AP. 14 September 2001. Chavez Urges U.S. Not to Start War CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez urged the United States on Friday not to start the "first war of the 21st century" in responding to terrorist attacks. Chavez, who often challenges the United States on foreign policy, took exception to the pledge by President Bush to lead the world to victory over terrorism in the millennium's first war. "Today's newspaper headlines are announcing the first war of the 21st century. Let's hope, by God, not," Chavez said in a speech in the western state of Merida. "Let's ask that any measures taken not provoke a war between brother peoples." Last year, despite objections by Washington, Chavez became the first world leader to visit Iraqi President Saddam Hussein since the 1991 Gulf War. He also has a close relationship with Cuban President Fidel Castro, providing the communist island with a third of its oil in exchange for goods and services. ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green ---- Leninist-International: Building bridges in the tradition of V.I. Lenin. http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international ---- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
