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Venezuela Slams Robertson Over Remarks 

Venezuela's vice president has accused religious broadcaster Pat Robertson of making "terrorist statements" 

By Associated Press

What makes this asshole Robertson any different than a foaming at the mouth neo-con or Taliban? --- Kevin

08/23/05 "AP" -- -- CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's vice president accused religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on Tuesday of making "terrorist statements" by suggesting that American agents assassinate President Hugo Chavez.

Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Venezuela was studying its legal options, adding that how Washington responds to Robertson's comments would put its anti-terrorism policy to the test.

"The ball is in the U.S. court, after this criminal statement by a citizen of that country," Rangel told reporters. "It's huge hypocrisy to maintain this discourse against terrorism and at the same time, in the heart of that country, there are entirely terrorist statements like those."

Robertson suggested on-air Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, that American operatives assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to stop his country from becoming "a launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism."

Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)