[NYTr] CIA, NED, Rightwing Fanatics in Plots Against Chavez, Dec 2 Referendum

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

[The translation's  bit rough, but understandable. The code name of the
plot sounds implausible; the reference to Pat Robertson's call to
assassinate Chavez is accurate; "homosexually-centered" probably should
be "homophobic". There are many references to Robertson's calls for
Chavez's death in our archives, condemnations of Robertson here and
abroad, denials by Robertson, then finally an apology from him, and
then another instance of his threats; 19 nations demanding action be
taken against him, his other lies about a "nuclear reactor" in
Venezuela (in league with the Voice of America). His rightwing
Christian fanatics have been active internationally. Robertson's fatwahs
are multiple; he also claimed that Muslims worship Satan and that Ariel
Sharon's stroke was God's wrath for his plan to pull out of Gaza, etc.
See them all here: http://tinyurl.com/25nghq  -NY Transfer]


VHeadline - Nov 11, 2007
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=76796

CIA agents and foreign secret services in at least three concrete
subversive plots to destabilize the Chavez government and obstructing
the Referendum

by Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh
President, The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace,
Friendship & Solidarity (HCI-FPFS)

In a press release, issued today, Sunday, November 11, the Hugo Chavez
International-Foundation for Peace, Friendship & Solidarity (HCI-FPFS)
says it has learnt from credible sources of a plot to assassinate the
President of Venezuela,  Hugo Chavez.

According to HCI-FPFS sources, the plot (code-named "Operation Cleanse
Venezuela") is designed to be put into action before Venezuela's
referendum on Constitutional amendments scheduled for December 2.

The HCI-FPFS says that CIA agents are working with other foreign secret
service organizations on at least three concrete subversive plans to
destabilize the government of President Chavez with the objective of
obstructing the Referendum.

Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) already passed all the
constitutional reform bills put before it a week ago, recognizing
historic links between Africa and Venezuela.

The planned subversion aims not only to destabilize the government of
President Chavez and the sovereignty of Venezuela, but to counter the
democratic will of the Venezuelan people. 

The United States 'intelligence community' is focused on:

    * Recruiting and mobilizing anti-Cuban terrorist forces based in
South Miami, Florida and Fort Bragg in North Carolina in the USA and
other armed foreign mercenaries to invade Venezuela from neighboring
countries with the help of local collaborators and enemies of the
Venezuelan people. 

    * Using traitors in the Bolivarian Alternative Revolution, and
others under the guise of religion, to create division among the
Venezuelan Armed Forces and attempt to ignite a violent mutiny by the
military against the Government and the people. 

    * Issuing orders to US occupation forces in the region to shoot
down any aircraft used by President Chavez.  The Bush administration in
Washington D.C. is claimed to have hired the services of US-trained
snipers to carry out an assassination bid with the collusion of rebel
ex-military and police. 

"While the HCI-FPFS advocates peace, human rights, freedom and dignity,
and is against all acts of terrorism, it finds it appropriate to
condemn US policy on Venezuela as dangerous threat to peace and
security."

"It is the opinion of the organization that, pursuing a policy of
murder and destruction against President Chavez and the people of
Venezuela, the United States of America is committing unpardonable sins
against humanity."

The HCI-FPFS press release continues: It should be recalled that, one
of George Bush's foreign policies since the inception of his
administration in 2001, is violent aggression against countries and
leaders who resist US imperialism. The phrase "regime change" is used
by the Bush administration to threaten peace and security, and to
impose vicious governments around the world, against the will of the
people ... "and at the top of the current US list for murder and
destruction is President Chavez of Venezuela."

"President Hugo Chavez' "Socialism of the 21st century" threatens the
United States' grip on Venezuelan oil and other resources ... with this
ill-thought-out, reactionary and subversive foreign policy, the Bush
administration is plotting even more evil attacks against the
Venezuelan people."

"The center piece of the US anti-Venezuelan disinformation program,
plots and conspiracies has been to ensure the return of the former
disgraced oligarchy and treacherous leaders in Caracas, to rape the
wealth of Venezuelan nation, and to ruin lives of peoples, using
domestic collaborators and traitors hiding behind the media, churches
and so-called opposition to wreck the Venezuelan state."

"The wounds and scars inflicted on the people by the US-masterminded
failed coup of April 11, 2002 is still fresh in the minds of the
Venezuelan public ... not to mention the reckless,
homosexually-cantered,[sic; probably actually "homophobic" - NYTr]
racist-minded, shameless, faithless and satanic statement made in 2005,
by the Reverend Pat Robertson, calling for the assassination of
President Hugo Chavez."  [see the tiny URL at the top for many examples
of Robertson's threats against Chavez -NY Transfer].

"The Hugo Chavez International-Foundation for Peace, Friendship &
Solidarity challenges Robertson to tell the world which commandments of
God advocate the death penalty. If, anything we advise this
good-for-nothing Christian to prepare as the gates of hell wait to
welcome him."

"It should be recalled that in 1999, the Bolivarian Revolution (under
President Chavez) introduced grassroots democratic reforms in the
Constitution of Venezuela, giving (for the first time) power to the
most pauperized, neglected and deprived rural masses to take part in
all gatherings, discussions and decisions on the future direction of
Venezuela ... contrary to the policies pursued by the oligarchic former
leaders against the Venezuelan people."

"The United States, through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED),
the CIA and other US-based instruments have worked actively in
coup-plotting activities against progressive governments around the
world opposed to foreign hegemony and de-humanization of their peoples.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent yearly to destabilize
governments and nations, to buy people and impose governments that are
subservient to US imperialism."

"With Bush's endless calls for regime change in countries opposed to
war and exploitation of the people, US officials are meddling in every
issue that will define the future of Venezuela, not just control of oil
and gas or a change in government ... any leaked information about US
plots against Venezuela is REAL and should be treated seriously to
avoid a repetition of the unending holocaust war in Iraqi, that is
initiated and being fought by US forces of aggression on the Arab soil."

"The HCI-FPFS wishes to call upon the United Nations to institute an
independent investigation into the alleged assassination plot by the
United States of America. The United Nations and the international
community must not be allowed to be consumed by the antics,
manipulations, deceits, lies and media propaganda of the Bush
administration, but to act out of a deep consciousness as a beacon of
peace, harmony and hope for humanity. Failure to investigate the
alleged plot to assassinate Venezuela's President is tantamount to
fanning the embers of international terrorism; committing war crimes
and crimes against humanity."

"The HCI-FPFS demands that the international community exert pressure
on the Bush administration to spare the lives of the peace- and
freedom-loving people of Venezuela, the horror of missiles, smart
bombs, depleted uranium, terrorism and aggression, akin to the Iraqi
situation and calls on member states of the Organization of American
States (OAS) to meet and discuss the US plot against Venezuela with the
sole aim of condemning the Bush administration's anti-Venezuela
campaign, and to support President Chavez as the only way to save
mankind, and Venezuela in particular, from the evils associated with
Bush's destabilization efforts."

Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh
President, The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace,
Friendship & Solidarity (HCI-FPFS)