Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff US, joke about bomb
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise in Caracas on Monday, mocked US disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.
As he often does, the theatrical and provocative Chavez stuck his finger right into the global political sore spot, joking that a bomb was ready under a grassy knoll in front of his Miraflores palace steps. "That hill will open up and a big atomic bomb will come out," he said, the two men laughing together. (Reuters)
