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To: cripplecreek

"Chavez isn't very bright. The Russians screwed him when they sold him thousands of junk assault rifles a while back."

Can you provide a reference to this?

13 posted on 05/21/2006 7:03:43 PM PDT by Trinity5

To: Trinity5

There was a story posted here at FR a few months back but I don't have a clue how to dig that one up.

16 posted on 05/21/2006 7:07:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)

To: Trinity5

"Chavez isn't very bright. The Russians screwed him when they sold him thousands of junk assault rifles a while back."

Can you provide a reference to this?

Reference is here:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20060406.aspx

18 posted on 05/21/2006 7:12:13 PM PDT by Old Guard Conservative

To: Trinity5

But relations with another ally, Russia, have soured over a deal in which Moscow is selling 100,000 AK-47s to Venezuela. The South American country was counting on receiving new rifles, but Russia has shipped a number of refurbished models, prompting Caracas to halt the deal, the U.S. sources said.

http://journals.aol.com/republicanlady2/WinningtheWaronTerrorism/entries/1444

http://www.ocnus.net/cgi-bin/exec/view.cgi?archive=91&num=23692

24 posted on 05/21/2006 7:19:59 PM PDT by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)

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