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Venezuela: Al Qaeda threats "illogical"

19:07 H | Topics: Politics - Venezuela

The Venezuelan government is scratching its head as to why Al Qaeda -- which has threatened to attack U.S.-destined oil supplies in that country -- would want to harm a nation that is itself anti-imperialist and fighting against the U.S.

Rear admiral Luis Cabrera, one of the members of President Hugo Chávez' Joint Chiefs of Staff, Thursday asked for verification of the "illogical" threat Al Qaeda allegedly launched against Venezuela, as this country is fighting US imperialism too, but using other methods.

"We should confirm the authenticity of these reports. It seems illogical that Al-Qaeda, which is against the US imperialism, is going after a State that is precisely fighting this hegemony, this imperialism, yet using other methods," Cabrera told official TV channel VTV.

Earlier this week, on the website Sawt al-Jihad (Voice of Jihad, image above), Al Qaeda members called for attacks to all of the U.S. oil suppliers in an attempt to cut off the influx into the U.S. all together. The supplying countries specifically mentioned were Mexico, Canada and Venezuela.

Cabrera said that Al Qaeda and Venezuela both see the U.S. as imperialist, but have different ways of dealing with that:

Cabrera stressed that the means to fight the United States "are different" because Venezuela fight "with the Constitution, with legality, moral and the truth, rather than terrorist attacks."

He also said that there is reason to believe the September 11, 2001 attacks were "self attacks" masterminded by the U.S. government, and that the threats on Venezuela might be part of a similar strategy:

"This could be part of a plan," he said, adding that "it is important for Venezuelan security agencies to take all necessary measures of security and defense to avoid any attack."

Via / ElUniversal.com

Image via SiteInstitute.org

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