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| Ortega says Honduras may try to provoke Nicaragua |
| 2009-08-02 |
| Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claimed Honduras' coup-installed government might try to provoke a border military incident "to distract attention" from international efforts to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Ortega cited no evidence in making the claims, which come as Honduras' interim leader dampened hopes for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis, capping days of mixed signals by saying firmly that there's no way the ousted president can return to power. "There is a danger that, to try to distract attention from the internal conflict they themselves created, they might organize a group of people with military training to attack a Honduran army position, for that to serve as a pretext for a retaliation against Nicaragua," Ortega said in a speech in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital. Ortega, who has been hosting Zelaya and a few hundred of his supporters camped out near the Honduran border, did not offer details on when such a provocation might occur. "But they shouldn't think they would have a cakewalk in Nicaragua," said Ortega. The two countries' border was the scene of much of the fighting in the 1980s Contra war, in which U.S.-backed rebels fought Ortega's Sandinista government, and Ortega noted "we are not talking about an army that doesn't have a history of aggression against Nicaragua." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 all the Chavista/Bolivarian thugs are feeling their oats with Bambi in office hmmm? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-08-02 10:43 |
| #2 The Hondurans are a few steps ahead of him on this. The Honduran army are *expecting* the Nicaraguans to cross the border to make mischief. And not too long ago, that was a "hot" border anyway, which means it is well mapped and planned by the Hondurans. After the Sandinistas came to power the first time, the US went to some lengths to insure that the Hondurans could make a military adventure into Honduras a very painful experience for Ortega. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-08-02 10:27 |
| #1 Ortega says Honduras may try to provoke Nicaragua After the Orwell Translation(c) - Ortega says Nicaragua may try to provoke Honduras |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-08-02 10:11 |