PUTIN'S NEXT MOVE: RUSSIAN NAVY TO VISIT CHAVEZ - STAGE EXERCISES

BBC: Venezuela plans Russia navy visit

Venezuela says it plans to hold joint naval exercises in its territorial waters with Russian forces in November.

A senior Venezuelan naval officer said four Russian ships would take part in the exercises, which would also involve Venezuelan aircraft and submarines.

Correspondents say the move is likely to raise concern in the US, whose relations with Russia have been soured by Moscow's recent conflict in Georgia.

Washington already has rocky relations with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.

In July, he called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the US.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMDATE US.

• IF OBAMA IS POTUS THIS KIND OF THREATENING CRAP WILL WORK.
• BUT NOT ON MCCAIN WHO, UNLIKE BUSH, HAS SEEN PUTIN FOR WHAT HE IS SINCE 2000.
  

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