President Hugo Chavez called Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman a "mafia boss" in response to his accusations that the non-Muslim Venezuelan leader was involved in "radical branches of Islam."
Chavez' claims echoed similar charges from Israel's attorney general, who announced last week Lieberman would likely be indicted on a number of charges.
"He's on trial there [in Israel] for money laundering," Chavez noted in a speech on Thursday,
On Sunday, Israeli police said their investigation into Lieberman's dealings was "practically over," and that there exists a sufficient body of evidence to indict Lieberman on bribery, fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges.
But Chavez was responding to charges the ultranationalist foreign minister made while in South America last week, when he all but charged that the Venezuelan president was a terrorist, or at least cooperated with "radical branches of Islam" and anti-Semitism. Chavez also hosts Lebanese terrorists in his country, Lieberman declared.
Venezuela's Foreign Ministry dismissed the allegations as ludicrous.
"I will not speak about intelligence specifics, but we have enough to be concerned about the collaboration between radical branches of Islam and Hugo Chavez," El Tiempo quoted Lieberman as saying. "Today we see the closeness between Chavez and the Iranians."
"It is not a new phenomenon. I regret that in the 21st century after the Holocaust, terrorism against the people of Israel and the continued use of this anti-Semitic language still exists," Lieberman said of Chavez' remarks on Israel's actions in Gaza last winter.
Chavez' claims echoed similar charges from Israel's attorney general, who announced last week Lieberman would likely be indicted on a number of charges.
"He's on trial there [in Israel] for money laundering," Chavez noted in a speech on Thursday,
On Sunday, Israeli police said their investigation into Lieberman's dealings was "practically over," and that there exists a sufficient body of evidence to indict Lieberman on bribery, fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice charges.
But Chavez was responding to charges the ultranationalist foreign minister made while in South America last week, when he all but charged that the Venezuelan president was a terrorist, or at least cooperated with "radical branches of Islam" and anti-Semitism. Chavez also hosts Lebanese terrorists in his country, Lieberman declared.
Venezuela's Foreign Ministry dismissed the allegations as ludicrous.
"I will not speak about intelligence specifics, but we have enough to be concerned about the collaboration between radical branches of Islam and Hugo Chavez," El Tiempo quoted Lieberman as saying. "Today we see the closeness between Chavez and the Iranians."
"It is not a new phenomenon. I regret that in the 21st century after the Holocaust, terrorism against the people of Israel and the continued use of this anti-Semitic language still exists," Lieberman said of Chavez' remarks on Israel's actions in Gaza last winter.
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Interesting ...!!!! communism and Zionism fight :D
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