this discussion reminds me of the movie the Godfather. Ambitious bad guy Virgil Sollozzo tells somewhat-out-of-his-league Tom Hagen, "what are you worried about. If I wanted to kill you you'd be dead already."
if the Mafia dons in Washington really wanted Chavez dead they would have knocked him off by now. --- norgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CIA and FBI Plan to Assassinate Hugo Chávez > > by Kurt Nimmo > November 20, 2005 > Alternative Press Review > > > This empire, unlike any other in the history of the > world, has been built primarily through economic > manipulation. "How do we know that the CIA was > behind the coup that overthrew Hugo Chávez?" asked > historian William Blum in 2002. "Same way we know > that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. That's what > it's always done and there's no reason to think that > tomorrow morning will be any different." > > Now we have a bit more evidence the CIA and the FBI > connived with reactionary elements to not only > briefly overthrow Chávez, abolish the constitution > and the National Assembly, but later assassinate the > Venezuelan State Prosecutor, Danilo Anderson. He was > killed by a car bomb in Caracas on November 18, > 2004, while investigating those who were behind the > coup. Giovani Jose Vasquez De Armas, a member of > Colombia's right wing paramilitary group called the > United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, claims he > was in charge of logistics for the plot to kill > Danilo Anderson. Vasquez De Armas told the Attorney > General's office that those planning the killing, > "all discussed the plan with the help of the FBI and > CIA." > > And the sun will rise tomorrow. > > > "According to the Attorney General, Vasquez De Armas > said that during a meeting in Darien, Panama, on > September 4 and 6, 2003, an FBI Officer called > 'Pesquera' and a CIA agent called 'Morrinson,' > attended a meeting along with two of the plot's > alleged organizers, Patricia Poleo and Salvador > Romani, as well as two of those who actually did the > killing, Rolando and Otoniel Guevera," writes > Alessandro Parma. "An official from the Attorney > General's office, speaking on behalf of Vasquez De > Armas, said that in Panama the FBI and the plotting > Venezuelans agreed, 'to take out Chavez and the > Government.' He said, 'the meeting's final objective > was to kill President Chavez and the Attorney > General.'" > > None of this is new or particularly revelatory. > Steve Kangas writes: > "CIA operations follow the same recurring script. > First, American business interests abroad are > threatened by a popular or democratically elected > leader. The people support their leader because he > intends to conduct land reform, strengthen unions, > redistribute wealth, nationalize foreign-owned > industry, and regulate business to protect workers, > consumers and the environment. So, on behalf of > American business, and often with their help, the > CIA mobilizes the opposition. First it identifies > right-wing groups within the country (usually the > military), and offers them a deal: "We'll put you in > power if you maintain a favorable business climate > for us." The Agency then hires, trains and works > with them to overthrow the existing government > (usually a democracy). It uses every trick in the > book: propaganda, stuffed ballot boxes, purchased > elections, extortion, blackmail, sexual intrigue, > false stories about opponents in the local media, > infiltration and disruption of opposing political > parties, kidnapping, beating, torture, intimidation, > economic sabotage, death squads and even > assassination. These efforts culminate in a military > coup, which installs a right-wing dictator. The CIA > trains the dictator's security apparatus to crack > down on the traditional enemies of big business, > using interrogation, torture and murder. The victims > are said to be "communists," but almost always they > are just peasants, liberals, moderates, labor union > leaders, political opponents and advocates of free > speech and democracy. Widespread human rights abuses > follow." > Examples include the coup to overthrow the > democratically elected leader Mohammed Mossadegh in > Iran, the ouster of democratically elected Jacob > Arbenz in Guatemala, one coup per year (between > 1957-1973) in Laos, the installation of the > murderous "Papa Doc" Duvalier in Haiti, the > assassination of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican > Republic, the overthrow of Jose Velasco in Ecuador, > the assassination of the democratically elected > Patrice Lumumba in the Congo (later Zaire), the > overthrow of the democratically elected Juan Bosch > in the Dominican Republic, the overthrow of the > democratically elected government of Joao Goulart in > Brazil, the overthrow of the democratically elected > Sukarno government in Indonesia, a military coup in > Greece designed to install the "reign of the > colonels" (when the Greek ambassador complained > about CIA plans for Cypress, Johnson told him: "F- > your parliament and your constitution"), the > overthrow of the popular Prince Sahounek in > Cambodia, the overthrow of Juan Torres in Bolivia, > the overthrow and assassination of Salvador Allende > in Chile, the assassination of archbishop Oscar > Romero in El Salvador, and dozens of other incidents > rarely if ever taught in American school history > lessons. > > As John Perkins (author of Confessions of an > Economic Hit Man), as a former respected member of > the international banking community and National > Security Agency economist, told Amy Goodman: > "Basically what we were trained to do and what our > job is to do is to build up the American empire. To > bring-to create situations where as many resources > as possible flow into this country, to our > corporations, and our government.. This empire, > unlike any other in the history of the world, has > been built primarily through economic manipulation, > through cheating, through fraud, through seducing > people into our way of life, through the economic > hit men." Perkins' job was "deal-making": > It was giving loans to other countries, huge > loans, much bigger than they could possibly repay. > One of the conditions of the loan-let's say a $1 > billion to a country like Indonesia or Ecuador-and > this country would then have to give ninety percent > of that loan back to a U.S. company, or U.S. > companies, to build the infrastructure-a Halliburton > or a Bechtel. These were big ones. Those companies > would then go in and build an electrical system or > ports or highways, and these would basically serve > just a few of the very wealthiest families in those > countries. The poor people in those countries would > be stuck ultimately with this amazing debt that they > couldn't possibly repay. A country today like > Ecuador owes over fifty percent of its national > budget just to pay down its debt. And it really > can't do it. So, we literally have them over a > barrel. So, when we want more oil, we go to Ecuador > and say, "Look, you're not able to repay your debts, > therefore give our oil companies your Amazon rain > forest, which are filled with oil." And today we're > going in and destroying Amazonian rain forests, > forcing Ecuador to give them to us because they've > accumulated all this debt. So we make this big loan, > most of it comes back to the United States, the > country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, > and they basically become our servants, our slaves. > It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a > huge empire. It's been extremely successful. > Most of the money for these loans, according to > Perkins, is provided by the World Bank and the > International Monetary Fund, the two premier neolib > loan sharking operations (it is important to note > that the Straussian neocon, Paul Wolfowitz, is now > president of the World Bank, thus demonstrating how > closely related the neocons and traditional neolibs > are). > > > If the loan sharks are unable to steal natural > resources (oil, minerals, rainforests, water) as a > condition of repaying this immense debt, "the next > step is what we call the jackals." > Jackals are CIA-sanctioned people that come in and > try to foment a coup or revolution. If that doesn't > work, they perform assassinations-or try to. In the > case of Iraq, they weren't able to get through to > Saddam Hussein. His bodyguards were too good. He had > doubles. They couldn't get through to him. So the > third line of defense, if the economic hit men and > the jackals fail, the next line of defense is our > young men and women, who are sent in to die and > kill, which is what we've obviously done in Iraq. > Hugo Chávez is now between the assassination point > of this neolib plan and invasion, when "our young > men and women" will be "sent in to die and kill" > Venezuelan peasants the same way they are now > killing poor Iraqis. Of course, it remains to be > seen if Bush can actually invade Venezuela-the > neocon roster is teeming with targets, from Syria to > Iran-and so we can expect the Bushcons and their > jackals to continue efforts to assassinate Chávez, > as Giovani Jose Vasquez De Armas reveals the CIA and > the FBI are attempting to do, with little success. > One notable failure by the jackals is Fidel Castro > in Cuba, who experienced numerous assassination > attempts and CIA counterinsurgency specialist Edward > Lansdale's Operation Mongoose (consisting of > sabotage and political warfare), also known as the > ''Cuba Project.'' > > > As Blum notes, we know all of this is happening, > same as we know the sun will come up tomorrow. > > === message truncated === ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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