US: Venezuelan officials aided drug traffickers

[Bacchus39]

Source: yahoo news

US: Venezuelan officials aided drug traffickers 4 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - The United States has accused two senior Venezuelan government officials of aiding drug traffickers in Colombia.


They are Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios and Henry de Jesus Rangel Silva, both high ranking intelligence officials. A former government minister, Ramon Emilio Rodriguez Chacin, was also named.

The U.S. Treasury said Friday the three materially assisted the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, describing the leftist group as a narco-terrorist organization.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/us_venezuela;_ylt=ArOGrM56fwaxv2ohhRf2m_23IxIF

[redqueen]

1. It seems like they're really going into overdrive with the anti-Venezuela stuff...

makes one wonder.

[bitchkitty]

3. Nothing to wonder -

there are those on this board whose dicks get hard at the thought of a war with Venezuela. So they post stupid propaganda like this.

I look forward to these threads, though, because our more intelligent and passionate posters, who know what the hell they're talking about, usually check in to slap the fools down.

[santamargarita]

34. Just more "Bush Crime Family" lies and bullshit!

~

[mrJJ]

2. Duh

I wonder how many Opium Drug lords are on the USA's payroll in Afghanistan? Wait.. we don't do that. We only get our intel from the "good guys"

[shadowknows69]

4. Oh just start WWIII and get on with it already

So I can start learning the language of whatever country kicks our ass.

[Bob Dobbs]

5. So, they are helping the CIA? That's a good thing, right.

What bullshit propaganda.

The narco-terrorists are the CIA and their fascist fellow travelers.

They just don't want the competition from the leftists.

[DCKit]

9. Heh, what you said. n/t

[tazkcmo]

16. yup n/t

[lib2DaBone]

29. How about the CIA Jet used by 911 Hijackers....

..later found in Mexico with 3 tons of Cocaine abord? Ah.. er...does that count as being involved in drugs? Didn't think so.... better send Palin in with the Nukes.


http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6QonBKKMo2gw1e3ql-xUcQEZbVg

[redqueen]

6. Why does your post say "Source: yahoo news"?

I can't find that on the linked page... it clearly says "AP".

And it seems pretty obvious that Yahoo is just showing the AP snippet.

[Bacchus39]

7. the source wasn't there when I posted it, I didn't assume anything n/t

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[redqueen]

8. Are you joking? Yahoo didn't have "AP" in the URL at the time? Or their logo?

Please.


Anyway... you have time to correct it.

[Bacchus39]

11. if it suits you, the source is AP, are you done now???

and no I wasn't kidding. I have encountered this at yahoo several times where the source isn't immediately stated.

[redqueen]

12. Yes, facts suit me. The AP is maligned here, and for good reason. (nt)

[Bacchus39]

14. yeah, when you don't like what they report n/t

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[redqueen]

15. No... only when it's warranted. Like when they use loaded words like "mocks"

to describe Obama's jabs at McCain. That's blatant spin.


Are you not going to correct the blatant lie in your OP?

[aggiesal]

20. AP was recently purchased by Rupert Murdoch, ...

They have started to lean to the right on all their stories.
Basically becoming the FOX of print media.


Oooops, my bad.
He may have only joined the Board of AP.
I'm sure he'll have nooooo influence which way to lean a story.:sarcasm:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/rupert-murdoch-joins-associated-press-board/

[redqueen]

24. When the "Bridge To Nowhere" lie first hit the wires, they were second only to FOX

in their effort to spin it as no big deal. Transparent as hell.

And it makes the prominent "Source: yahoo news" claim pretty transparent too. :rofl:

[bitchkitty]

10. More Associated Propaganda, brought to us by

our very own Bacchus.

Sweetie, there's more truth in the adjacent Better than Botox video ad than in that stupid "article".

Got anything else?

[Bacchus39]

13. so are you saying the US is NOT accusing the government officials???

did you see me make any comment on it??

[bitchkitty]

17. Oh, please.

You didn't have to comment, dear. I know you and I know your opinion on Hugo Chavez.

[Dogtown]

18. Damn, Backie!

Where's Z-Man and the Sockies? Not fair of them to make you face us alone...

[Festivito]

19. Well, really, our intelligence officers WOULD NEVER:

...be called out by AP as, not even selling or distributing, but as HELPING drug traffickers.

Mainly because AP is a corrupt right-wing toady shill.

[subsuelo]

21. drumming up drug charges

typical

[AlphaCentauri]

22. Hey! the Gestapo is controlling the black market

These are some of the current operation our Gestapo had created.

The Nuclear black market that never existed
The outsourcing of torture
Import cocaine from our Ally colombia
Heroin black market from the middle east
Infiltration of the DNC and RNC protesters
.....

[redqueen]

23. Ahaahahahahahahah "Source: Yahoo news"

:rofl:

Sooooooo telling.

[High Plains]

25. It would be no surprise if there were corrupt officials in Venezuela.

The profits from black market drug trafficking are enormous, and so are the temptations. In fact, I would be shocked if there weren't Venezuelan officials working with traffickers. That's been the case in all the other Latin American countries.

The US claims that one-quarter of South American cocaine exports go through Venezuela. What is left unsaid is that the other three-quarters is going through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean countries.

[redqueen]

31. Yeah but the other countries play ball. (nt)

[High Plains]

33. You're right.

If you're the US and you're a hypocrite, you can criticize any country in Latin America for drug trafficking if you want; it's all political. I think this is the run-up to "decertifying" Venezuela as not cooperating with US drug policy prerogatives. We decertify our political foes and certify our friends...

[Peace Patriot]

26. Har, har, har, har, har, har!

Notice the "ap" hidden in the url (AP = Associated Pukes).

:rofl: x 1,000.

[Highway61]

27. Yeah right.....

And I weigh 102 lbs and have a striking resemblance to Angelina Jolie. How do "they" know who is doing what and where? Anything to stir up the pot(no pun intended) and take the focus off.

[cartach]

28. SO WHAT ?

The U.S. government is the biggest narco-terrorist organization in the Middle East. Actively encouraging the continuance of opium production to appease the warlords in Afghanistan. Source of 90% of the world's supply of heroin. Another example of U.S. bullshit.

[AlphaCentauri]

30. We maybe near to another hostage release

Venezuela might be negotiating it with the colombian rebels, no surprise if this is a sabotage.

[Satyagrahi]

32. They are targeting intelligence officers after Venezuelan intelligence uncovered a coup plot?

Mr Carvajal Barrios is a military intelligence director who has protected Farc drug shipments from seizure, claimed the US statement.

Mr Rangel Silva is another intelligence chief who had pushed for greater co-operation between Venezuela and the Farc, the US Treasury alleged.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7612778.stm

Wow.

That is the best confirmation yet that the plot was real.