U.S. terror report cites Venezuela, Iran

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U.S. terror report cites Venezuela, Iran

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/30/terror.report/index.html

From Elise Labott
CNN State Department Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Venezuela's associations with other terror states, Iran's meddling in Iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State Department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world.


A U.S. report on terrorism notes Venezuela President Hugo Chavez's "sympathy" for Colombian rebels.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not cooperating with U.S. anti-terror efforts and has "deepened Venezuelan relationships with state sponsors of terrorism Iran and Cuba," the annual report says.

The report notes Chavez's "ideological sympathy" for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian-based National Liberation Army, which "regularly crossed into Venezuelan territory to rest and regroup."

While the report says it "remained unclear to what extent the Venezuelan government provided support to Colombian terrorist organizations," it notes that Venezuelan weapons stocks have turned up in the hands of Colombian terrorist organizations.

It also notes that Iran and Venezuela began weekly flights between their capitals and the passengers were not subject to proper checks. Among the passengers was a suspect in the plot to bomb New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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