http://www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=24758
Publicado el 03-15-2007
"EEUU analiza en Managua amenazas de Al Qaeda"
MANAGUA (EFE).
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "EEUU analizará en Managua con militares de Centroamérica, Colombia y la República Dominicana, las amenazas de la organización terrorista islámica Al Qaeda de atacar instalaciones petroleras de los países que suministran crudo a ese país.
Así lo informó hoy en rueda de prensa el jefe del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos, almirante James Stavridis, tras inaugurar junto al jefe del ejército de Nicaragua, general Omar Halleslevens, la Octava Conferencia de Seguridad Centroamericana.
La rama saudí de Al Qaeda ha instado a sus seguidores a atacar a los proveedores de petróleo a EEUU, entre los que mencionó a México, Venezuela y Canadá."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reconoció, sin embargo, que es una decisión de Nicaragua destruir o no los 1.000 misiles, conocidos como Sam-7, que tienen en sus inventarios, y fueron adquiridos de la extinta Unión Soviética durante la guerra civil que vivió este país en los años 80, en el primer gobierno sandinista."
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http://www.inatoday.com/alqmissiles%2032107.htm
"TERROR, MISSILES, AND AL QAEDA"
March 21, 2007
International News Analysis Today
By Toby Westerman
ANALYSIS SNIPPET: "Washington is examining the very real possibility that Al Qaeda will attempt to extend its attacks to include oil supplies headed to the United States, including suppliers in North and South America. The chief of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral James Stavridis, recently met with military representatives from Central and South America during a regional security conference held in Managua, Nicaragua. At the conference, Stavridis shared his deep concern about Al Qaeda infiltration and potential terror strikes, according to a recognized Latin American news source.
Stavridis was particularly interested in the fate of the 1,000 "Sam-7" surface-to-air missiles which are currently in the possession of Nicaragua."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nicaragua
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STEPPING BACK IN TIME...a little bit:
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Ortega seeks closer ties to Iran
DPA ^ | Feb 13, 2007
Posted on 02/15/2007 8:07:36 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Managua - Nicaragua's leftist president Daniel Ortega hailed Iran's Islamic revolution as comparable to Nicaragua's own in the same year, according to a letter released Monday and sent to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the 28th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Republic.
Ortega, who was inaugurated on January 10, first led the country from 1979-90 in a period marked by a civil war between his Marxist- leaning Sandinista regime and US-sponsored Contra insurgents, in which more than 50,000 people died.
'Our revolutions ... are united because we triumphed in the same glorious year of 1979, and because after decades of intense struggle and sacrifice, attained freedom and democracy for out people,' Ortega said in the letter, released by his spokeswoman and wife Rosario Murillo.
Ortega said both countries had confronted 'decisive battles by transcending the politics of imperialism, and by validating alternatives of friendship and cooperation.'
The Sandinista leader also reiterated his desire for closer ties with Iran. Ahmadinejad met with Ortega in Managua on January 13, signing bilateral trade agreements, three days after Ortega's inauguration.
'In Nicaragua, in Iran, we will strengthen our relations, expand our trade, our cooperation and promote mechanisms and instruments to make reality a new era of justice, solidarity, well being and prosperity for our people,' the letter said.
Iran on Sunday celebrated the 28th anniversary of its own revolution.
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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000732.html
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3351763,00.html
Iran’s Ahmadinejad arrives in Venezuela
Published: 01.13.07, 17:51 / Israel News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived here Saturday at the head of a Latin American tour where he hopes to strengthen ties with leftist governments seeking to reduce Washington’s influence in the region.
Ahmadinejad was given a red-carpet welcome at Caracas’ international airport, where Vice President Jorge Rodriguez greeted him at the start of a trip that will also take him to Nicaragua for meetings with newly inaugurated President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla, and to Ecuador, where President-elect Rafael Correa will be sworn in Monday. (AP)