Originally Posted by Agent 488

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=237485

U.S. to face new Vietnam if invades Libya: Chavez


Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez warned the United States not to interfere in Libya's domestic affairs.

?If the Yankees... invade Libya, they will face a new Vietnam, and oil prices will soar to $200 per barrel,? Chavez said on national television on Sunday.

The United States lost about 60,000 soldiers in the Vietnam War.

Chavez said a civil war is underway in Libya and added that no one has the right to invade a sovereign state.

Thousands of Libyans have been killed since the first anti-governmental protests broke out on February 15. Demonstrators are demanding the end of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule.

Chavez reiterated a call he made on February 28 for the international community to establish a mission of intermediaries to settle the Libyan crisis.