Chasing Islamic 'terrorists' in Paraguay [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Chasing Islamic 'terrorists' in Paraguay

The search for the Islamic bogeyman terror organisation in South America is fruitless because none exist.

Last Modified: 25 May 2013 16:37
Belen Fernandez

In November 2012, a subcommittee of the US House Committee on Homeland Security produced a report titled "A Line in the Sand: Countering Crime, Violence and Terror at the Southwest Border", an updated version of a similarly named 2006 report.

Both were authored by Texas Congressman Michael T McCaul, who has since become chairman of said committee.

In the preface to the subcommittee's findings, he explains that the updates were required due in part to the fact that "the new element of Iran and Hezbollah's influence in Latin America has become very troubling".

Of course, some observers might find it more troubling that one of the primary bits of evidence listed in support of this "unsettling trend" is that "Iran now has embassies in 11 Latin American countries that include Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua and Uruguay".

When I last checked, diplomatic relations between countries were fairly common, and the opening of embassies abroad was less problematic than other kinds of international projects pursued by certain regimes, such as the illegal invasion of sovereign nations.

More:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/2013512105822488194.html

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