Fresh off the non-action of the U.S. to the North Korea missile strike in the Yellow Sea, Ahmadinejad and Chavez, sensing weakness in President Barack Obama are upping the ante. One thing is for sure - the rest of the world will certainly be watching to see how the man-child President responds (or doesn't respond) to a clear provocation by the Iranians and Venezuelans. The world, under this President, has become a much more dangerous place. - Brian
Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.
by Anna Mahjar-Barducci
December 8, 2010 at 5:00 am
Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources[1], according to an article in the German daily,
Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was signed during the last visit o Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez to Tehran on October19, 2010. The previously undisclosed contract provides for the establishment of a jointly operated military base in Venezuela, and the joint development of ground-to-ground missiles.
At a moment when NATO members found an agreement, in the recent Lisbon summit (19-20 November 2010), to develop a Missile Defence capability to protect NATO's populations and territories in Europe against ballistic missile attacks from the East (namely, Iran), Iran's counter-move consists in establishing a strategic base in the South American continent - in the United States's soft underbelly.
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