Turkey stops suspicious shipment from Iran to Venezuala

[Comrade Tovya]

Jackson50 said:

Comrade Tovya said:

MrBubbles said:
although...perhaps this wasnt destined for venezuala at all....perhaps it was headed through venezuala. off the top of my head... columbian rebels.

Anything is possible, but Iran and Venezuela have been courting close ties as of late (since Bush tagged them both as being part of the "Axis of Evil").  So it actually makes sense that it would be going there.  Secondly, the arms that get shipped to the Colombian cartels tend to go thru Venezuela as of late to avoid seizure of the cargo by the Federal forces of the Colombian Military.  Venezuela first, and smuggling over the border is the safer alternative.

Venezuela was neither listed in the Axis of Evil (Iraq, Iran, and NK) nor the Beyond Axis (Cuba, Syria, and...Sudan or Libya (I forget which one)). Anyway, I suppose possible arm shipments could be intended to supply FARC rebels. It is already suspected that Venezuela supplies them with money and minor weapons. Iran and Venezuela have also used rhetoric that would indicate a joint willingness to support select rebel groups. I am curious to see how this issue resolves itself.

 

 

Actually, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea were the "original" axis of evil.  Venezuela and Cuba were later tagged the "axis of evil" as well (by rep. Henry Hyde I think).  The link I posed is only loosely tied to it, but I gotta run up to my warehouse real quick, and I'll find and post the original link later when I get back.

Really, the "axis of evil" comment is a mute point to the overall discussion anyway (unless you and I are going to start nitpicking each and every point again?)  The real point is, that Iran and Venezuela have been increading military tries, and Venezuela has spoken to Iran about the desire to go nuclear at some point...

But you are correct, the CIA has stated previously that they believe the FARC is supplied by Hugo Chávez.