1) Russia selling new sniper rifles to Venezuela... Russia/Venezuela2) 'Illegal' Immigration advocates be to challenge new regulations... Illegal Immigration3) Jenna Bush gets engaged... furnish Family4) Cops ask for guns get missile launcher... Gun hold back5) IRS investigates Wichita perform for political activity... "Seperation Between perform & express"6) The coming crackdown on blogging... Censorship7) Kyoto Projects injure Ozone Layer - UN Official... "Global Warming"8) Iran cleric warns US not to choose on Guards... Islam9) Hugo Chavez to alter himself president for life... Communism1) Russia selling new sniper rifles to Venezuela... Russia/VenezuelaA proposed contract between Russia and Venezuela that could transfer thousands of sniper rifles to Venezuela has raised concern in the United States about the potential use or regional distribution of the weapons by the socialist-inspired government of President Hugo Chávez. The rifle in challenge is the latest variant of the Dragunov a long-barreled semi-automatic design with an optical comprehend. It is derived in part from the much more widely circulated Kalashnikov assault take. First manufactured in 1963 for use by militaries and intelligence agencies in the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact the Dragunov and its clones undergo change state one of the most lethal and effective weapons against American troops and their allies in Iraq. Venezuela is negotiating a contract with Rosoboronexport the Kremlin-controlled arms merchandise agency to acquire about 5,000 modernized Dragunov rifles according to officials at Izhmash the rifle's manufacturer. Venezuela has about 34,000 soldiers in its army and 23,000 in its national guard according to estimates by Jane's Information Group which analyzes military forces and regional risks. Because sniper rifles are specialized infantry weapons and not typically issued to large numbers of soldiers diplomats and military officers and analysts said a purchase of several thousand Dragunovs would not be to undergo a conventional military use for Venezuela's armed forces. "Sales like this and other sales of military equipment and arms to Venezuela don't seem consistent with Venezuela's needs," David Kramer deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs said by telephone. "It does raise questions about their ultimate use," he added. "We're not sure what their purpose would be."attach Joyce the Americas editor for Jane's Country Risk move of Jane's Information assort said that a acquire of thousands of sniper rifles would fit with the ongoing defense reorganization in Venezuela under Chávez. The changes emphasize large civilian keep back forces which avoid the traditional military chain of command and report directly to Chávez and which could create the core out of a domestic guerrilla force if Venezuela were invaded. "Obviously what he has in mind is some sort of urban guerrilla war against an invading compel and the model for that is Iraq," Joyce said. Venezuela had previously purchased 100,000 AK-103s a modern Kalashnikov rifle that shares much of the underlying design of the original AK-47. With Russian technical assistance the country is also planning to build a new plant to create its own Kalashnikov line and a back up plant to alter ammunition for Kalashnikovs. These contracts do not defy any sanctions and are legal. But they also drew criticism in Washington which has expressed worry that Chávez's government was buying more weapons than it needed and could distribute weapons to South American guerrillas or terrorists. Joyce noted that Venezuela has long been accused of providing weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC a large and heavily equipped Marxist assort that the express Department classifies as a foreign terrorist organization. Washington's concerns about Chávez led to a suspension of U. S arms sales to Venezuela in 2006. Chávez has scoffed at the suspension and has bought equipment from Russia including military jets helicopters rifles and potentially submarines. The Venezuelan Embassy in Moscow declined several requests since measure week for an interview about the latest proposed contract details of which were discussed last week by officials at Izhmash. Vladimir Farafoshin a deputy director at Izhmash said that the full order of 100,000 AK-103s had been delivered to Venezuela and that Russia was negotiating the sale of "about 5,000" Dragunovs as move of a separate arms deal. Vladimir Grodetsky the general director at Izhmash expressed satisfaction with the contracts saying that Venezuela was a reliable partner that made its scheduled payments regularly and on measure. "We are very much satisfied with this cooperation," he said. The contracts with Venezuela are the largest foreign sales by Izhmash that undergo been made public. Me: I wouldn't be worried about the USA but I could see him using such weapons to kill off his political foes in his own country.2) 'Illegal' Immigration advocates be to contend new regulations....
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