http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373915
“Al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq Turns to YouTube”
By Abdul Hameed Bakier
(January 22, 2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1957978/posts?page=7#7
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Venezuelan troops crack down on border smuggling [National guard seizes 750 tons of food!]
whotv.com/Associated Press ^ | January 22, 2008
Posted on 01/22/2008 6:44:42 PM PST by grundle
Venezuelan troops crack down on border smuggling
Associated Press - January 22, 2008 8:43 PM ET
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan troops are cracking down on the smuggling of food and gasoline along the border with Colombia.
An official says the National Guard has seized about 750 tons of food and 9,000 gallons of fuel since tightening security this weekend.
The National Guard has reassigned 1,200 troops to anti-smuggling work along the border. Most of them were already in the region carrying out other duties.
The Venezuelan and Colombian governments are in the middle of a bitter feud. Venezuela is also dealing with shortages of food staples such as milk, rice and meat and the highest inflation in Latin America.
This weekend, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez ordered the military to keep people from smuggling scarce items like milk across the border. He’s also threatened to seize farms and milk plants that sell their milk abroad rather than domestically.