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U.S. ties Caracas to Hezbollah aid
washington times ^ | 7/7/08 | Martin Arostegui

Posted on 07/07/2008 5:29:36 PM PDT by Flavius

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon.

An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two.

"It is extremely troubling to see the government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor for Hezbollah facilitators and fundraisers," said Adam Szubin, political affairs director of OFAC.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; gwot; hezbollah; hizballah; hizbullah; iran; lebanon; venezuela; wot
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1 posted on 07/07/2008 5:29:36 PM PDT by Flavius
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2 posted on 07/07/2008 5:31:10 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: Flavius

Didn’t we used to have a “Wet Room” at the CIA?


3 posted on 07/07/2008 5:31:16 PM PDT by mortal19440
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RECAP:

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "HIZBALLAH IN VENEZUELA: WILL THE U.S. MOVE?" by Gustavo Coronel (Posted June 23, 2008)

JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "'US INTEL: HIZBULLAH ATTACK IMMINENT'" (Updated June 20, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC NEWS): "U.S., CANADIAN INTEL AGENCIES: HIZBALLAH 'SLEEPER CELLS' ACTIVATED IN CANADA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There is no credible information on a specific target, according to the officials. Suspected Hezbollah operatives have conducted recent surveillance on the Israeli embassy in Ottawa, Canada and on several synagogues in Toronto. according to the officials. Latin American is also considered a possible target by officials following Hezbollah's planning.") (June 19, 2008)
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WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. TIES CARACAS TO HEZBOLLAH AID Freezes assets of envoy, businessman" by Martin Arostegui (July 7, 2008)

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (AP): "'VENEZUELAN DIPLOMAT HELPED HIZBULLAH'" (Updated June 19, 2008, 4:09)

TREAS.gov - THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HP-1036: Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS HIZBALLAH IN VENEZUELA" (June 18, 2008)

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DOUGLAS FARAH.com - blog: "IRAN MOVING BANKING OPERATIONS TO VENEZUELA" (May 30, 2008, 09:45)

4 posted on 07/07/2008 5:36:07 PM PDT by Cindy
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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


5 posted on 07/07/2008 5:36:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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lula says chavez thinks bush tried a coup against him in 2002.

too bad it didn’t work, if true.


6 posted on 07/07/2008 5:45:27 PM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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To: SlowBoat407
Shocked!

The banking system in these countries are a joke, I'm surprised they even found this out.

I'm sure the Democraps in congress helped track it /s

7 posted on 07/07/2008 6:03:59 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two.

Venezuela, you have lost your country. You have been sold out.

8 posted on 07/07/2008 6:19:09 PM PDT by marron
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I’ll bet we start seeing Lebanese hashish coming into the U.S.A. via Venezuela with Chavez taking his cut. SOP for commies and muzzie terrorists.


9 posted on 07/08/2008 1:49:46 PM PDT by darth
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