Uribe Would Be Involved in the "Final Offensive"
Against Venezuela

May 8th 2008, by Últimas Noticias

First published April 25, 2008

The so-called "final offensive" against Venezuela (the
purpose of which is to take President Chávez out of
power) is being planned presumably from Colombia, and
would be executed by that country's army, according to
agreements between Colombian President Álvaro Uribe
and "the known agent of the intelligence services of
the United States," William Brownfield.

This information is recorded in the document titled
"Shock and Awe Theory in Venezuela: Provoke a State of
Shock In Order to Command Respect," presented to the
Public Ministry by former Venezuelan Attorney General
Isaías Rodríguez when he went to make declarations
regarding the Danilo Anderson case last Friday.

Citing sources from the Security Administration
Department (DAS) of Colombia, the document recounts a
recent private meeting in which Ambassador Brownfield,
President Uribe, Colombian Vice President Francisco
Santos, and Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel
Santos participated. They conversed about plans to
promote the "secession of the state of Zulia,
Venezuela."

The source from within the DAS said that the
ambassador made reference to a previous conversation
he had with the United States Defense Secretary Robert
Gates, who reportedly said: "The structure will be set
up in the oil state, and the collaboration of Governor
Manuel Rosales," but the support of the United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia is still lacking. The
source added, "the Venezuelan army will by displaced
to impede the autonomy and in that moment is when the
paramilitaries come into play. Uribe interrupted to
express that this action was very dangerous and that
he did not think Venezuelans would accept the state's
separation. I know the Venezuelans well and they will
not accept this, so perhaps this favors Chávez."

Francisco Santos rebutted Uribe, saying that "the idea
is to distract Chávez while the other part of the plan
is carried out in Caracas, Valencia, and Maracay".
Brownfield calmed Uribe, saying "don´t worry,
everything is already prepared, we've been in
Venezuela creating the conditions in Zulia for years,
now the only thing left is to tie up the loose strings
from Colombia and sew together the operation to
produce the Venezuelan May."

Uribe put Francisco Santos in charge of the details
"without it looking like the Government is involved
because we would go to war. The ambassador ended the
discussion like this: 'this is the best moment,
because the electoral season in the United States
makes many people think that our country is focused on
that juncture, therefore any direct or indirect action
by the United States would be ruled out or
unsubstantiated. Long live the element of surprise.'"

The document also points out that in order to break
Chávez down morally it must be planned that
paramilitaries already located in Caracas kidnap his
youngest son and transport him to an unspecified place
in Colombia.

Translated by James Suggett

Source URL: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/
Printed: May 11th 2008

For more on William Brownfield:

http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/john_negroponte_william_bro...