Let me just add in response to something Dr. Cammett said, that a month ago the Iranian Defense Minister was in Bolivia and said that he was there to inaugurate an academy on asymmetrical warfare, basically militia training in Bolivia. He declared that their purposes was to be prepared to respond to any threat from the United States.
Noriega discusses Iranian military training in Bolivia as a response to perceived U.S. threats.
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