Chavez says Venezuela jets intercepted U.S. plane

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President Hugo Chavez said he ordered two F-16 jets to intercept a U.S. military plane that twice entered Venezuelan skies on Friday, but Washington said none of its planes flew over the South American country’s airspace.

Brandishing a photo of the plane, which he described as a P-3, Chavez said the overflight was the latest violation of Venezuelan airspace by the U.S. military from its bases on the Netherlands’ Caribbean islands and from neighboring Colombia.

“They are provoking us … these are warplanes,” he said.

Chavez said the F-16s escorted the U.S. plane away after two incursions lasting 15 and 19 minutes each.

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34 Comments

  1. Obana
    October 11, 2011

    Are we even wasting time comparing the US military with Venezuela’s? Come on people, that’s a nude point. The US can annihilate Venezuela in half a day if it wants to.

  2. Big-Bannan
    October 10, 2011

    Chav, you are an illusionist. How about this, try flying one of your planes in the US airspace for revenge. lol

  3. Sout Man
    October 10, 2011

    President Hugo Chavez knows better than to attack a US military aircraft. The Pentagon would gleefully use that as a pretext to attack Venezuela and Cuba. The Chavez haters think that the United States is innocent in these types of provocations.

    In fact, the USA has a long history of denials. They sank their own warship, the USS Maine, to start the Spanish-American war in Cuba. They siezed Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, in the process. They blackmailed Panama to break away from Colombia so the USA could control the Panama Canal.

    They have denied the role the CIA played in violent overthrows of governments in Guyana, Dominican Republic and Chile, let alone military coups in Central and South America. They injected the gang violence in Jamaica to defeat the pro Cuban government of Michael Manley. They armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons which he used against Iran , a foe of the US. They armed the Taliban against the Soviets; a price the US is now paying in blood and treasure.

    Last but not least, they tricked poor black people for 40 years in a criminal Hitlerite experiment between 1932 and 1972. Black men with syphilis were told that they were being treated for the disease while they were not. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was conducted in Tuskegee Alabama. That was a crime against Humanity. Similar experiments have been conducted on the native American Indians. Their vaccines and medicines are tested on poor folks and benefit rich folks when they are deemed safe. That’s the moral superiority of socialism over capitalism.

    In conclusion, Brother Obama has come through for Wall Street bank bailouts. He came thruogh for the Pentagon and the military industrial complex with his war-mongering in the Caribbean and the Middle East. He appeases the ultra right in his blind support for Israel and the Cuban counter-revolutionaries. He was reluctant to intervene in Daffur while President Omar al-Bashir and his Janjaweed thugs raped, maimed and murdered hundreds of thousands. He is reluctant to help Sub-Saharan Africa and even African-Americans at home. He is yet to support and bail out Main Street. As Pastor Jeremiah Wright said, “the chickens are coming home to roost”.

    • iwannabeapilot
      October 11, 2011

      you sound like you’re butthurt.

      America loves you too.

  4. Brain Power
    October 10, 2011

    I know the US does these kinds of spying operations, but I believe that this is Chavez’s ploy to gain sympathy for his waning popularity – Dictatorship!!

  5. Dom
    October 10, 2011

    Wha Yugo you wanna try test them? Really you wanna go there? Boy the gall of some mean. And their uneducated supporters. The Japs tested the U.S hand and got a can of worms. You don’t play with fire if you can’t take the heat.

    • Anonymous
      October 10, 2011

      did the “japs” really lose. whos running the world now the “japs” or the us???? remember everything you learn in history class is not true

      • iwannabeapilot
        October 10, 2011

        i think you are referring to the Chinese not the japs.

      • Man
        October 10, 2011

        Japs= a derogatory term to Japanese people, its like calling black people the N-word

    • Jhon
      October 10, 2011

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICj-cWo0ylE&feature=related

      Please just watch this video, Venezuela produce un average of 2 milions B, of oil a day at 80usd the B, you have, 427 200 000 a DAY.
      They have more than enough modern planes to intercept and destroye a us plane. So get informed before you talk.

      • iwannabeapilot
        October 11, 2011

        lmfao so who’s gonna sell them the aircraft?
        the ratio of US military spending on aviation is no way comparable to that of venezuela.

        All the US has to do is threaten to cancel all orders for military aircraft and we will see if boeing, Lockheed martin or dassault, not even the chinese manufacturers will sell them Venezuela aircraft.

  6. bone
    October 10, 2011

    While Chavez may be mad..the US does do these sort of things. Spies themselves!!!

  7. One Love
    October 10, 2011

    8-O LIE

    8-O LYING

    8-O LIAR

  8. FORKIT
    October 10, 2011

    sometimes the u.s army with the DEA uses these planes to track drug traffickers in the caribbean waters, that is why the dominica, st vincent, st lucian, barbados and other caribbean coast guard can intercept these drug vessels with info from the u.s patrol plane… chavez is a hot steam blowing ja who is obsessed with u.s authority and wants to look like a ba in the eyes of china, russia etc. but he is not doing any good to dominica if the dominican prime minister continues to be chavez boomboom fly….
    i hope he(chavez) can send cruise ships to dominica to help our economy when u.s and british cruise ships pull out..

  9. Anonymous
    October 10, 2011

    wow chavez…. the same f-16’s they happily gave u.. u used it to go out after them lol… well if u had the guts u’d either shoot it down or force it to land… everyone knows that if the u.s really wanted war then they’d not let ur radar detect them…. maybe admin missed my first post… if not… let’s be clear.. it is public knowledge that the u.s gave venezuela f-16’s… so posting it wont have to make u all watch allu behinds… in fact here’s a link… to see mr chavez threatening to give the jets away to china to learn the technology since the u.s refuse to give spare parts… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4398914.stm#junk

    • caribbean genius
      October 10, 2011

      I dont really support chavez. But what is your point? If i buy a car from a dealer why would the dealer not want to supply spare parts for it? It would then be rendered useless if you cant service it with new parts. Clarify

      • bossom
        October 10, 2011

        If the dealer don’t want to provide you with spare parts, just take it back to the dealer. Why give it to someone else?

    • October 10, 2011

      Let me remind you folks Chaves can get fighters from China,and stealth if he wants chinees just launch it allready,and he cant shoot them down like that first chase them out,if the continue to violate his airspace then force them to land,if that cant work shoot them down,the Americans just want to provoke a war chaves should invite the chineees and the russians to put a base there,I bet you the americans wont fly in the airspace any more

  10. LIFE'S SHORT
    October 10, 2011

    chavez fool of t..free up your people..

  11. oh ye yea
    October 10, 2011

    stand up for your rights chavez…

  12. iwannabeapilot
    October 10, 2011

    the p-3 orion are surveillance aircraft.
    And if the US wanted war with Venezuela, they could easily incinerate the Venezuelan airforce bases with a b-2 from 50,000ft

    • Jhon
      October 10, 2011

      Learne a litle more about the venezolan army, this is not like our armyless country, US “would like” to know exactily what Venezuela have before they adventure theme self again.

  13. October 10, 2011

    If you ask me what is my opinion about Chavez sending up tow of his F-0’s to intercept a U.S. fighter, plane, or war plane as he called it.

    I would ask why his top guns did not force the U.S., war plane to land in Venezuela, confiscate the aircraft, and imprison the pilots, so the world could know he has told the truth!

    If indeed as he claimed the U.S. war planes regularly violates Venezuela’s air space, how come he has not yet shot one out of the sky’s?

    Chavez, is a dictator who lie every time he opens his mouth; this time is not exempted.

    Liar, liar, liar, Chavez, your pants is on fire!

    Chavez, is talking big to impress Dominicans, but what about Bird island that the Venezuelans have stolen from the Dominican people.

    I would like to ask Chavez, how does it feel to be bullied, by an opponent that is much stronger than the person who is the victim of the bully?

    How does it feel to encounter the might and power of the United States Military, and you and the rest of Venezuela cannot fight back.

    you can’t do anything in defense of the power of the United States; the only nation Venezuela can fight, is the weak, and powerless nation of Dominica!

    That is why Venezuela has invaded and siege Bird island, which is rightfully ours for all these years.

    Every pig has its day to face the slaughter!

    Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • Prophet2
      October 10, 2011

      Dominica’s biggest mistake was going directly to a republic and not becoming a Commonwealth Realm like the rest of the OECS (the independent ones) and thereby keeping the Queen as Head of State. Those dictators smells Dominica’s weakness and takes advantage of Her.

      Chavez could never do that to other OECS States cuz one nasty look from the Queen and he’d run away like a little boy in a soiled diaper. Say no to despots.

      • October 10, 2011

        Dominica is a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, if we mess up to a certain point, there are provisions, which allows the British to return, and re-colonized Dominica.

        We may never see that, however, that has already happened on an island somewhere in the region of the Cayman’s islands.

        Research it, I do not recall the name of the island at this moment.

        Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • Prophet2
      October 10, 2011

      With all due respect Sir, I disagree with you, Dominica is totally independent whereas the 16 Commonwealth Realms are not. The Cayman and Turks & Caicos Isles are still Overseas Territories of the UK.
      Dominica has a President and cannot be re-colonized, the only thing preventing Dominica from being swallowed by the sharks is Her affiliation with the OECS.

      • October 10, 2011

        Well then Prophet: give me a prophecy stating why we still have Elizabeth’s head on the currency we use, or in fact the East Caribbean Currency, and not the head of Joseph Liverpool, or some former Dominica dignitary, or former Prime Minister?

        When people come with such comments, it would be good to know their name, and understand where they get their information from.

        How many independent nations in Africa, former colonies of Britain, with Presidents which still have the so called queen Elizabeth head on their currency.

        Explain that!

        Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • (.) (.)
      October 10, 2011

      Educate them …bunch of fools

    • Prophet2
      October 10, 2011

      You got it wrong Sir, you got it wrong.

    • October 10, 2011

      Hummm,
      Mr Telemaque, hummm, first of all President CHaves was elected by the ppl of venezuela,OOhh and the poor class,reall dirt poor class,during the carlos andres peres reign the wealthy venezueliand stoll the land from the poor cause most of them couldnt read nor right,this land right was giving to them by the last dictator look it up on the internet,after the wealthy knew that the waite and put the farm land s on there name while the farmers work it,then came with men armed and make the poor farmes work for peanuts,humm how im going ? aint fin,chaves took this land and give it back to the poor farmers,and thats why those wealthy are angry at chaves,now about the americans are angry cause the Gov bought back more than 80 % of theoil refinaries,and they didnt like it,well he was right cause all venezuelians could eat or drink,

      about that the american gov simphatize with the wealthy rich Venezuelians so they are provoking him,but seeing he has the Chinees at hi side and the russians,Oooh and the Chinees has stealth fighters too and the Russians just finish a proto type
      so who’s scared? since the chinees need oil? if the american gets the hold of venezuelians oil those poor ppl will die,the same with chiquita and dolle that put the gees bananas out of market,who is doing that? yes the rich wealthy latinos, live in the US,
      solong,

  14. Satelite
    October 10, 2011

    There are three sides to this story. Chavez’s side, the US side and the actual truth. Which is it?

  15. mouth of the south
    October 10, 2011

    the same f-16’s they freely gave u…. is it u using…. hhhmmmppphhhh.. well mr chavez all u have to do is shoot it down eh… cause the u.s would have done that on first site… oooopppsss i remember.. u don’t have the cojones to go after the u.s lol…. keep talking…

  16. October 10, 2011

    Paranoia

  17. cia watch
    October 10, 2011

    a big lie

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