Chavez Condemns London Attacks, Criticizes US Policies on Terrorism

Venezuela's Chavez Condemns London Attacks, Criticizes US Policies on Terrorism

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday condemned the bombings in London while criticizing Washington's anti-terror policies.

Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Chavez said "we firmly reject" the attacks Thursday that killed 49 people and injured 700. "Nothing can justify the abdominal acts," he said.

Chavez said world leaders must concentrate on eliminating the causes of terrorism rather than responding "with more terror, which is what the United States has done."

The U.S. government "puts more fuel on the fire" by invading countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, said Chavez, one of Latin America's most outspoken critics of U.S. foreign policy. snip

"There is no 'good' terrorism and 'bad' terrorism, it's all bad," said Chavez, who accused the Bush administration of protecting Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban militant wanted by Venezuela for his alleged role in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner that killed 73 people.