit. And Ha'aretz has an article in which Israel tries to get credit, while protesting that they are not. Can Blair be far behind?

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Sat Jul 5th, 2008 at 12:28:21 AM EST
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