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Sunday, April 24, 2005
 
Iraq was only the beginning
Venezuela has oil, too:

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that a woman linked to the U.S. military had been arrested while photographing a military installation, and several U.S. citizens were also arrested for taking pictures of a refinery, signs, he added, that Washington may be plotting an invasion of his country.

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Chavez pointed to the arrests of the woman and the other Americans as signs that the United States may be plotting an invasion.

Minutes before announcing the arrests, he aired a video of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, a U.S.-backed effort to topple his close friend, Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Venezuela is a top U.S. oil supplier, but tensions have risen due to U.S. criticism of Venezuela's purchase of 100,000 assault rifles from Russia and to Chavez's criticism of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

Chavez accuses Washington of being behind a brief 2002 coup against him and of supporting other plots to oust him. U.S. officials deny the claims.

It's all about getting enough oil to meet our bloated energy needs. Peak Oil is here. And we are SO not ready...
- posted by TJ @ 10:04 PM
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