COLUMNA de AZTLAN

What will the U.S. do if it is drawn into another front?

There is little doubt in my mind that Israel's Transport Minister did not know that his reckless comments would move the crude oil market to the upside. Mofaz and his buddies, who may have been privy beforehand to Mofaz's threatening speech towards Iran, would have made a great deal of money if they were long (betting the price would move up) crude oil futers.

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Iran demanded action from the U.N. Security Council about an Israeli threat to attack its nuclear sites if it continues uranium enrichment, according to a letter released on Saturday by Iranian U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee.

Israeli Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted on Friday in an Israeli newspaper saying that an attack on Iran looks "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential.

Chavez: “Colombia is the Israel of Latin America.”
March 3rd 2008, by Chris Carlson - Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders troops to the Colombian border (Rueters)

Monday, March 03, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez labeled Colombia the "Israel of Latin America" on his Sunday talk show Aló Presidente yesterday. Responding to events on Saturday in which the Colombian military made an illegal attack across the border in Ecuadorian territory, the Venezuelan leader called Colombia a "terrorist state," and gave orders to mobilize troops on the Venezuelan-Colombian border.

"The Colombian government has turned into the Israel of Latin America," said Chavez during his show on Sunday.

"Colombia is a terrorist state that is subject to the great terrorist, the government of the United States and their apparatus," he explained.