June 11, 2008
Chavez Recruiting and Training for Hezbollah?
Is it true that Hugo Chavez's government is recruiting and training young men to fight the US as part of Hizbollah forces? I dunno, sounds kind of far fetched -- but not so far fetched as to dismiss it outright.
We've seen some Hizbollah related activity in Venezuela in the past. See for instance this post about Hizbollah in Venezuala's website threatening the U.S. and a two part video report on the subject at Hot Air (part 1 & part 2). But if memory serves me correctly the group got in to some trouble after they were exposed and Chavez was forced to shut them down. A ploy, perhaps?
I'd like to see some investigation into these allegations. Chavez has certainly embraced the revolutionary and anti-American agenda of the Iranians, who sponsor Hezbollah. We've also long noted the Left/Islamist convergence of agendas. Stranger bedfellows have been made in the past.
Go check out Infidels are Cool who has the original Spanish language article and Fausta who has an English translation.
