Holland admits U.S. spy advantage Curaçao Island

AMSTERDAM - A Dutch lawmaker who comes from the Dutch Socialist Party, Harry van Bommel acknowledged that U.S. spy planes have been using one of the Dutch island in the Caribbean islands, the island of Curaçao.

Van Bommel has already asked the Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen after a few times to see Boeing RC-135 aircraft to do surveillance from Hato airport island in the Caribbean in recent weeks.

Aviation aircraft has infuriate President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who earlier had accused the Dutch gave the U.S. by lending assistance to the islands in the Caribbean.

Government of The Hague has raised tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, according to a statement released venezuela government.

But an opponent Van Bommel said that the Netherlands was just trying to ease tensions. He said that the Netherlands has helped the U.S. in the fight against drugs.

Van Bommel tried to argue that the spy plane used to fight the guerrillas.

Speaking in his weekly radio and television program, Chavez said that U.S. planes are flying across a Venezuelan military base located in the state of Zulia, western Venezuela, after taking off from Colombia. Chavez did not describe further, but he said the plane used to commit espionage.

"They are the Yankees (Americans). And they enter the territory of Venezuela," Chavez said.

"I have ordered that the planes were shot down," Chavez said about the planes. "We will not allow it."

U.S. Embassy spokesman said there was no information regarding cross-border flights in the mission, added that they were not contacted by the Chavez government.

Colombia also do not forget to repulse the allegations.

Colombian defense minister says his country did not have access to spy plane without the crew. Colombian Minister actually joked and said that Venezuela mistaking Santa Claus sled as a spy plane.

Colombian Defense Minister, Gabriel Silva, and the Colombian armed forces commander Freddy Padilla, on Monday told reporters that the Colombian army can not fly spy planes as charged Chavez.

"Colombia does not have such capabilities," said Silva. "Probably, the soldiers Venezuela mistaken, maybe they see no spy planes, but Santa Claus sled."