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Old 06-27-2008, 06:58 PM
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Chavez is allowing Venezuela to be used as a base of operations for Hezbollah.

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Treasury made no bones about Venezuela's involvement in Hezbollah: "It is extremely troubling to see the Government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor to (Hezbollah) facilitators and fundraisers," OFAC stated.

So what's emerging is a picture of Venezuelan terror sponsorship on multiple fronts, along the lines of Iran.

How did Hugo Chavez's government respond? With contempt: "There are no terrorists here," Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Thursday. "If they want to search for terrorists, look for them in the White House."

Oh really? Nasr al Din is a sitting Venezuelan diplomat in Beirut, and had been its charge d'affaires in Damascus.

Using 12 aliases and a government expense account, Ghazi met Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon to discuss "operations," helped Hezbollah raise money, gave donors Hezbollah bank account numbers, and shuttled Hezbollah members from the Middle East to Caracas. He even arranged Hezbollah travel to Iran for "training."

Back in Caracas, Kan'an kept busy, too. Using six aliases and two travel agencies, he raised cash in Venezuela and funneled it to terrorists in Lebanon as "a significant provider of financial support," OFAC said. In Lebanon, Kan'an met Hezbollah leaders to discuss kidnappings and terror attacks. He made the Iran shuttle runs, too.

Ghazi's connections weren't just with top Hezbollah terrorists. According to Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo, he's close to Venezuela's Vice Minister of the Interior Tarek el-Ayassami, deputy to Interior Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin.

The latter was directly implicated in supporting Colombia's FARC terrorists, and is so thuggish he intimidated even FARC, whose leaders in private correspondence called him "a badass."

This isn't surprising. Chavez is obsessed with confronting the West with the "asymmetrical" warfare of guerrillas and terrorists.

He idolizes not just Fidel Castro for his past as a guerrilla leader, but Venezuela's 1970s-era terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos The Jackal. Both FARC and Hezbollah are modern terrorist instruments he has sought to use.

What's troubling is Chavez is still not on the list of state sponsors of terror, and his confidence seems to be growing more reckless that it won't happen.

It was obvious enough last week when he threatened to cut off oil to Europe over an immigration bill. That signalled a reckless certainty that his oil gives him impunity.
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Well, we can start by pointing out that the article neglects to mention that Chavez has called upon the FARC to unconditionally lay down arms.
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Well, we can start by pointing out that the article neglects to mention that Chavez has called upon the FARC to unconditionally lay down arms.
He had to. He was severly emabarrased when Interpol analyzed the computers captured by Colombia and there was proof of Chavez's support for the FARC. Start a new thread if that's what you want to discuss.

The subject of this thread is Chavez's ties to Hezbollah.
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He had to. He was severly emabarrased when Interpol analyzed the computers captured by Colombia and there was proof of Chavez's support for the FARC. Start a new thread if that's what you want to discuss.

The subject of this thread is Chavez's ties to Hezbollah.
I did, actually.

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Feel free to add to it.

I was merely commenting on something in the article that you presented.
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Incidentally, I would be interested in proof that Chavez is directly tied to Hezbollah.
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Were are the mods calling Bourne a troll and harrassing this behaviour ??? I mean that was the treatment New Gov got. At least the Gov actually variated in topic matter.
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I think this is five threads in one day bad mouthing Chavez.

Is that a record?

FOR the record, Venezuela isn't the only country in the continent where Hezbollah operates. Add Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and probably Bolivia and Uruguay.

Bourne: waiting for your many, many threads bad mouthing the leaders of ALL those countries.

Can you even NAME the leaders of those countries?
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I think this is five threads in one day bad mouthing Chavez.

Is that a record?

FOR the record, Venezuela isn't the only country in the continent where Hezbollah operates. Add Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and probably Bolivia and Uruguay.

Bourne: waiting for your many, many threads bad mouthing the leaders of ALL those countries.

Can you even NAME the leaders of those countries?
I'm interested in Hezbollah's ties to Venezuela. If you'd like to post a similar thread regarding Hezbollah and other Latin American countries, feel free to do so.
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Were are the mods calling Bourne a troll and harrassing this behaviour ??? I mean that was the treatment New Gov got. At least the Gov actually variated in topic matter.
Because I'm not trolling. I'm posting interesting topics with supporting links. If you don't like the subject matter, ignore the thread.
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Because I'm not trolling. I'm posting interesting topics with supporting links. If you don't like the subject matter, ignore the thread.
No. You're trolling.

Just like New Gov of Alaska USED to do. And, you are knowingly baiting people.

And succeeding.

Good work Gov.

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