Chavez denies elite Iranian forces in Venezuela
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Monday a US report was "absolutely false" that Iranian special forces had an increasing presence in his South American nation.
The report by the Pentagon to Congress earlier in April said the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' elite Qods force had a growing Latin American presence, "particularly in Venezuela." That further fueled anxiety in Washington about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's increasing ties to the region, especially Brazil and Venezuela's fiery, socialist leader. (Reuters)
