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NEW YORK — An article published last week in a slick Al Qaeda online magazine calls on jihadists in the Arabian Peninsula to follow a directive from Usama bin Laden and attack “oil interests that provide the Crusaders with oil.”

Those “interests,” the article states, could also include facilities owned by Venezuela, Mexico and Canada.

It certainly makes sense from a tactical point of view for Al Qaeda to attack Venezuela’s oil industry. Al Qaeda are all too aware that the West’s dependence on oil is our Achilles heal.

However, it may be difficult for Al Qaeda operatives to infiltrate a place like Venezuela. Middle Easterner would stand out like a sore thumb. A paranoid Chavez would probably crack down on them severely for fear it may be used as an excuse for a military action against Venezuela.