Venezuela claims CIA ‘false flag’ attack foiled, as US deploys bombers

Venezuela claimed Monday to have dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship deployed to the southern Caribbean, as Washington stepped up pressure on Caracas by flying bombers nearby. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said Monday that a cell “financed by the CIA” planned to attack the USS Gravely and frame Caracas.