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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-03 11:50 AM
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6. Looks like they are becoming appropriately unsure of themselves
It's a little harder to pull off now that people are starting to get a glimpse of how perverse their movement actually is!

I checked for other articles written by the reporter of this story quickly, and found this one which may have a factoid which hasn't been over-discussed yet:

(snip) Under Reported

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Lawmakers Say Chavez Tape Proves CIA Plot
© Copyright 2003 Associated Press

By: Christopher Toothaker

Date: 10/23/2003



http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3298036,00.html

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Lawmakers allied with President Hugo Chavez showed a videotape Wednesday which they claim was evidence the CIA was working with Venezuelan dissidents to overthrow the government. The U.S. Embassy denied the allegations.

The video, played at a news conference at Congress, showed three unidentified men speaking in Spanish about making contacts with an unspecified embassy. They discussed ``blending in'' and changing cars to avoid detection. The roughly six-minute tape appeared to have been edited.

Interpreting the video, ruling party lawmaker Nicolas Maduro said it showed U.S. secret agents training dissident military officers and municipal police in espionage and ``terrorist'' tactics. He said it was filmed in Venezuela in June. (snip)

(snip) According to Maduro, the video allowed lawmakers ``to deduce'' that the United States was involved. ``This is proof the CIA is acting here.''

The video was given to Chavez allies by a police officer who decided to abandon the alleged CIA training program, Maduro said. He said the tape would be turned over to the U.S. Congress. (snip/...)

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=3323&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported
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