Reply #42: The RW is pushing a story that Chavez gave al Qaeda $1 million... [View All]

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... after 9/11:

Shane Connor, a Texas businessman who has traveled several times to Venezuela and interviewed military officials who have quit the Chavez regime, tells AIM that Air Force Major Juan Diaz Castillo, a former pilot for Chavez, has revealed his own role in the payment of $1 million from the regime to al Qaeda after 9/11. Connor said this disclosure made headlines in Venezuela but not in any major American newspapers. Connor also said there is evidence that a controversial bioweapons lab reported to be in Cuba has been secretly transferred to Venezuela. The location has been posted at www.MilitaresDemocraticos.com, a Web site in English for opponents of the Chavez regime.
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Mind you...I do not believe this. But it's being distributed as a Right Wing talking point and has yet to be debunked. I heard it on a local 'Rush-lite' radio broadcast in NW Ohio on Thursday.

If anyone can debunk this, please post it as a stand alone topic.