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2012-09-07 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela Holds U.S. Vessel And Crew On Suspicion Of Arms Trafficking

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Posted by Steve White 2012-09-07 08:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Jimmy Carter V2.0

Posted by Frank G 2012-09-07 09:23|| 2012-09-07 09:23|| Front Page Top

#2 "Day 9 - America held hostage"

Posted by Frank G 2012-09-07 09:34|| 2012-09-07 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 The amazing thing being, that there are any cargo vessels at all under the American flag these days.

Posted by gromky 2012-09-07 09:41|| 2012-09-07 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 is there some reason why Venezuela would stage an international incident ... right now??

Posted by Raider 2012-09-07 09:50|| 2012-09-07 09:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, they get a free ship out of it, and some poor sucker in the US winds up out the cost of a ship.

I mean, it's straight economic warfare, while the US still has a president who doesn't think the sort of Americans who work in the oil industry should be able to make a living.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-09-07 10:50|| 2012-09-07 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 The best I can figure ... is that Chavez is looking for a moonlighting job, and has got his eyes on Hollywood. So he's decided to do a sequel on a movie. It's just too bad that he picked "Dumb and Dumber". I mean ... why didn't he just choose a good musical???

Posted by Raider 2012-09-07 11:00|| 2012-09-07 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 He's baiting Big Satan in order to rally the voters. Probably hoping The Won will reciprocate.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-09-07 11:33|| 2012-09-07 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Holy shades of Clive Cussler and NUMA, Batman!
An American flagged heavy hauler for 'dark' (not black) operations.
the ships operator, Intermarine
officials at American Maritime Officers
These bear some deeper scrutiny.

Posted by Skidmark 2012-09-07 12:23|| 2012-09-07 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Intermarine is running a pretty damned big operation for a cover Note their specialization in heavy lift for things like oil equipment, consider Oogo's oil industry mess and then view this through the extortion lens.

Posted by lotp 2012-09-07 12:44|| 2012-09-07 12:44|| Front Page Top

#10 If Bambi had a spine, this would already be over and Che-wanna-be Hugo would be out 9 palaces/government buildings.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-09-07 13:05|| 2012-09-07 13:05|| Front Page Top

#11 You'd have to hit him where it hurts -- buildings owned or populated by Iranians.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-09-07 13:07|| 2012-09-07 13:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Can you IMAGINE if you're an Iranian agent assigned to Venezuela? You can get real slices of fresh oranges in your mixed drinks. And you only have to hatch brazen plots (like this one) once every couple of months. What a DEAL!!!

Posted by Raider 2012-09-07 15:09|| 2012-09-07 15:09|| Front Page Top

#13 "...mopery and dopery on the High Seas, conspiracy to lurk with intent to gawk..."

Posted by mojo 2012-09-07 15:52|| 2012-09-07 15:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Hugo has an election in October.
Tweaking the Empire a bit always plays well.

Posted by Shipman 2012-09-07 17:02|| 2012-09-07 17:02|| Front Page Top

#15 And if Obama responds, maybe it'll help Obama as well, right?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2012-09-07 17:45|| 2012-09-07 17:45|| Front Page Top

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