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Terror shuttle shut down?

Nearly two years ago, I reported that the Venezuelan airline Conviasa was flying a Tehran - Damascus - Caracas route that was being used to run weapons.

Now, citing a report from Fox News, the Jawa Report informs us that the terror shuttle between the three countries has been brought to a halt.

Romero's comments came in response to FOXNews.com's efforts to buy tickets on the regularly scheduled, 48-hour round trip from Caracas to Damascus to Tehran, then back again.

Intelligence analysts with both the CIA and Israel said that, despite the listing of the flight as a regular commercial route and a code share with Iran air -- Flight IR744 is also Flight VO3744 -- there was no way that anyone could buy a ticket and travel without being vetted by the Venezuelan or Iranian government.And without passport controls, flight manifests and other documents, it meant some of the world's most dangerous men could travel without fear of being uncovered.

Curiously, unlike most other bookings on the national airline, calls for reservations on this particular flight were routed to a cell phone in Argentina, rather than to Conviasa's regular service in Caracas.

Hmmm.

Read the whole thing.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:37 AM