Why won't the US Goverment deny their intent to invade?
Why is it always punishment, bullying, and power?
Why can't we just sit down and talk?
Marcus Roberts
Ambassador of St Kitts and Nevis, at Large
Venezuela says U.S. plane breached airspaceStory Highlights
U.S. says pilot "recognized his error and contacted a Venezuela tower"
Venezuela official says U.S. intentionally breached airspace
U.S. says it is "happy" to discuss incident with Venezuelan officials
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. regrets any "accidental infringement" of
Venezuelan airspace by a U.S. plane over the weekend, the State
Department said Monday, but a Venezuelan official called the breach
intentional.
An S-3 Viking launches from an aircraft carrier. The U.S. says the S-3
over Venezuela had navigation problems.
The pilot "recognized his error and contacted a Venezuela tower to
acknowledge that," said Tom Casey, spokesman for the U.S. State
Department.
"This is simply an issue where an error was made and acknowledged at
the time," Casey said.
However, at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Defense Minister
Gustavo Rangel Briceno said Venezuela believes that the U.S. military
intentionally breached the country's airspace, adding that the U.S.
ambassador will be summoned to the Foreign Ministry to explain the
incident.
While acknowledging that the Navy pilot told air traffic controllers
at Venezuela's main Maiquetia airport that he "wasn't aware of his
location," Rangel Briceno said that "we believe that that's not the
case."
"We believe that this was a conscious action on the part of the United
States Navy, that it's no more that another link in the chain of
provocations that they want to ensnare our country in," Rangel Briceno
said.
Casey said the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela had not been formally
contacted about discussing the incident. The U.S., he said, is "happy
to speak about this with the Venezuelan government authorities."
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A Navy S-3 Viking aircraft had taken off from a base in Curacao as
part of Joint Interagency Task Force South, which conducts counter-
drug operations in South America, a U.S. military official told CNN.
The official declined to be named because he is not authorized to
speak publicly about the event.
The official said the plane, which conducts surveillance operations,
had been experiencing "intermittent navigation problems." The crew was
told by controllers in Curacao to switch frequencies to a control
center in Venezuela. At that point the Venezuelan air controllers
accused the U.S. Navy crew of flying into their airspace, the official
said.
The Navy crew gave all information about its identity and location to
the Venezuelans during a three-minute radio call between both sides.
The official said the conversation was "polite" but there were some
"language barriers."
The official said he understands the crew told the Venezuelans they
were "on a training mission," but said he could not independently
confirm that.
Curacao is an island that is part of the Netherlands Antilles, just
off the northern coast of
The CIA has been fomenting a civil war between St Kitts and Nevis for
years. The Nevis successionists have all been bought and psyopped. The
CIA is trying to cripple the economy and they finally managed to
destroy the St Kitts sugar industry a couple years ago, the country's
biggest dollar maker. Condi is on board with everything. The rising
social unrest will be the excuse for the invasion. The Pentagon has
already drawn up all the necessary contingency plans. Ambassadors will
be targeted and arrested on the excuse their government-issued
credentials are not valid. They will then be waterboarded to extract
information about the St Kitts government plan to counter the
invasion. I'm surprised you knew all this. St Kitts must have a mole
high up in the CIA and/or Pentagon. That's another reason for the
upcoming waterboarding of Ambassadors. The CIA wants the name of the
mole and they'll get it. Save yourself and tell them what they want to
know.