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US warned Venezuela's Chavez of assassination plans: ambassador US ambassador William Brownfield said in an interview published that US officials had warned President Hugo Chavez in 2004 of a possible attempt on his life. Brownfield's statement confirms what Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said in a weekend interview with Peru's El Comercio newspaper -- that Washington Washington had given Chavez information in September or October that he was being targeted for assassination. Rangel "speaks the truth" in his statements, Brownfield told the El Universal newspaper. Brownfield's predecessor, Charles Shapiro, warned Venezuelan officials twice, the ambassador said. "The first time was in April 2002. At that time (Shapiro) spoke with the president (Chavez) about the possibilities of a coup," Brownfield told the newspaper. "The second time was in September or October," when Shapiro spoke to Rangel "about the possibilities of an assassination attempt." In both cases "we fulfilled our obligations in that regard, because that is what our law mandates," Brownfield said. Ties between Venezuela and the United States have been badly strained since Chavez, a former paratrooper colonel, accused Washington Washington of plotting to kill him. -- I do benefits for all religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. -- Bob Hope ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- 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/ <*> 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/
