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Group demands Venezuela envoy recall over Jewish conspiracy remark
By The Associated Press
Tags: Venezuela, Mossad 

A leading anti-Semitism watchdog group wants Venezuela's ambassador to Russia recalled.

The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center says Ambassador Alexis Navarro made anti-Semitic comments.

Navarro was quoted by the daily Moscow News as saying that a failed 2002 coup that briefly ousted President Hugo Chavez involved Israeli Mossad intelligence snipers "who were Venezuelan citizens, but Jews." The remarks appeared in an interview the newspaper published on May 15.
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The group said in a statement Friday that it wrote a letter to Venezuela's foreign minister saying the comments were racist and incite violence against Jews.

A foreign ministry spokesman reached by phone said there was no immediate government response.

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      1.   Big Deal 04:33  |  Jack 07/06/08
      2.   It sounds like another uber whine to me. 05:00  |  Deborah 07/06/08
      3.   #1, Jack 05:07  |  Mordechai 07/06/08
      4.   #1 Jack, CLASICAL ANTISEMITIC RANT 05:30  |  Jorge 07/06/08
      5.   Crypto Jew 07:01  |  Jeff 07/06/08
      6.   Baseless statement by Venezuelan ambassador to Russia. 07:14  |  Jacob 07/06/08
      7.   To Deborah 07:27  |  Tug 07/06/08
      8.   #5 Crypto Jew 08:10  |  MarkC 07/06/08
      9.   Anti-Semitism 08:52  |  Jean Van Daem 07/06/08
      10.   Very weird 09:05  |  Gordon 07/06/08
      11.   on anti-Semitism and anti-Semites 09:28  |  Khalid 07/06/08
      12.   Amazing the Jew hatred 11:01  |  Ariel 07/06/08
      13.   re: Crypto Jew (#5) 12:30  |  Ralph 07/06/08
      14.   to van Daem (#8) 12:34  |  Ralph 07/06/08
      15.   CHAVVEZ IS A NARCOCRIMINAL 12:34  |  Iskander 07/06/08
      16.   Serious response to Deborah and Jack 13:07  |  go rimbaud 07/06/08
      17.   2Deborah& 7 Tug,both right! no doubt that there are conspiracies 13:21  |  lakshmi 07/06/08
      18.   Tyg #7 re Deborah a correction 14:47  |  American in NY 07/06/08
      19.   AMERICAN IN NEW YORK 15:42  |  Brant 07/06/08
      20.   AMERICAN in NY& Tug how about a BASELESS LIE singling out Jews 16:11  |  PETER SM 07/06/08
      21.   To Jeff #5 16:48  |  Ricardo Levy 07/06/08
      22.   brant in hilton head 17:53  |  potobac 07/06/08
      23.   #5 NOT a theory 17:56  |  Jeff 07/06/08
      24.   Let us set up a UN Tribunal to Investigate Chavez 19:07  |  H. Kollen 07/06/08
      25.   23 jeff,this is shocking that people in the 21st century actually 19:30  |  lakshmi 07/06/08
      26.   Venezuelan diplomats are not used to vodka. 19:38  |  Stephen. 07/06/08
      27.   Its up to venezuela to deal with its 19:46  |  Alvares 07/06/08
      28.   Why Racist? Why Anti-Semitic? 20:13  |  chet 07/06/08
      29.   remarks 21:22  |  Shmuelshachor 07/06/08
      30.   good guys 00:12  |  hollingsworth 08/06/08
      31.   schmelmacher,monkey?sounds racist no. 01:56  |  billy jack 08/06/08
      32.   it is an example of free speach 03:16  |  American in NY 08/06/08
      33.   Hubris or arrogance? 03:26  |  Jan Jansen 08/06/08
      34.   Group demands Venezuela envoy recall 00:30  |  GeraldHodgson 09/06/08
      35.   whining "watchdogs" 01:54  |  Paul 09/06/08
      36.   WHY? 02:15  |  MONA 09/06/08
      37.   Henry Ford 02:25  |  Auto Mobile 09/06/08
      38.   World demands Zionists stop deception 04:30  |  sharpinchitown 09/06/08
      39.   #3, there you go again 04:35  |  sharpinchitown 09/06/08
      40.   Tribunal says H. Kollen!! LOL 04:41  |  sharpinchitown 09/06/08
      41.   Did Mossad take part in the 2002 coup? 04:47  |  brian 09/06/08
      42.   Why Anti-Semtism Exists 04:49  |  Matt 09/06/08
      43.   Jews Lands 04:50  |  Sally 09/06/08
      44.   Jews should look in the mirror 10:19  |  michael mazur 09/06/08
      45.   to jean van daem 12:48  |  laddy 09/06/08
      46.   So, the facts may be true? 03:18  |  David 10/06/08
      47.   Lox - Sashimi #25 05:56  |  Mads 14/08/08
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