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1/9/10

US fighter aircraft flying from Netherlands Antilles violates Venezuelan airspace says Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a US military aircraft had violated the country's airspace for 15 minutes before being intercepted and driven out by two Venezuelan F-16s.  Chavez said the aircraft had flown from the Netherlands Antilles' island of Curacao, and was escorted out of Venezuelan airspace, but later returned for 19 more minutes.

'They are warplanes used for the imperial war, not - as (the US) claims - specialized aircraft to combat drug trafficking,' he said during a cabinet meeting Friday.



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