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| Middle East insurgents extend base in S. America | ||
| 2003-11-23 | ||
The United States has determined that Islamic insurgency groups based in the Middle East have established operations in South America. U.S. officials said Middle East insurgents use South America to raise money through drug trafficking and other illegal activities. They said the Islamic groups also employ South America to recruit agents and ensure logistics for operations. The groups that operate in South America include the Palestinian-based Hamas, the Lebanese-based Hizbullah and the Egyptian Gamiat Islamiya, officials said. These organizations have representation in several countries in South America, including Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Paraguay, Trinidad and Venezuela.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 Superhose, although legalized gambling hasn't hurt the mob the mob has little to do with it anymore, at least in Las Vegas. I think it became too big, and too visible, and the buyout checks from the corporations moving in were just too tempting. During the Reagan administration there was discussion of getting Argentine troops involved in El Salvador and perhaps aiding the Contras. The Argies speak spanish, were looking for something to prove themselves, had just finished their dirty war and knew how to win, and it would have kept Gringo troops out of central America. Of course the Falkland Crisis screwed up the plans but its a decent plan anyway. The US should got to the OAS and see if a coalition can be formed to end the civil war in Colombia. American money and logistics, and OAS troops. Since the war risks destabalizing the neighborhood there might be some folk willing to take up the call. Anyway it wouldn't hurt to float the idea and see what people think. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2003-11-23 9:12:43 PM |
| #5 The way to stop a traffic is not by trying to cut supply because the more people you arrest, the more lucrative is the business and it attracts further purveyors. The way is to cut the demand: this will put the suppliers out of business. In other words: "Desintoxicate or..." |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-11-23 3:29:59 PM |
#4 Dr. Tony Sousa, a Brazilian geologist living in the United States, has quite a bit of insight into this situation and has posted some good info at Little Green Footballs."Interestingly, this [Islamic subversion] is centered in the tri-border region of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. For decades, this isolated region was best known to the outside world as a leading refuge for fugitive nazi war criminals. It is also a center of drug-smuggling, gun-running, and organized crime of all kinds." Also this, in an earlier post: "Just what attracted the Islamo-fascists to that isolated region in the first place is open to speculation, but the tri-border region was a most notorious refuge for fugitive nazi war criminals for several decades. The nazis are mostly dead now, but it is possible that Hizbollah moved in and took over their networks in the area before these faded completely. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-11-23 3:22:59 PM |
| #3 At a certian point we need to establish some order in South America. There are criminal elements running all sectors of society in South America. Does anyone think that legalized gambling has really hurt organized crime in America? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 11:19:15 AM |
| #2 If we had fought the drug war like a war instead of a law enforcement fiasco, then the drug dealers would be out of business. As it is, the Islamic extremists and the narco terrorists have given us a green light to get very nasty and very tough. Let's take off the gloves and get the job done. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2003-11-23 10:11:57 AM |
| #1 I hate to say it, but if we ended the drug war, and made legitimate business people out of the drug traffickers, we could shut Qaeda out of the drug trade. Are there very many Muslim terrorists selling moonshine? See my point? |
| Posted by: ISLAM SUCKS 2003-11-23 1:39:42 AM |