There's a use for everything

That most repulsive of fashion accessories, the Che Guevara T-shirt, played a key role in rescuing hostages held by FARC:

Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.

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The hostages, who had been divided in three groups, were taken to a rendezvous where two disguised helicopters piloted by Colombian military agents were waiting. Betancourt said her hands and feet were bound, which she called "humiliating."

The pilots, she said, were posing as members of a relief organization, but "they were dressed like clowns," wearing Che Guevara shirts, so she assumed they were rebels. [via Tim Blair]

Damian P.

Update: it takes a lot to make Pat Buchanan look reasonable, but an MSNBC host pulls it off.

Posted by damian at July 3, 2008 10:39 AM