Friday, February 27, 2009

US Hostages' Chronicle Critical Of Betancourt

This Sept 19, 2008 file photo shows Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, center, meeting with the three Americans who were held hostage for more than five years by a FARC. guerilla group in Columbia, from left, Patricia Medina, Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, Jo Rosano (Gonsalves mother) and Marc Gonsalves, at the Colombian embassy in Washington. A memoir of their 1,967 days as rebel hostages titled "Out of Captivity" is being released Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

From AP:

BOGOTA (AP) — A memoir by three Americans held captive by Colombia's leftist rebels for 5 1/2 years is anything but flattering to Ingrid Betancourt, the most famous hostage who shared their jungle cavalry.

The chronicle of the U.S. military contractors' 1,967 days as rebel captives is a striking survival tale, describing their pain and perseverance, mind-numbing boredom in jungle cages, forced marches in chains, close calls under fire and ultimately, a miraculous rescue.

But the most provocative revelation of "Out of Captivity" deals with Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician kidnapped a year before they were marched into the gulag they say she dominated.

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My Comment: In times like this .... you know who your friends are.

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