BBC NEWS Iran and Venezuela heads in talks By James Ingham BBC News, Caracas Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Venezuela for talks with President Hugo Chavez. The two leaders - both critics of the United States - will discuss expansion of joint projects and agreements. The allies are becoming increasingly close as they seek to reduce the influence of the US. Mr Ahmadinejad's visit follows a stop in Bolivia where he pledged $1bn (£495m) of investment. The Iranian president flew into Venezuela to a warm welcome from Mr Chavez. The leaders embraced on a red carpet in front of the presidential palace. 'Fighter for peace' Mr Chavez described his ally as "one of the greatest fighters for true peace" - a view that is not widely shared, especially in Washington. The Iranian and Venezuelan leaders see themselves as brothers, with similar political aims. Both are keen to reduce the influence of the US, so they are joining forces to create more state enterprise. They are working together on a number of projects from gas and oil exploration to the manufacture of cars and tractors. Similar agreements are in place in Bolivia, with further Iranian investment promised. Critics and opponents are increasingly dismayed by their leaders' choice of friends. But Mr Ahmadinejad said the alliance would allow their people to emerge victorious. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/7017467.stm Published: 2007/09/28 05:41:32 GMT © BBC MMVII . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11648958/grpspId=1705447214/msgI d=43288/stime=1190981582/nc1=3848607/nc2=3848643/nc3=4699089> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
