Here we go: Israel: Venezuela, Bolivia Supplying Iran With Uranium for Nuclear Program

[EFerrari]

Israel: Venezuela, Bolivia Supplying Iran With Uranium for Nuclear Program

Monday, May 25, 2009

JERUSALEM — Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

The two South American countries are known to have close ties with Iran, but this is the first allegation that they are involved in the development of Iran's nuclear program, considered a strategic threat by Israel.

"There are reports that Venezuela supplies Iran with uranium for its nuclear program," the Foreign Ministry document states, referring to previous Israeli intelligence conclusions. It added, "Bolivia also supplies uranium to Iran."

The report concludes that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trying to undermine the United States by supporting Iran.

Venezuela and Bolivia are close allies, and both regimes have a history of opposing U.S. foreign policy and Israeli actions. Venezuela expelled the Israeli ambassador during Israel's offensive in Gaza this year, and Israel retaliated by expelling the Venezuelan envoy. Bolivia cut ties with Israel over the offensive.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521731,00.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Right! They got it from Niger, didn't they? We knew that already!

What a LOAD!

They never sleep, these maggots. New week, new filthy lies. They need to realize resistance to this crap is growing day by day. People are starting to recognize their dirty tactics.

Venezuela and Bolivia are close allies, and both regimes have a history of opposing U.S. foreign policy and Israeli actions. Venezuela expelled the Israeli ambassador during Israel's offensive in Gaza this year, and Israel retaliated by expelling the Venezuelan envoy. Bolivia cut ties with Israel over the offensive.

A-holes! Slanderers, liars.

"If you don't support every filthy thing I do, you are my enemy, and I will destroy you if I can manage it." Clowns! They know this is the truth because it was discovered in Uribe's FARC laptop(s).

[EFerrari]

2. The RW has been repeating this for years and Authoized Propaganda

repeats it as if this is new. Par for the course.

[Judi Lynn]

3. It shows they are getting so desperate they'll reach for anything, no doubt about it.

Apparently they don't understand, yet, that their credibility died long ago among people who really READ the news!

[magbana]

4. Well, I guess Barack and Bibi had a little cozier meeting at the

White House than first reported. Sounds like a "scratch my back, I scratch yours." Question is what what did Obama have to do in return for Netanyahu's dangerous accusations about the US' troublesome neighbors to the south?

[EFerrari]

5. If this accusation can be made into a real cloud, it puts State

in a better position to bully Cuba. It gives Israel a stronger distraction from its own illegal weapons activities, too, and it actually supports the RW in Iran. Mission accomplished for the war mongers and their cronies.

[Judi Lynn]

8. It wouldn't get State to commit to more atrocities, either! I wonder if they have kept

the little monster Nazis who were there already, like the Contra propaganda beast for Reagan, Otto Reich, or Jesse Helms former aide, Roger Noriega!

I'm sure they're still around. John Bolton, too. Negroponte? All those ghouls with time on their hands, drooling for a chance to organize some new invasions, death squads, cover ops.

[EFerrari]

11. The Iran-Venezuela uranium claim is the spine of that idiot's book

Doug Schoen.

[Judi Lynn]

6. I think right-wingers are trying to pressure him to make some public statements

to show hostility toward the leftists.

These idiots are way into their Nazi act. They want to fix things so Latin America is the ideal home, once again of all the murderous fascist bastards who tortured, killed, terrorized Latin America up to the time the left started making its moves toward solidarity.

They seem to think they've got to ramp up the pressure now before Obama gets any chance to start figuring out the best way to go for himself. Why should they respect his right to make his own decisions when they can hijack his rights by piling on the lies and bogus pressure?

[Mika]

7. Weird that this thread hasn't been relegated to the I/P dungeon.

Even after an alert. ;) :hi:

[Judi Lynn]

9. Ha! You mean two alerts! n/t

[EFerrari]

10. Did you alert, Mika? I never thought of that!

Oops!

[Mika]

12. Looks like (based on the view #'s) the Lat Am forum is an even deeper & darker dungeon for DUers.

LOL.

But, its my fav. :loveya:

:hi:

[EFerrari]

13. LOL. Well, when I see some of these stories, I post them

to get your thoughts the better to go out and slay arguments with, my dear. Most of you know more than I do and it always helps me. :loveya:

[Billy Burnett]

14. Didn't you hear the news? Hugo Chavez was behind 911.

Then Hugo Chavez helped Saddam smuggle the WMDs to Syria. Hugo Chavez is how North Korea is able to test nukes now also.

I just returned to Miami and heard this.

Fidel used to run the world, now it's Hugo Chavez.



The masterminds of all that is evil.



edit: oops. forgot this :sarcasm:

:hi:

[Idealism]

24. He also makes rap videos and forces MTV to air them!

My god, he is everywhere! Rumor has it he also goes by the pseudonym "Big Papi" and plays professional baseball somewhere in the Americas.

[Judi Lynn]

25. I've seen him in baseball photos. Unbelievable! He's relentless.

http://news.bbc.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/olmedia/525000/images/_528376_chavez150.jpg http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com.nyud.net:8090/img/hugo_chavez_baseball.jpg http://www.pulso.org.nyud.net:8090/English/Current/images/hugo.gif

http://www.mopupduty.com.nyud.net:8090/chavez1.jpg

http://www.independent.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/multimedia/archive/00016/baseball_16658s.jpg

And we know who was his coach!

http://www-tc.pbs.org.nyud.net:8090/wgbh/amex/carter/gallery/images/16.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/Guardian/news/gallery/2007/sep/24/internationalnews/[e-mail]

[Idealism]

26. It's even worse than I thought...

:spank:

[dipsydoodle]

15. I guess such "news" items are an inevitable bi-product

of employing a reporter named Hans Christian Anderson.

It's also interesting to note that the BBC has chosen to totally ignore this obvious fabrication.

[struggle4progress]

16. Uranium Maps (WISE | last updated 16 Apr 2009)

http://www.wise-uranium.org/umaps.html

Soup rise, soup rise! Neither Bolivia nor neither Venezuela seems t'got nary enough known Uranium t'matter much t'nobody

Tuesday, May 9, 2006
COHA Opinion: Washington May Soon Try to Pin the Venezuelan Uranium Tail on the Iranian Nuclear Donkey
... In fact, while Venezuela may possess some yet to be established uranium deposits, there is no evidence that these have been located, let alone worked. Venezuelan officials have vehemently denied charges that the country is facilitating the enrichment of uranium by the Iranians, and even the State Department has minimized such suggestions, noting that while it is “aware of reports of possible Iranian exploitation of Venezuelan uranium,” it does not see any “commercial uranium activities in Venezuela.” Furthermore, the speculated ties overlook the fact that Iran does not particularly need to import uranium all the way from Venezuela for its projects, as it has ample supplies of its own ... http://www.coha.org/NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2006/COHA%20Opinion/COHA_Opinion_06.10_Venezuela_Iran_Uranium.htm

Uranium Links
http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/other/uranium/links.html

[EFerrari]

19. Importation has to be patt of the narrative because the wingnuts

are also claiming that's how Hezbollah and Hamas are getting to the American continent -- on these flights where Hugo Chavez reserves seats for them. :crazy:

[Mika]

17. There's a letter to the editor in the print edition of today's Miami Herald..

.. that asks if anyone has considered that the friendly relations that Venezuela has with Iran will result in an Iranian missile strike on the US launched from Venezuela.

:rofl:

Its not online yet, but if it does show up I'll post it.

[EFerrari]

18. LOL!

[Judi Lynn]

20. A missile strike for Iran from Venezuela, in addition to attacks by the killer sharks

trained by Fidel Castro to scare people away from Florida's tourist beaches, should just about do us all in! Our only hope is to break loose a wild bombing attack immediately on all the leftist countries, to make the world safe for predatory capitalists again.

[magbana]

21. BOREV has the 411 on Bibi, Ven, and Jackson Diehl

OMG Venezuela is Building Iranian NUKES!

kaboom.jpgPsyche, not really. According to the Associated Press, Venezuela hasn't ever even tapped its uranium reserves, much less refined uranium in any way, but that hasn't stopped crazed war nut/Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu from circulating some "secret Israeli government report" to the press citing other, anonymous-er "reports" that Venezuela (and Bolivia!) might be supplying uranium to Iran.

AP wonders aloud if this is just part of Netanyahu's crazy scheme turn the entire Middle East into Bomb-bombzistan, or whether it is maybe ALL TRUE. But, um, no: "The Israeli government report did not say where the uranium that it alleged the two countries were supplying originated from," since again, nobody is mining Venezuelan uranium. At any rate Jackson Diehl must be sporting one hell of "nuclear" erection today, is the point.
Tags:

* Boners
* Jackson Diehl
* Netanyahu
* Rumors
* Uranium






http://www.borev.net/2009/05/omg_venezuela_is_building_iran.html

[magbana]

22. Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Multipolar World After Israeli Accusations

"Venezuela Reiterates Commitment to Multipolar World Following Israeli Accusations
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May 27th 2009, by Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (YVKE archive)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (YVKE archive)

Mérida, May 27th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - A supposedly secret report by the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry, which accuses the Bolivian and Venezuelan governments of selling uranium to Iran for its nuclear program, has been leaked to Associated Press. Venezuela has responded by reiterating its support for all cooperation agreements it has with Iran and by criticizing media's constant demonization of its government.

Israel and the United States accuse Iran of using uranium to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran says its nuclear program is for energy purposes only. The United States is the only country to have ever used nuclear weapons (on Japan at the end of World War II). According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the U.S. currently has a stockpile of 5,535 nuclear weapons, while Israel is reported to have 60-400 nuclear weapons, although it refuses to confirm or deny this.

Israel wrote the three page report for the meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) next week. The private media in Venezuela, Bolivia, Spain, and internationally have used the report to massively circulate headlines such as "Venezuela and Bolivia Sell Uranium to Iran."

The report quotes Israeli intelligence documents alleging that Bolivia and Venezuela are providing Iran with uranium, but does not say where the uranium comes from. According to the Jewish news agency JTA, the report said that Bolivia has uranium deposits and that Venezuela has an estimated "50,000 tons of untapped uranium reserves that reportedly it is not mining currently."

Associated Press cited a report published in December by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace which suggests that Venezuela's recent collaboration with Iran in the creation of joint mining companies "has generated speculation that Venezuela could mine uranium for Iran."

Associated Press said the report accuses Venezuela of issuing permits that allow Iranians to travel freely in South America, and concludes that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trying to undermine the United States by supporting Iran and that Venezuela and Bolivia are violating the United Nations Security Council's economic sanctions with their aid to Iran.

The Venezuelan radio station YVKE called the Israeli report "a new attack by the Israeli government against progressive South American nations who maintain strong bonds of friendship and cooperation with Iran."

YVKE quoted Israeli Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Danny Ayalon, who wrote the document, as saying after the leak, "We see a strategic alliance between Chavez and Ahmadinejad, and this is something very dangerous because it undermines stability... in the whole world." He continued, "I suppose the responsible countries won't allow such a strategic alliance to continue... if aren't stopped they'll have a very powerful capacity to foment terrorism and to kill people."

The Israeli army has killed at least 2000 Palestinians since 2005, according to United Nations statistics.

Chávez has consistently advocated new regional and international organizations that promote peace and are not dominated by the U.S. In an interview with Iranian TV in 2007, Chávez explained that before he was elected, the Venezuelan government didn't have control over its foreign policies, which "were dictated by Washington."

"Today we are independent and have developed a completely independent policy, total sovereignty. We regard our relations with Russia, Belarus and Iran as fundamental and important," Chavez said.

Chavez last visited Iran in April this year, when the two countries opened a joint bank and deepened their bilateral cooperation in areas of food, energy, education, culture, science and technology. They also discussed the creation of joint mining companies. Chavez said during the visit, "We, the countries of the South, need to create some transnational companies that unite us, to confront the power of the transnationals of capitalism."

In response to the report and the media coverage of it, Venezuelan legislator Mario Isea reiterated the Venezuelan National Assembly's unconditional support for all the projects and agreements that Venezuela has with Iran and also urged that Venezuela deepen its energy cooperation with Iran.

Isea said he saw the report and its coverage by the press as a new offensive meant to "demonize the relations between Iran and Venezuela," and emphasized the Venezuelan government's commitment to promoting a "multipolar world based on solidarity and cooperation."

Chavez, speaking from Brazil where he is meeting with the Brazilian president, Luiz Lula, said, "They accuse our government of things all the time - that we're a drug smuggling paradise, that we protect terrorists..." Then Chavez invited the leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to create institutions that put out reports that "aren't subjugated to the interests of the major powers... so that we can have our own voice."

Chavez said, "Enough with the North condemning us and... putting us against the wall."

A Bolivian presidential minister, Juan Quintana, called the report a "barbarity" and assured that the Bolivian government is not selling Iran uranium. He said Bolivia's relationship with Iran is "totally transparent" and involves industrialization projects.

"To what confused person could it occur that Bolivia is developing technology or is promoting and cooperating with the nuclear development of Iran? We're scarcely starting to get basic industry going," Quintana concluded.

The Bolivian mining director, Freddy Beltran, said that Bolivia did have reserves of uranium but they aren't being mined.

Both Bolivia and Venezuela cut diplomatic ties with Israel at the end of last year and the beginning of this year in response to Israel's war on the Gaza Strip. "
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/4473

[Judi Lynn]

23. Good to see Lula's standing against this absurdity publicly, as well.

He's a tremendous friend and someone who's not a puppet for U.S. corporate interests.