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2026-01-03 Caribbean-Latin America

Report: Iran Using Venezuela to Install Drone Tech in Western Hemisphere

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-03 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1826 views ] Top
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1 Venezuela declares national emergency after reported military strikes on capital

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-01-03 03:01|| 2026-01-03 03:01|| Front Page Top

2 Iranian Strike-Surveillance Drones Are Now Operating In Venezuela

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-03 04:56|| 2026-01-03 04:56|| Front Page Top

3 That's great but that isn't striking at the head of the snake: IRAN.
As long as Iran exists it's a threat to the security of the US, its allies and the entire Middle East region.
US airstrikes followed by IDF ground troops would do it, but nobody has the guts to do the needful.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-01-03 05:16|| 2026-01-03 05:16|| Front Page Top

4 Not any more.

Posted by Gritch Throlumble3163 2026-01-03 05:22|| 2026-01-03 05:22|| Front Page Top

5 US Imposes Sanctions on Venezuelan and Iranian Companies Over Combat Drone Network Linked to the Maduro Regime

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-03 07:22|| 2026-01-03 07:22|| Front Page Top

6 Too little too late

Posted by Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 2026-01-03 08:15|| 2026-01-03 08:15|| Front Page Top

7 Readdressing all conclusions now that President and Mrs. Maduro have been extracted snd sent up for trial in New York…

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-03 15:04|| 2026-01-03 15:04|| Front Page Top

8 And the VP has escaped to Russia.

Maduro's presumed successor, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, is possibly in Russia: report

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-03 16:45|| 2026-01-03 16:45|| Front Page Top

9 ^ Well, Cuba is gonna be in a world of hurt, Iran isn't much better and she doesn't like dehydration, China just (possibly) gave up Nick's location, and Hezb's head is hiding in Iran. Russia seems like a "safer" bet for refuge.

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-03 18:32|| 2026-01-03 18:32|| Front Page Top

10 Russia could import Venezuela's Maduro loyalist thugs and send them to the Ukraine front where they will freeze and then die from drones.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-01-03 21:53|| 2026-01-03 21:53|| Front Page Top

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