Venezuela invites Hamas to Caracas

Hamas Politburo Web site, via Judeoscope ^ | 8 Mar 2007 | Staff

[Kitten Festival]

TEHRAN, (PIC)— The Hamas Movement on Wednesday received an official invitation to visit Caracas during a meeting in Tehran between visiting Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolas Maduro and a Hamas delegation.

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas, told PIC that the Hamas delegation led by its political bureau chairman Khaled Mishaal conferred with the Venezuelan foreign minister on overall Palestinian conditions in the light of the Israeli aggressions and the western siege.

[SlowBoat407]

Ahem. Are we not obliged to take stern and decisive action against any state that supports terrorists?

[P-40]

Venezuela better be careful. They may come.

[zarf]

Hamas has been elected by popular vote.

[Mannaggia l'America]

I wonder if "Traitor Joe" Kennedy will be there to greet them and help them get some discounted oil...

[SlowBoat407]

Hamas has been elected by popular vote.

They are still terrorists. They bought the popular vote with Iranian money and populated themselves into power.

[El Gato]

Hamas should ponder the fate of Admiral Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor affair.

We got a hold of his travel plans, and laid on a mission just to shoot his transport down.

With a little advance notice, a carrier could be positioned in the Caribbean, along with AWACS, not that the AWACS would be needed, you can probably track the flight on the Internet.

[Jorge]

Birds of feather flock together.

They deserve each other.

[conservativeharleyguy]

Hamas, and other, seemingly competing terror groups have been freely operating in Venezuela for many years. They have been running a terrorist training camp on Santa Margarita Island since at least the mid 90's (before Chavez, when the Venezuelan government was still somewhat friendly to the US), where they train South/Central American Marxist/Narcoterrorist guerrillas (coming soon to your neighborhood).

Here's an excerpt from Tel Aviv University's "Steven Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism". It is a bit old, and things have only gotten worse since it was written.

..."Since 1994 there has been evidence of radical Muslim groups operating in various areas of Venezuela, in particular in the free port of Margarita Island where a large Arab colony engages in commerce. After the attacks of 11 September 2001, there were several warnings about the presence on the island of groups sympathetic to terrorist organizations in the Middle East.

The independent, privately-owned weekly Quinto Dia (12 July), for example, suggested possible links between the far left FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), which have a base in Venezuela, the IRA, Hamas and Hizballah, and stated that according to Venezuelan intelligence, ties also exist with terrorist groups such as the Indonesian El Gamma Iji, Islamic Jihad and al-Qa‘ida. “Maybe these organizations have begun to spread in South America to the Middle East communities of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil,” it suggested. “The east coast of Venezuela is [already] under their control.”

Ibeyisse Pacheco in his column “In Confidence” in the leading, privately-owned newspaper El Nacional (7 June), reported that on 31 May a meeting was held in Valencia, Spain, at which Middle East agents discussed possible strategies that might be used by Latin America against the US and Israel. They mentioned National Assembly Deputy Tarek William Saab and Abdel Elsabayar, both of Arab origin, as representatives of a friendly Venezuelan government. In her column in El Nacional (9 Oct.), Marianella Salazar claimed that the US had denied a visa to Tarek William Saab, because he allegedly disrupted the legal process against three Arab members of Hamas and Hizballah who were suspected of participating in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA community building in Buenos Aires. They arrived at Margarita Island in November 1999 from Colombia, were arrested by the Venezuelan military on 7 July 2002, and subsequently released...."

[onedoug]

That was 2001/02. It doesn't seem to apply anymore...and never did with Hamas. Instead of destroying this enemy, we're bending over backwards to get them a homeland even if it means throwing Israel to the islamist dogs.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Roger~That...(we need a list)...

[lilylangtree]

Hamas trying to obtain some of that cheap oil as a bargaining tool for more weapons.

[Army Air Corps]

Venezuela/Chavez ping

[Brilliant]

That might not be such a bad idea. Even Hamas could not stomach the hell-hole that Chavez has created.

[GSlob]

A better way would be from a satellite-born laser: above 30000 feet the air is VERY clear, and as its density is low, the sudden overheating of the plane skin will not be instantly cooled but will result in a mechanical failure.

[Dick Vomer]

I remember a guy that used to shoot off his big fat yap, point weapons at us and even tried to kill one of our presidents. ....had lots of money, oil and big army...

he even had other dictators backing him up as well as liberals all over the world and in the United States (democrat party)

whatever happened to that guy?

Chavez, what size neck do you have?