Robertson Now Claims Chavez Trying to get Nukes (AFP)

[katty]

cont'd at:
http://www.rense.com/general67/cjav.htm

Robertson Now Claims
Chavez Trying
To Get Nukes
10-9-5

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Prominent US televangelist Pat Robertson on Sunday accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of giving Osama bin Laden 1.2 million dollars in cash after the September 11 attacks and of trying to obtain nuclear material from Iran.

Robertson caused an uproar in August when he called during his televised religious program for the US government to assassinate Chavez. He later was forced to to apologize to the leftist leader.

But the conservative preacher issued a new denunciation of Chavez Sunday.

"The truth is, this man is setting up a Marxist-type dictatorship in Venezuela, he's trying to spread Marxism throughout South America, he's negotiating with the Iranians to get nuclear material and he also sent 1.2 million dollars in cash to Osama bin Laden right after 9/11," Robertson told

[ewagner]

1. Robertson thinks

that GWB is a wimp so he's going to drum up a war on his own.

[katty]

2. exactly

[noahmijo]

3. WTF is up with Patwah's hard-on for Chavez????

Seriously I could understand him going after Kim Jill Crazy or someone like that but Chavez?!

[carlvs]

4. Even though this has been reported by other news sources,

linking to anything from rense.com is considered a DU no-no (and based on the image on the site's home page, I can understand why...)

[katty]

6. it's an AFP report

[Gman]

5. It's a very bad thing to

take care of poor people and even worse to spread that care across S. America.

[HawkerHurricane]

7. Remember this:

Trying to GET nukes will get you invaded and overthrown.
Actually HAVING nukes will get you a seat at the table.

[Say_What]

8. Venezuela Calls 'Absurd' Robertson's Chavez-Bin Laden Link

I love VP Rangel...

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(AP) - The government of Venezuela rejected accusations by Virginia Beach-based religious broadcaster Pat Robertson that President Hugo Chavez once sent money to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, calling the claim totally baseless.

Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel called the charge "absurd," saying it appeared aimed at tainting Chavez's image.

Robertson, who caused an uproar in August by suggesting Chavez should be killed, said on CNN's "Late Edition" Sunday that the Venezuelan leader sent "either $1 million or $1.2 million in cash" to bin Laden after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"He's crazy, at the very least," said Rangel, adding that Robertson's comment should be analyzed by "a team of psychologists ... because it is so irrational."

When asked where he got his information, Robertson replied: "Well, sources that came to me. That's what I was told."

Venezuela's ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Alvarez, told state television the claim about Venezuelan funding for bin Laden stemmed from a false accusation made in a Miami lawsuit that was dismissed some time ago.

Venezuelan officials have said the lawsuit was based on a false claim by Juan Diaz Castillo, an ex-pilot of Chavez's presidential plane. Officials said the funds actually were sent to India in 2001 for humanitarian aid after a massive earthquake.

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[hadrons]

9. aren't these wild claims sort of helping Chavez ....

Robertson is looking like a bigger clown than usual