FARC Commander gives up

By see-dubya  •  May 20, 2008 08:22 AM

After the devastating strikes on their leadership’s camp just over the border in Ecuador, the FARC has been going through some tough time. Intel gained from their laptops has led investigators around Latin America to caches of money, arms, and supporters.

The information captured there, which was verified by Interpol the other day, continues to pay off on the world stage. It details the FARC’s relations with Hugo Chavez, it led to the arrest of arms dealer Viktor Bout, and it even revealed the FARC’s preference for an Obama victory in the upcoming U.S. election.

Now there’s another dividend–FARC’s top surviving commander “Karina” will fight no more forever. She surrendered this week after 24 years of fighting our ally.

Sounds like a real sweetheart:

Asked about news reports of guerrilla operations she may have participated in, Karina admitted to nothing. “They accuse me of a lot of things I wasn’t part of,” she said.

But Miguel Antonio Paez told CNN en Espanol that he remembers well the woman who, with a band of guerrillas, stopped the bus he was on in 2004 in northwest Colombia, ordered him and the other passengers off and the bus be burned.

“The commander of that guerrilla group — a dark-haired woman, tall, with one eye missing — called herself Karina,” he said.

“She ordered me tied up. Here, I have the marks from the wires, and there, while I was tied up, she lopped off my penis and testicles and I remained castrated for all my life.”

The war will continue, but this is a major victory in Colombia’s decades-long counterinsurgency.

It’s also a victory for Plan Colombia, which both U.S. Senate liberals and the FARC have long opposed.

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  1. #327256
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:26 am, cicerokid said:

    Looks like Hugos’ cache of friends is diminishing. Can’t be a bad thing!

  2. #327264
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:36 am, kcnut said:

    Owww that messed up about that karina did to that guy. Hope she get her.

  3. #327268
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:38 am, bironetworks said:

    Little heads up on the AM posts that involve weiner mistreatment is much appreciated.

    nearly choked on my coffee.

  4. #327269
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:38 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    It’s also a victory for Plan Colombia, which both U.S. Senate liberals and the FARC have long opposed.

    Are liberals always on the wrong side of the issues? Rhetorical.

    Good on them.

  5. #327275
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:48 am, mojoe said:

    Now he’ll be available to serve on Obama’s cabinet.

  6. #327288
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:58 am, Truesoldier said:

    Let me guess both Hugo and Obama are now claiming that the files, verified by Interpol, are all part of a vast right wing conspiracy that is meant to make the loveable Hugo and the master of change Obama look bad in the public eye.

  7. #327289
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:00 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Thanks for keeping this out front see-dubya.

    That woman is pure evil which can only mean the ACLU is sending a team of lawyers to her rescue.

  8. #327291
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:01 am, radio relay said:

    So, are Sean Penn, and Danny Glover, flying in to give her a big hug, and condolences from their buddy, and her benefactor, Hugo?

    Can’t wait for her ugly mug to be plastered on t-shirts and sold to the useful idiots on the left for wear at their innumerable protests.

  9. #327312
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:19 am, Joemantler said:

    She just wants to rejoin society? Is that how it works now? Conduct warfare for 20+ years, than just say “olly olly oxen free”?

    Surely not.

  10. #327319
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:22 am, Jim M. said:

    Bernadine Dohrn unavailable for comment.

  11. #327322
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:23 am, terrig said:

    Radio Relay, I was thinking the same thing. How long before her mug is on flags and banners at the May Day or anti-war “celebrations”.

  12. #327325
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:24 am, abstractmind said:

    Chalk up one for the good guys.

    Hope she gets everything that’s coming to her.

  13. #327335
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:31 am, GladzKravtz said:

    BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) — The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia’s Force 47 told reporters in Bogota Monday — a day after surrendering — that “the solution is not through war. There must be dialogue.”

    Mrs. Obama, could ‘Karina’ be hitting on your husband???

  14. #327341
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:37 am, Boomer said:

    I can only hope more information will be made public. The desire of the world’s most savage terrorist organizations to have the “empty suit” as our next President is very chilling. Almost as chilling as the treatment of innocent civilians at the hands of this “Karina” may she be dealt an appropriate level of justice for her crimes against the citizens of Columbia.

  15. #327362
    On May 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am, mycroft69 said:

    These successes at outing and defeating FARC, Chavez, and all their associates will inflame the Democrats. They will obstinately refuse to give any form of assistance or aid to Colombia until it becomes Communist.

  16. #327377
    On May 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    After 24 years with the FARC, Karina said she wants to reintegrate with society. “At this moment, what I am thinking about is reuniting with my family and with all of society,” she said.

    Joemantler #9 — That was my exact thought! So she just wants to take her toys and “go home” now. Puh-leeze! Chalk one up for the good guys.

  17. #327387
    On May 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am, Dimsdale said:

    I don’t know about you guys, but I would give Miguel Antonio Paez a half hour with her in a soundproof room.

    Maybe a few dental tools as well…

  18. #327433
    On May 20th, 2008 at 10:54 am, spo-con said:

    Theres a very slim chance that any of this information is going to sway Pelosi. Once a devout Leftist, always a devout Leftist. If Hugo proclaims that all information on the laptop is lies, she will believe him. Birds of a feather ! This latest arrest won’t change her mind.

  19. #327440
    On May 20th, 2008 at 11:00 am, bayou22 said:

    Miguel Antonio Paez is now running a futile campaign in the democratic primaries as Hillary Clinton. Ouch!

  20. #327443
    On May 20th, 2008 at 11:00 am, spo-con said:

    #6 Truesoldier. Answer> Hugo will still smell like cherry blossoms and Bush is STILL Hitler. The Lefthanded beat goes on.

  21. #327488
    On May 20th, 2008 at 11:36 am, tropicalwave12 said:

    the woman who….ordered me tied up. Here, I have the marks from the wires, and there, while I was tied up, she lopped off my penis and testicles and I remained castrated for all my life.”

    Bring on the man-hattin’, feminist code-pinks in 5…4…3…

  22. #327521
    On May 20th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, libocrat said:

    If only Karina would lop off Nancy Pelosi’s testicles and penis.

    Sean Penn could not be reached for comment.

  23. #327563
    On May 20th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, gandolphxx said:

    Obama will rush down there to meet with her – advise her on how to become a college professor in Chicago.

  24. #327580
    On May 20th, 2008 at 12:34 pm, libocrat said:

    Is she holding a fund raiser for Jesus Obama?

  25. #327634
    On May 20th, 2008 at 1:13 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Another Obama supporter disenfranchised…

    Not to worry, as gandolphxx points out, there are innumerable opportunites in higher education for terrorists.

  26. #327652
    On May 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pm, BrianNY said:

    “She ordered me tied up. Here, I have the marks from the wires, and there, while I was tied up, she (FARC’s top surviving commander “Karina”) lopped off my penis and testicles and I remained castrated for all my life.”

    Unless this poor guy, Miguel Antonio Paez, lists “labor leader” as an occupation, I don’t think the American Left is gonna have much use for him.

  27. #327656
    On May 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm, MarcTheInfidel said:

    I hope this news about the FARC being weakened brings about the release of the American DoD contractors taken prisoner in Feb. 2003.

    Few people even remember that the FARC has American held captive.

    I pray they are home soon.

  28. #327669
    On May 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm, undrseige247 said:

    I’m glad they nabbed the FARCin’ Commander. She’s real hot btw.

  29. #327685
    On May 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm, Ordinary Coloradan said:

    I think NOW will hire her. She’s already proven she can do their kind of work, re: Mr Miguel Antonio Paez.

  30. #327700
    On May 20th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, supersean said:

    I was in Bogota over the weekend and the people there are feeling even safer and even more confident in their war against the narco-thugs. The transformation of the security situation in Colombia under Uribe has been nothing more than spectacular.

    This is how you win a war on terror… dedication, determination and execution.

  31. #327708
    On May 20th, 2008 at 2:15 pm, Cicero said:

    How long before Buraq Obama pronounces her “a respected figure in Colombian politics”?

  32. #327824
    On May 20th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, Chuck said:

    When Uribe retires can we hire him to run Homeland Security? He can start with the ACLU and Code Stink.

  33. #328023
    On May 20th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, graysonret said:

    With Obama as President, she would receive a white house reception for the purpose of “talks”, of course. I suspect that Chavez will come out and state that “this shows the U.S. is about to invade us any day now.” I’m glad to see some good news today. :)

  34. #328079
    On May 20th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, almeehan said:

    When I lived in Colombia, a band of FARC G’s blockaded an army truck on the outskirts of Villavicencio. The truck was transporting raw recruits who were unarmed. The FARC, led by a woman stood at the back of the truck and fired automatic weapons into the mass of men and slaughtered them all. I am so ashamed of our gutless congress who essentially are doing the same thing figuratively speaking to the American and Colombian people.

  35. #328269
    On May 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pm, starlightwoman said:

    It will be interesting to see the information on the computers. I would like to know who they are donating to. It would be interesting to see if some Democrats names come up.

  36. #328447
    On May 21st, 2008 at 12:46 am, Vivita said:

    But Obama’s ‘gringos’ were happy to pass on to FARC the good news that Obama would be voting against the Colombia free trade pact and would gladly cut off US military aid to help the FARClings. When is he going to come clean on this and admit what he has done?

  37. #328460
    On May 21st, 2008 at 1:14 am, Vivita said:

    There were 8000 email addresses in that FARC computer. I would really like to see them and find out how many Democrats in among them – Jim McGovern, Bill Delahunt, Joe Kennedy, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, George Miller – the whole Chavista nesting ground in US Congress. I really hope it has the bribe amounts if any were paid, too. It’s good that FARC kept good records.

    Or, it would be nice to see President Uribe save all this news up for a late October surprise this year to give Obama and his FARC-klatsching pals something to think about.

    All that sucking up to FARC and they all thought they could get away with it.

  38. #328464
    On May 21st, 2008 at 1:34 am, Vivita said:

    What happened to Miguel Antonio Paez is probably listed as item 244 or 247 on President Uribe’s Web site here.

  39. #328467
    On May 21st, 2008 at 1:37 am, Vivita said:

    Some lovely photographs of the FARC doing what the FARC does best – it’s on President Uribe’s site.

  40. #329599
    On May 21st, 2008 at 10:08 pm, supersean said:

    Wow…. Velveeta I am impressed you actual can contribute value to a discussion!

    Thanks BTW for the PDF link forwarded it to many who need to see the real side of the FARC.

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