It's that time of year to remember the needy, especially if they live in a country that has defaulted on its International Monetary Fund loans. The Saudi King Fahd Cultural Center in Buenos Aires has distributed food to 500 poor families in the capital to commemorate Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the Ramadan fast. Argentina has the largest Muslim population in Latin America, estimated at more than 1 million.
Didn't know that.
Former President Carlos Menem is of Syrian descent, and the King Fahd Center is the largest Muslim religious and cultural institution outside of the Middle East. Buenos Aires has three mosques, but the largest mosque in Latin America is in the Argentinean city of Ciudad del Este, an epicenter of Western intelligence focus since the Sept. 11 attacks. The Saudis built the mosque. Argentinean intelligence has also reported sighting a number of Saudi al Qaida operatives there.
Saudis + Money + Mosques = al-Qaida. They'll feel right at home visiting the Hitler Youth Retirement Village. |