| The Most Important International News That You | | | | with a brief stop in Damascus, Syria, before continuing |
| Haven't Heard! | | | | onto Caracas took place to form a new economic |
| Iranian Nuclear Technology, Border Security, and Illegal | | | | and military pact. Under the terms of the agreement |
| Immigration - These issues have dominated the | | | | between the countries, in a nutshell, Venezuela and |
| headlines in the last few days, but there's one story | | | | Syria agree to support each other with advanced |
| that combines these issues into one possible story on | | | | missile technology, Iran and Venezuela agree to assist |
| which most in the media have not reported. | | | | Syria upgrading its oil refining capabilities, and both Syria |
| While the debate over illegal immigration and border | | | | and Iran agree to purchase gasoline from Venezuela. |
| security continues in our country, most in the media | | | | But what really makes the US and Israel uneasy is that |
| and the majority of Americans are focusing on the | | | | Venezuela has reportedly agreed to allow the |
| 14th amendment and what to do with the "illegal's" that | | | | exploration and exportation of Uranium to Iran from the |
| are already in within the United States. We all could | | | | deposits of its country. |
| possibly be missing an impending threat due to our | | | | Under the current agreement Iran has with Russia and |
| current foreign policy in relation to the country's of | | | | the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran |
| Venezuela and Iran and the lax security on our | | | | can only use its nuclear energy from the Bushehr plant |
| southern border. | | | | for domestic electricity. If fully operational, the plant |
| In Iran, Russia is in the process of fueling Iran's nuclear | | | | could support the energy needs of the majority of the |
| reactor as we speak. This act has left the United | | | | country. Iran is obligated to give all used reactor fuel |
| States and Israel on edge due to the nature of the | | | | from the Bushehr plant to the Russians as so to |
| relationship between the countries at this current time. | | | | extinguish the possibility of nuclear proliferation. Used |
| At present, the United States does not have an active | | | | reactor fuel can be used to produce Plutonium which |
| diplomatic role in any peace talks between Iran and | | | | could then be used to complete an atomic weapon. |
| Israel. Tensions between the two countries have | | | | The fear is, using its alliance with Venezuela, Iran could |
| steadily risen within the last two years. During the last | | | | circumvent IAEA inspections and its' "no proliferation" |
| Bush administration and the current Obama | | | | deal with Russia. Iran could purchase, produce, and |
| administration, U.S.- Iranian relations have been virtually | | | | enrich Uranium without the knowledge of the IAEA and |
| nonexistent due to a lack of willingness to interact with | | | | could potentially begin to weaponize nuclear material. |
| Iran and its present leader President Mahmoud | | | | Uranium, has to be more than 90% enriched to be at |
| Ahmadinejad from the U.S. State Department. This rift, | | | | weapon grade level to produce a nuclear warhead. |
| has lead Ahmadinejad to accuse the US of playing | | | | The current fuel provided by Russia is at 3.5% which is |
| favorites between themselves and the Israelis which | | | | way below the weapon grade level needed. However, |
| has only added fuel to an already tense relationship. | | | | Uranium supplied from Venezuela to Iran could be |
| The U.S. has demanded that Iran tone down its' | | | | much more difficult to track and test for the IAEA and |
| rhetoric against Israel before any talks can take place. | | | | the international community. |
| Israel is reportedly considering an air strike against Iran | | | | Also, one of the main concerns from U.S. intelligence |
| s' nuclear facility in Bushehr, a town about 700 miles | | | | agencies is that they are having a hard time finding out |
| south of Tehran. | | | | who's coming in and out of Venezuela on these flights |
| In Venezuela,in the latest episode in a comedy of | | | | from Tehran. These flights land at a military base in |
| errors between two countries, President Hugo Chavez | | | | Venezuela. No one is allowed to book seats on these |
| has accused the U.S. of backing rebels inside | | | | flights. The flights always show no availability and there |
| Venezuela and Columbia against his government in an | | | | is no flight manifest to show the names of the persons |
| attempt to over throw him and install a new regime. | | | | that are flying in and out of Venezuela. |
| The U.S. has repeated denied any role in a scheme | | | | As the perception from most Arab nations that the |
| against Venezuela and has refused any one-on-one | | | | United States continues to support Israel's foreign |
| talks with the President after it levied accusations of | | | | policy unevenly in the Middle East when it concerns |
| possible human rights violations against his government. | | | | Palestinians, Israel's perceived enemies and other |
| From Caracas, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has initiated | | | | nations continue to pull away from the U.S. Mideast |
| an agreement with the countries of Iran and Syria that | | | | policy. This perception of the U.S. in the region, could |
| will benefit all three countries militarily and economically, | | | | make radicals from the Middle East, attempt to board |
| but how their new found friendship will affect the | | | | one of the flights into Venezuela from Tehran and |
| United States and its relationship with these three | | | | make their way from South America into Mexico and |
| countries has yet to be determined. | | | | across the border into the U.S. - to possibly conduct |
| In 2007, the first of many flights originating in Tehran, | | | | terrorist activities. |