Posted on 02/25/2005 4:06:48 AM PST by alekboyd
The item is that the French ambassador in Caracas, Pierre-Jean Vandoorne, did meet with Rodrigo Granda sometime in April 2004. This Granda is of course the "foreign minister" of the FARC who was arrested last December in Caracas, whisked to Cucuta, and became the cause of the latest diplomatic rift between Bogotá and Caracas. It is also the same Granda that walked around Venezuela as if nothing, who became a Venezuelan citizen "very easily" and just on time to vote on August 15 (for Chavez it is presumed). It is also the Granda that has just being implicated in the kidnapping and murder of the daughter of a Paraguayan ex-president. A very nice fellow this Granda, to the point that Colombia is already willing to send him to Paraguay to stand trial.
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It's been said before.....Chirac has never met a communist or terrorist that he won't do business with.
Ah, the Europeans. The Spanish socialist PM Zapatero is planning his fourth visit to Latin America in a couple of weeks. This trip is specifically to VZ to meet with Chavez for undisclosed purposes.
He had tried to keep it secret, but Chavez apparently talked about it yesterday at some kind of meeting in VZ and the Spanish press picked it up.
France, at least, does not appear to have supplied military materials to VZ - yet. But remember that France, in addition to the strange Betancourt connection, is also holding Carlos the Jackal, Chavez' favorite Marxist/Islamist terrorist. Who knows what's going on with all of these connections?
Carlos is quite possibly the preeminent illustration of the green-brown-red axis, which has been spoken of so much in the wake of the Sept. 11th massacres.
There is also a rather prominent field commander within the terrorist group FARC that is a convert to Islam.
Signs to be weary of, indeed.
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
It is likely that the French are seeking a discount on cocaine purchased from the FARC. In a tit for tat move, I certainly hope that Porter Goss has created a team to go after French interests.
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