Venezuela bombs drug runways near Colombia border

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela bombs drug runways near Colombia border
Sat 29 Mar 2008, 0:07 GMT
By Luis Guevara

ELORZA (Reuters) - The Venezuelan air force bombed a landing strip used to bring cocaine across the border from Colombia on Friday, several weeks after the United States criticized President Hugo Chavez's drug-fighting record.

A Reuters witness watched two fighter jets and a helicopter fire rockets and strafe the runway close to the border with machine gun fire to detect and destroy equipment and infrastructure used by drug cartels.
(snip)

Traffickers often use illegal runaways to land aircraft packed with drugs en route to the United States or Europe. The army plans to destroy dozens of border runways in coming days.

Chavez says U.S. accusations about his country's drugs record are untrue and aimed at discrediting him.

Although he refuses to sign an anti-drug cooperation agreement with Washington, Venezuela frequently extradites Colombians accused of drug crimes to the United States.




Read more: http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnN28455996.html

[sasquatch]

1. Now how in the hell is the CIA supposed to bring cocaine into this country?

:sarcasm:

[mikelgb]

2. my thoughts exactly

[file83]

7. me too

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Oh, for crying out loud.

Me four.

[Peace Patriot]

3. Oh, boy, Chavez is REALLY going to get the Bush Cartel on his back now--

messing with their drug routes! Yikes, what is he thinking?

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

4. Dubya is probably going through the DT's as I post

:post:

[tanyev]

12. He may have just diverted the Eye of Sauron away from Iran on to himself.

[leftchick]

16. exactly

the spooks won't like this!

[EFerrari]

5. No flies on Mr. Chavez.

Try again, Bush.

[Joanne98]

6. BWHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Ohhh, that's really going to piss of the CIA.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I am so pleased that someone else "gets" it..

Seriously....
sitting around here in my lil corner of the world, I have often wondered if
"I am the only one" who sees what I see.
So glad I found DU....

thanks..... :bounce:

[juno jones]

13. Welcome! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

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Edit: AND WELCOME TO DU!

[billybob537]

11. Now how's the CIA gonna fund it's illegal hit squads?

[AllyCat]

14. Well, the Bush Crime Family is just going to have to ramp things up

in Afghanistan. Get everyone switched over to opiates while he fixes things in the southern hemisphere.

[truth2power]

15. This whole thread, so far...everyone gets it....

That would be me five. Or six, whatever.

BusdhCo crimes are so transparent anymore. The first thing I thought when reading the OP was, "Oops, gonna put a real crimp in Georgie and Jeb's drug deliveries." Bwahahahaha. :rofl:

[bluesmail]

17. K&R and BWAHAHAHAA

[defendandprotect]

18. Love it that everyone "gets it" . . . !! Legalize Marijuana -- !!!

[whistle]

19. Paul (Chavez) Atreides just may bring spice production on Arrakis to a stand-still

...every Harkonnen neo-con operative in Amerika will be pissed. The sleeper shall awaken!

[lovuian]

20. this is going to Tick off Bush

it seems the World knows what the US has been doing