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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:07 PM
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Venezuela blasts U.S. decision not to extradite bombing suspects
Venezuela blasts U.S. decision not to extradite bombing suspects

www.chinaview.cn 2006-04-19 10:51:26

CARACAS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez issued a statement on Tuesday criticizing the United States for not deporting two Venezuelans linked to 2003 bomb attacks on the Colombian and Spanish embassies in Caracas.

The decision not to extradite Jose Antonio Colina and German Varela, who were former Venezuelan national guard officers, showed that Washington believed "there is good terrorism and bad terrorism", Rodriguez said in the statement.

On April 12, a U.S. court declined to extradite Colina and Varela, currently held at a U.S. immigration center in Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas, saying that they might be persecuted or tortured.

Rodriguez said that the torture allegations were a "pretext", noting that there were no cases of torture under President Hugo Chavez's seven-year rule.
(snip/...)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/19/content_4447084.htm

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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:13 PM
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1. Bush protects his terrorists
while he decries the terrorist bombing that killed Lebanese Premier Hairiri. Bush is a piece of work!
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 11:34 PM
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28. HE LIKES GOOD TERRORISTS
Negroponte hires them to do his "dirty work"
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:34 PM
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2. The last nation that did likewise got invaded & occupied.
Except that nation DID offer to hand over the suspect, if proof of guilt was shown to them.

Just ask bush.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 10:35 PM
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3. no cases of torture under President Hugo Chavez's seven-year rule
Can't say the same, can ya, bush.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:18 AM
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12. NO HE CAN'T
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:58 AM
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14. Thanks for the great depiction.....What I indeed find hilarious is
this gangster administration is sending Karen Hughes to the South American counties to boost the our wonderful image.


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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 12:08 PM
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22. LOL
Thanks for the laugh
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 04:24 PM
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26. Fantastic photo! Now THAT'S realistic.
There's no doubt a refined, polished diplomat like Karen will clear up that misapprehension some Americans are complete assholes.

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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 05:24 PM
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42. Excellent post. It says it all!
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 11:39 PM
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4. Now we have to bomb ourselves for harboring terrorists...except 'good
terrorists' work for us, I presume.
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NorthernSpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-18-06 11:39 PM
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5. 'you're either with us, or you're with the terrists!'
Bush and his regime are on the side of the terrorists in this case. There's no other conclusion to draw.


On April 12, a U.S. court declined to extradite Colina and Varela, currently held at a U.S. immigration center in Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas, saying that they might be persecuted or tortured.


Notice that this accusation is hurled against a government that has not practiced torture -- by one that has, repeatedly.

Brave words from the Abu Ghraibniks!

:eyes:
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 01:03 AM
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6. i guess only the US is allowed to torture now ?
this is truly disgusting. typical bushco. 'justice'
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 02:33 AM
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7. Yeah, pull our other leg, why not?
From the stronghold of right-wing Latin American reactionaries, good old Miami:
Posted on Wed, Apr. 12, 2006email thisprint this
IMMIGRATION
2 Venezuelan officers won't be sent home
A deal has been reached between the U.S. government and two former Venezuelan military officers currently in custody not to deport them to their home country.
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@MiamiHerald.com
In a victory for two former Venezuelan national guard officers, the U.S. government on Tuesday gave up on its efforts to deport them to their home country, where they face charges of bombing two diplomatic missions three years ago.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and attorneys for ex-lieutenants José Antonio Colina and Germán Rodolfo Varela filed a joint motion asking the Board of Immigration Appeals to dismiss the case.

The move marks a major milestone for a case that has become a long-standing irritant in the worsening relationship between the United States and Venezuela -- and a triumph for the ex-officers who had sought a definite promise by the U.S. government that it would not send them home. Until Tuesday, ICE had signaled it was not giving up on those efforts.

The lawyers for Colina and Varela said a recent State Department report chronicling human rights abuses in Venezuela played a key role in ICE's decision to abandon its effort to deport the ex-officers. In fact, the motion alludes to the State Department report.

''The evidence clearly shows that these gentlemen are entitled to release,'' said Federico Maciá, Varela's attorney. ``There is no credible evidence tying them to the incident at the diplomatic missions.''

HELD TWO YEARS

Colina and Varela have been in ICE custody since they landed at Miami International Airport more than two years ago. They are among the longest-held immigration detainees in the country. Both men repeatedly have denied the Venezuelan charges against them, arguing that they were framed because in 2002 they broke with the government of President Hugo Chávez and joined massive civilian rallies in Caracas calling on Chávez to resign.
(snip/...)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14320958.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yes, you can bet they've been wanted by the Venezuelan government because they dared to join the crowds of oligarchy anti-Chavistas in public demonstrations. That must be the problem. :eyes:

It's just a matter of time until the government also catches up with these OTHER anti-Chavez demonstrators from the same events:

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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 08:33 AM
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8. dang those protesters are hot!!
by the way, what is wrong with protesting?? are you saying they should be imprisoned too?
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:13 AM
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10. They are kinda hot
There is nothing wrong with protesting. However if they are shooting stuff VIA slingshot (like the pic shows) or shooting people with guns (like the 2002 coup attempt) then there is a problem.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:16 AM
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11. maybe she is just defending herself against a poison tipped
arrow??
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 11:58 PM
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30. You know what, I could say something that can possibly get...
me banned, but instead, how about this:



A marble was extracted from the body of Mr Jose Vilas, killed during an opposition protest on March 1st. Commercial media and opposition politicians had claimed that the projectile that killed Vilas came from a military weapon.

The question is, of course, whether their are any military guns that fire marbles, let me think, oh yeah, there are NONE. But slingshots or homemade guns work wonderfully, but you probably have no problem with this.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:49 AM
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13. You didn't express an opinion about the OP, I see. Do you have one? -nt
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:08 AM
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16. I think they should be deported to Venezuela
provided that Venezuela provides credible evidence that they are involved in what they are accused of.

Same with that Posada guy.

The US has every right to be wary of the "justice" system in Venezuela (or Colombia, or Mexico, or Washington DC) but the US cannot harbor criminals just because we don't like their native countries' leadership.

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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:10 AM
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17. Mexico is wary of the US "Justice" system....
As are most countries that have abolished capital punishment.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:13 AM
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19. that's fine, I said Washington DC
I am not against the death penalty myself though.

I am wary of any justice system in latin america frankly. I would not want anything to do with it. The US has its problems too of course and I will not deny that.

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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 11:45 PM
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29. Look at the first pic again...
If someone made the same poster here in the US with President Bush on it, or Clinton, or any other public figure, they WOULD be sent to jail, for threatening the life of a public figure, apparently Venezuela under Chavez has greater free speech than the US does. Also, your cheering of the slingshot assholes shows either ignorance, or the fact that you LIKE violence, to be honest its disgusting, but you like Colombia's President, so I shouldn't be surprised.

JUST an FYI, but have you ever shot a modern slingshot, like the one pictured, at a person, like those "protesters" did. Stick a rock or ball bearing in one of those things and its not just taking out an eye we're talking about here, we are talking about serious injury, possibly even death. Your attitude shows your true totalitarian colors. :puke:
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 02:23 AM
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31. I remembered DU'er "AP" discussing these slingshots back when Wind-and-
whatever posted here.

I did a search and found one of the threads. This definitely confirms what you wrote:
AP (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-08-04 04:44 PM
Original message
FWIW, it looks like Venezuealan oil guy who died in protests...
was shot by marbles.

Some of the deaths attracted much attention, such as the killing of José Manuel Vilas, a former oil industry employee and member of the oppositional organization, “Gente del Petroleo” (People of the Oil). Pictures circulated widely in the news media and in the internet, showing Vilas with his back turned to approaching National Guard troops in the Caracas suburb San Antonio. A second picture then shows Vilas lying apparently dead on the ground. The mayor of the town in which the incident took place, who is a member of the opposition, told the press that the autopsy determined that Vilas was shot by a rifle shot that the National Guard typically uses. However, the website aporrea.org says that documents and pictures it obtained of the autopsy tell a different story, which is that Vilas was killed not by bullets, but by small marbles that were shot at him, one of which was extracted from his body.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1121



A marble was extracted from the body of Mr Jose Vilas, killed during an opposition protest on March 1st. Commercial media and opposition politicians had claimed that the projectile that killed Vilas came from a military weapon.

...

Commercial media and opposition politicians initially accused the National Guard of killing Vilas, and based their claims on the statements by the opposition mayor of the municipality where the event took place. The mayor said the wounds were made by assault rifles like the ones used by the National Guard in anti-narcotics and border defense operations. The wounds would obviously be a lot bigger if made by military-type weapons.

Vanessa Davies indicated that a female National Guard officer who was present at that place on that day also received an impact from a hard object, presumably a marble, in her right shin, but she was protected by her special equipment.

...

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1218
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1208406#1208406



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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 07:25 AM
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32. there were other protesters killed by police
Edited on Thu Apr-20-06 07:58 AM by Bacchus39
not just by other protesters as you claim. http://www.webprowire.com/summaries/71731.html

there is more than one side to the story. I don't believe Venezuela has greater free speech than the US. especially after the passage of the media content law.

also, the desacato laws which make it a crime to "insult" or "disrespect" the president with up to 2 years in prison.

Bush is an asshole. Arrest me.

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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 03:38 PM
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33. I have a question for you...
since you love changing subjects so much, if you said "Bush should be sniped" as an example only(disclaimer: this is only an theoritical example, I think Bush should be thrown out of office LEGALLLY), ok, now that the disclaimer is out of the way, if you put that on a poster, or said it on this board or others, would you be thrown in jail? Simple question.

If so, don't you think it odd that even the Journalists in Venezuela that advocate precisely that have yet to even get a summons for court, much less being arrested? In fact, look here:

http://www.cpj.org/attacks05/pages05/imprison_05.html

So, how long ago was this law passed, and why isn't it enforced? While I'm not a fan of the law, Chavez himself vetoed it and told the legislature to REDUCE the penalties if they want it passed.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:01 PM
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34. current events are passing you by
Ibeyise Pachecho sentenced to 18 months house arrest for questioning the acts of a judge in an article. its in Spanish. Google her name if you need to find something in English

http://www.medioslatinos.com/noticia.asp?id_noticia=2231


Judge sentences journalist to jail while investigation proceeds.


http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16697


yes, I believe it is quite possible that if I had a poster with a target painted on Bush's face parading around publicly I could very well be arrested. Still, there is more freedom of the press and ability to criticize public officials in the USA than Venezuela. Particulary those odious desacato laws that make it a crime to publicly "insult" the president.

but you are wrong in that Venezuela is not enforcing these draconian laws as the links show.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:14 PM
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35. Damn, how wrong can you be!
Edited on Thu Apr-20-06 04:15 PM by Solon
First, the accusation was defamation of character against a General, second, the sentence was reduced to 9 months house arrest, basically showing up to court every 15 days or so is the only requirement. Also, she is accused of posting false information in her articles, on several occassions, in addition to that, one of the coup leaders in 2002, Vice-Admiral Victor Ramirez Perez congratulated Pacheco on her role in the media. "We had a deadly weapon: the media. And now that I have the opportunity, let me congratulate you."

Given this information, I would say of the first offense, that should have been a civil matter, at most, for libel, and in the case of the others, especially if she incited violence or any other offenses of that manner, she should have been thrown in jail, just like she would of here in the States. But instead, she gets probation for the first offense, and the others were dropped, for some reason, I'm not shaking in my boots here.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:23 PM
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36. how many reporters in the US are punished for publishing
false info in the press?? how many could be?? You don't see a problem with that?
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:42 PM
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37. In civil suits they get sued and lose their shirts all the time...
Edited on Thu Apr-20-06 04:44 PM by Solon
In addition to that, we have 5 reporters in jail for not reporting the Iraq war correctly, look at the link I posted. Not to mention the ones we killed outright, including bombing a TV station. If someone posted false info that defames someone else's character, that's called libel or slander, depending on the medium, and is PUNISHABLE, but considering you are probably NOT a journalist, you wouldn't understand the rules that govern the profession. Notice, I said it SHOULDN'T be a criminal matter, but a civil matter only, I never said I agreed with the law as it stands now in Venezuela. But then again, enforcement seems of said law seems to be very lax. You have to understand, the TV stations there are all opposition owned, and EVERY DAY, they advocate "Taking out" Chavez or various other MVR politicians, in addition to calling them mentally unstable without evidence and many other actions that would NOT be tolerated here in the United States at all. They make Fox News seem to be the representation of rational tolerance, to put it kindly.

Considering the haphazard way in which this particular law is enforced, in addition to the extremist nature of the media itself, it seems the law was only passed to calm down the more radical members of Bolivarian Revolution. Another thing to understand, just to be clear, Chavez would be considered a Moderate within his own nation, he's the Middle there, there are a large amount of Communists in Venezuela, and while he doesn't agree with them, he's trying to assuage them just enough to NOT have a violent revolution on his hands. Its a balancing act between the outright Fascists on the Opposition side, and the Communist factions on the extremist left, and Chavez is caught in the middle. Venezuela is NOT like the United States, to them, class is VERY important, and because of that, the lower and upper classes are much more radicalized than they are here.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:49 PM
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38. tv stations have been fined too
so it is just the tip of the ice burg. the Ven. government selectively prosecuting the press based on whim apparently. I am glad you don't like the law at least. that is a start.

Chavez has radicalized and polarized the classes due to his rhetoric. the us versus them attitude.

calling Bush or Chavez an asshole should not be crime. it is in Venezuela at least the Chavez part.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:56 PM
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39. LOL, that's a lie if I ever heard of one...
Chavez has radicalized and polarized the classes due to his rhetoric. the us versus them attitude.

Chavez did that all on his own huh? Its not like the Upper Classes stole BILLIONS out of the public oil company for decades, or the fact that they have had kangaroo elections that were shams for the longest time. It wasn't like the Rich in that country helped in any way shape or form, considering they think that the brown poor people were born just to serve them. Please, keep it up, really, its amusing.
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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 05:14 PM
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40. a figment of your imagination
unless you can point us to some links....Oh forget it. Yours is a faith based assessment.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 09:11 AM
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9. Terrorist is such a harsh word...
We prefer the term "militant" for people who target civilians and are friendly to us.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:05 AM
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15. "freedom fighters"...
like ariel sharon and david ben gurion were...
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:12 AM
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18. So, how much were these two paid by the CIA?
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 11:19 AM
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21. Did they attend the "School of Americas" here too?
Perhaps there's some sort of policy that defends anyone that graduates there and prevents their extradition! Might be interesting to check on that possibility!
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 12:17 PM
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23. Good question. Here's a bit of background on these two >>>>>>
Edited on Wed Apr-19-06 12:22 PM by Roland99
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/venezuela/colina.htm

And Porter Goss was deep into Latin America and Gen. Rodriguez is linked to the 2002 coup attempt on Chavez (which we all pretty much know the US was behind)

And an interesting thread on another forum re: Venezuela (and an interesting take on possible reasons for US intervention in the Middle East - a wall around Russia with Northern Africa next up after Iran)
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread73330/pg2


Some 9/11 conspiracy links in this
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread86262/pg1
perhaps this is related to the business dealings Sibel Edmonds is being kept from revealing?

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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 12:30 PM
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24. Our "freedom fighters" are called "disgruntled employees"...

Sibel Edmonds noted this yesterday in accepting her PEN First Ammendment Award...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=966835&mesg_id=966835
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 12:44 PM
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25. cool....thanks for the link on Sibel!
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ronnie624 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 12:52 AM
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43. Interesting thread
Edited on Fri Apr-21-06 12:54 AM by ronnie624
in your second link. The garbled yappings by the poster called American Mad Male seem to typify the "arguments" by practically every Chavez hater I have ever crossed paths with--always premised on their belief that the United States has the right to attack and invade other countries simply because we can and they possess a resource that is "vital to our interests".

How profoundly stupid.

"And here is where you are wrong. It is our (the US) buisness what is going on their.:eyes: They are our 3rd leading oiler importer(wtf) - to me that makes our futures mutually tied together." (emphasis mine)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 10:56 AM
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20. They weren't "terrorists", they were "freedom fighters"
See? There's a fine line between intelligence and utter stupidity.
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sofa king Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 05:30 PM
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27. Interesting that the terrorists fled to the United States.
I wonder if we'll "lose" them, like the Taliban lost that guy... what was his name?
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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 05:22 PM
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41. Isn't it though. I'm real glad to see Venezuela demand the US get
serious about the real terrorists in this world.
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anotherdrew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 01:15 AM
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44. they need to slap some sanctions on us
bush - turn over that damn bomber, it's the lawfull thing to do.
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 01:46 AM
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45. This bloothirsty idiot has decided to request U.S. citizenship.....
US Puts off Green Card for Posada

Washington, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The hearing to request US citizenship for terrorist Posada Carriles, which would have been held on Thursday, was postponed by the authorities till Monday.

Experts of the Immigration and Customs service will have to interview the criminal of Cuban origin and consider the nationality request presented by his lawyers.

Posada Carriles, ex CIA agent, remains in a detention center in El Paso, Texas, due to an immigration crime and not for his terrorist record.

The criminal was arrested by federal police agents in May, 2005, after entering the United States illegally from Mexico.
(snip/...)

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BF4B557A7-F79B-4CB9-A380-40AD2C4294E5%7D)&language=EN



Young and old Luis Posada Carriles


Torture Victim Speaks Out Against Luis Posada Carriles
by LP Wire Sunday, Jul. 17, 2005 at 8:05 PM

Today, a detailed article released in Venezuela alleges vicious torture and murder committed at the hands of Luis Posada Carriles and others.

Caracas, July 17 (LP) A man previously tortured under the orders of Posada Carriles in Venezuela revealed a list of more than 60 people killed by groups led by the Cuban born criminal.

Angel Bastides, a former member of the Communist Youth, then arrested by a group from the Police General Division (DIGEPOL) headed by Posada Carriles, denounced that many of the killers are still free.

Bastidas ascertained Posada, already wanted by Venezuelan justice from the United States, has played a role in the repression of civil rights activists in the 1960 and 70´s.

Venezuela is currently clamoring for the extradition of the Cuban born terrorist with a Venezuelan citizenship, responsible of the blowing of the a Cuban plane in mid-air, which took the lives of 73 people.

In an article published in “Todo Adentro” weekly edition, Bastidas recalls that Posada was one of several Cubans counter-revolutionaries hired by the Venezuelan government during the term of 1965 -1970 to lead repression.
(snip/...)

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/1717266.php
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Piotr Donating Member (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-23-06 07:52 PM
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46. No cases of torture in Venenezuela under Chávez?
Edited on Sun Apr-23-06 07:58 PM by Piotr
Maybe, but there have been many, many reports:

Reports by Amnesty International on Human Rights violations in Venezuela including torture:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15354.shtml
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/venezuela/document....
http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/ven-summary-eng

In Spanish: number of documented reports of torture received by the Defensoría del Pueblo in Venezuela:
http://www.defensoria.gov.ve/detalle.asp?sec=140505&id=987&plantilla=8

An OAS report on torture in Venezuela dating from 2003:
http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/venezuela2003eng/chapter5.htm

From that report:

"357. The national NGO, Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz documented 145 cases of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, perpetrated by officials of the state security services between 1999 and the first half of 2003.<163> According to the General Coordinator of the organization, Mr. Alfredo Ruiz, the figures given in the report show that during the period documented there was a large number of violations of the right to humane treatment, the vast majority of which remain unpunished.<164>

358. According to a report by the same organization, the methods of torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment used in all of these cases are both physical and psychological. The most common are to threaten to kill both the victim and his or her relatives; verbal aggression; blows and kicks; to throw them down stairs or against the floor and walls; to move them blindfolded and with hands and feet bound; isolation without food; and to leave them naked. Other methods employed are immersion of the head in clean or dirty water, burns and sexual torture. Furthermore, mistreated people are normally held incommunicado for almost a week and denied access to medical and legal services during that time. The report mentions that, according to the statistics analyzed, the populations worst affected are males aged 14 to 24 and 25 to 34.<165>"

From the Human Rights Watch overview of Venezuela page (http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/venezu12258.htm):

"Police Killings

The killing of three innocent students in the Kennedy district of Caracas on June 27, 2005, highlighted the violence and lawlessness of Venezuela’s police forces. Leonardo González, Erick Montenegro, and Edgar Quintero died after police from the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) and the Criminal Investigations Police (Cicpc) opened fire on their car when they were returning from the university. The police reportedly confused the students’ car with a vehicle they were pursuing, and opened fire when it failed to heed an order to stop. González’s body was found in the street near their car, with a bullet wound in the eye. According to an eyewitness, men in civilian clothes wearing hoods captured Montenegro and Quintero in an alley, made them lie on the ground, and shot them in cold blood. The police reportedly planted weapons on the scene to make it appear that they had been fired on first.

Hundreds of police executions have been reported over the past several years, although the problem long predates the current administration. While the Attorney General’s Office and the human rights ombudsman have denounced these abuses, little progress has been made in prosecuting the police responsible or introducing the reforms necessary to combat the practice. In August 2005, the Attorney General’s Office announced that it was investigating 5,520 presumed extrajudicial executions—involving 6,127 victims—committed between 2000 and July 31, 2005. Of 5,997 police and military personnel allegedly implicated, prosecutors have filed charges against 517, and at this writing only eighty-eight had been convicted (1.47 percent). "

"Venezuela: Torture and brutal repression by the army". Includes two images.
http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200403...

An article on torture in Venezuela, dating to April 2004.
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=14835
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