Posted on 03/04/2007 5:21:36 PM PST by nypokerface
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he believes enemies including the CIA are out to kill him, and called U.S. diplomat John Negroponte a "professional killer."
Chavez said Venezuelan officials have intelligence that associates of jailed Cuban anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles also are involved in plotting to assassinate him.
He said the death plot idea has "gained weight" due to various factors, including the recent appointment of Negroponte, the former director of national intelligence, as deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"Who did they swear in ... there at the White House as deputy secretary of state? A professional killer: John Negroponte," Chavez said.
Chavez did not elaborate, but his government has previously accused Negroponte of playing a key role in the Contra war against the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua when he served as ambassador to Honduras — a haven for clandestine Contra bases — from 1981 to 1985.
U.S. Embassy officials could not immediately be reached for comment, but they have denied Chavez's repeated accusations that they are plotting to oust him.
Chavez was asked about reports of assassination plots during a televised interview.
"They have assigned special units of the CIA, true assassins, who go around not only here in Venezuela, in Central America, in South America," Chavez said, without elaborating.
He added that while Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative, remains jailed in the U.S. on immigration charges, "Posada Carriles' people are very active in Central America and searching for contacts in Venezuela ... They are going around searching for explosives in large quantities, thinking about a sort of car bombing or searching for ground-to-air missiles, thinking about the presidential plane."
Chavez did not give details. His government has demanded that the U.S. extradite Posada Carriles, a naturalized Venezuelan, to stand trial for allegedly masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. Posada Carriles denies involvement in that incident.
Maybe we should make his fantasies come true...
If you ever needed to put a face on "modern mental illness"....
only the al-AP would hang on every utterance this scum makes. Sheesh!
If Chavez would just shut up, he'd be easier to ignore. The man is not as important as he thinks he is.
This is a no downside opportunity for anyone in his country to kill him. It is George Bush's fault.
We can do that
Hmmmmm! With all these assassins lurking out there, I'll bet ol' Hugo has trouble sleeping at night. So, he takes a few pills to help him sleep. But that leaves him groggy in the morning, so he takes some pills to "energize" during the day.
The scrambled eggs will be ready soon!
Didn't thoughts like this lead the late Chinese commie madman Chairman Mao to order all the dogs in Peking killed?
According to my calculations, this makes the five hundred sixty fourth time this year that Chavez has claimed that a conspiracy to kill him is afoot.
Hey Hugo...Ted Koppel is still waiting on your proof from your last claim.
Let me guess what comes next...rounding up political opposition under the auspices that they are CIA affliates?
Why doesn't Hugo just man up and stop selling us oil if he hates the "imperialistos" so much?
He hates the US, but loves him some dollars.
Negroponte's response should be, "I am not a professional killer. I command professional killers."
Hugo "Paranoid" Chavez with more brillant insight..
"Paranoia strikes deep......"
Huey gets more screwy.
Venezuela is in desperate need of a Pinochet.
Hugo used to have a little parrot wearing a red beret that he took with him to all his speeches (I haven't seen it for awhile). I think even the parrot was saner than Hugo.
VZ definitely needs some kind of Terminator. It's a pity the generals didn't do him in when they had him out at the airport, although unfortunately, Hugo's paranoia aside, I think the only reason he's alive is that the generals probably got a call from the US State Dept. Some thanks he gives us!
Is anyone NOT surprised here? This reminds me of Stalin's paranoia -- and 100 million people died for it...
Dear Huey. If and when we want to send a "professional killer" to pay you a courtesy visit, please be assured, you will be the last to know of it. In fact, you will never even see it coming.
Regards,
The Government of the United States.
If the U.S. wanted the jerk dead....he would already be dead..
Semper Fi
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