Post Bump MamaDearest.
Snip: The warships were scheduled to arrive in Tartus, a point of logistics supplies of the Russian navy on Saturday, according to preliminary information.
The unholy alliance of Islamic Narco-Terrorism
Snip Jan 7, 2012: Narco-terrorism in the service of America's enemies was discussed by Dr. Vanessa Neumann, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, in a December, 2011 E-note: "Venezuela and Iran are strong allies.... Iran also has a growing direct influence in Latin America, spurred by three principal motivations: 1) a quest for uranium, 2) a quest for gasoline, 3) a quest for a base of operations that is close to the US territory, in order to position itself to resist diplomatic and possible military pressure, possibly by setting up a missile base within striking distance of the mainland US, as the Soviets did in the Cuban Missile Crisis. FARC, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda all have training camps, recruiting bases and networks of mutual assistance in Venezuela as well as throughout the continent... Latin America is an increasing source of funding for Middle Eastern terrorism.... Hezbollah has high-level officials directly involved in the South American cocaine trade and its most violent cartels, including the Mexican gang Los Zetas.... The Tri-Border Area, South America's busiest contraband and smuggling center, has long been an ideal breeding ground for terrorist groups..."