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( Ortega ) Nicaragua president to visit Iran in Gaddafi's jet
yahoo...(Reuters) ^
| june 3
| Ivan Castro
Posted on 06/03/2007 8:37:29 PM PDT by george76
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has raised eyebrows in Washington by forging ties with Iran, said on Sunday he will travel to the country aboard a jet on loan from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Ortega, a Cold War-era enemy of Washington who is an ally of U.S. antagonist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, told reporters he was leaving for Caracas, the first stop in a 10-day tour that will take him to Iran, Algeria, Libya and Cuba.
" We want to improve relations with Iran in all fields, in all areas,"...
A former Marxist guerrilla who fought U.S.-backed Contra rebels during his 1980s government, Ortega has reached out to Iran since recapturing the presidency this year. He has hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Managua.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algeria; cuba; danielortega; gaddafi; iran; libya; managua; muammargaddafi; nicaragua; ortega; venezuela
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:37:29 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
May air turbulence (spelled S A M) meet him.
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:40:18 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: george76
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:41:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: M. Espinola; freedom44; jveritas
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) greets Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki during a meeting in Managua April 21, 2007...
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:41:14 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: BenLurkin; elhombrelibre; BIGLOOK
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:43:27 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I was in Costa Ricca recently. The Costa Ricans are simple, but in general, good people. I could see it from my own experience that the majority of the trouble makers and low lifes were from Nicaragua. There was a definate ethnic differance. Poor Costa Rica.
To: george76
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:43:49 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
He’s just trying to be noticed. And collect a little cash: Ortega stole with both hands when he ran Nicaragua. A great pal of Chris Dodd and Teddy Kennedy. The Iranians will throw him a few bucks if he bashes America. We’d be best advised to ignore him—just another Third World jerk looking to gain attention. He’s yesterday’s story.
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:44:14 PM PDT
by
Godwin1
To: george76
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:44:46 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(R.I.P. Blue Angel LCDR Kevin Davis)
To: george76
This is Carter’s buddy...
Does anyone else see the pattern...
The banana republics and the oil producers have finally received enough money to convince themselves that they - collectively - can take on the paper tiger America..
America - the nation that can not defend its own borders..
America - the nation that won’t fight a war to win anymore..
America - where half the Congress is ready to surrender immediately to the Islamists..
America - the nation that thought wearing a white hat and being charitable to all would win their support and affection.
America - who needs another “greatest generation” to come to her defense....
Will America find that “generation” before it is too late?
I’m beginning to doubt it..
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:48:10 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: george76
Carbon credits? Should he not buy some carbon credits to offset the environmental cost of his visit?
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posted on
06/03/2007 8:54:40 PM PDT
by
marron
To: george76
Nicaragua is another example that, just because a country gains the ability, through U.S. involvement, to have democratic elections, doesn’t mean they won’t freely elect tyrants, sometimes the same ones they had before democracy.
To: george76; BenLurkin; elhombrelibre; BIGLOOK
To: Vn_survivor_67-68; Grampa Dave; ASC2006; jrooney; Chgogal
Tom Harkin and jon cary have always been a big supporter of every Communist dictator who has come down the pike:
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:02:30 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
To: river rat
Billy Carter had some dealings with Omar Khaddafi in Libya.
Bob Hope had a line that “the main difference between Jimmy Carter and his brother was that Billy had a foreign policy.”
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:05:49 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: river rat
“Will America find that generation before it is too late?
Im beginning to doubt it.”
Even here on FR we have nay sayers....
Yes, I’m beginning to doubt we, as a nation, have the character to win another war. Shame on us for lacking spine. November 2006 was hopefully not the beginning of the end.
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:13:26 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Vote Al Qaeda. Vote Democrat.)
To: george76
Sheesh, he’s still on the wrong side.
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:14:17 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Vote Al Qaeda. Vote Democrat.)
To: george76; Vn_survivor_67-68
And all this time I thought Ortega was a 'canned' chile.
Did Carter monitor the last (and I mean 'last') elections in Nicaragua?
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:51:56 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
To: george76
Take a page from the War against Japan and shoot the damn plane down ala Yamamoto!
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posted on
06/03/2007 9:59:46 PM PDT
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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