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2003-02-21 Latin America

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-21 08:13 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wonder how long the Iranian connection will last?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-21 12:58:35|| 2003-02-21 12:58:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't forget about the "Venezuelan" citizen caught with a live grenade at Gatwick airport last week.

His name? The not very Hispanic sounding Rahaman Alan Hazil Mohammad

Posted by H.D. Miller 2003-02-21 13:29:04|| [travellingshoes.blogspot.com] 2003-02-21 13:29:04|| Front Page Top

#3 as far as i can tell most of the folks quoted are among Chavez's enemies. He has alot to lose, and is rather vulnerable. Yeah he's flirted with Libya, but notice how cautious theyve been lately. I would put this in the same category as a debka report - interesting, worth noting, but take with an ample supply of salt.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-02-21 13:34:29|| 2003-02-21 13:34:29|| Front Page Top

#4 This connection should not be any surprising. South America has had root for the Muslims since long. Most of the influx of immigrants to South America around 1550 -1900 has been was from Europeans from Spain ( common language ) The Muslims from northern Africa dominated Spain from the 8th to the 15th century.

From 1492, the last bastion of Muslim political strength, Grenada, fell. The Muslim Spain was on the decline and its culmination took place when the last batch of Muslim die-hards left Spain in early part of 1600âs. Just to demonstrate what I am saying Spanish language has many Arabic words, its music has an Arabic tone, its culture has more Arabic influence than the European does, and proper nouns in Spanish often have the Arabic prefixes. Islamic influences in Spanish and Latin American architecture. Fountains, tiles, arches, all had Moorish/ Muslim influence, as the workers were from that area. There are churches and cathedrals in Latin America, which were built facing Mecca.

OlÃ© is the Spanish adaptation of 'Allah', the Arabic word for God. Names like Medina, Selma, etc of Hispanic and later Afro groups are again Arabic. Therefore, that place, obviously, has a lot affinity and connections for people who fled Afghanistan to save lives and escaped to Eastern Europe, Seychelles islands, Comoros, Mombassa, Chad etc were likely to trickle into South American countries.

Chavez an adventurist, who has still a lot of a âteenaged boyâ in him, is probably an apple of the eye for Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. The Venezuelan President is right in the American backyard. He is elected, and has an effervescent personality. Characters like Castro and Qaddafi (though soberedâup themselves due to age and experiences) would always like to brew trouble on the sidelines for the US and Mr. Chavez is an ideal candidate for that. Not only that, lately Mr. Chavez has become vindictive with the strikers, something he could do from the very first day. This demonstrates to me some additional enduringness he has been able to line-up recently.

The Venezuelan caught with a live grenade at Gatwick appears in all probability a trailer of things to come.

Posted by ISHMAIL 2003-02-22 04:15:04|| 2003-02-22 04:15:04|| Front Page Top

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