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2004-08-25 Caribbean-Latin America

Police rule out al-Qaeda presence in Nicaragua

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-25 12:52:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seems like every time a country say they have no terriorists something happens?

Posted by raptor 2004-08-25 9:19:06 AM|| 2004-08-25 9:19:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 When I lived in Colombia I saw this one guy outside an Arabic restaurant in Bogota (pre-911, of course) with full Wahhabi-style white, flowing robes and a long headdress thingie and the guy had a frickin' pistol in a holster attached to his belt. The guy was wild lookin'. I still don't know how he had authorization to have that gun, because there is no universal right to carry arms in Colombia. He must've had some kinda permit. I remember reading pre-911 that the U.S. & Colombian governments had discovered that a multi-million dollar slaughterhouse built in the now defunct ceasefire zone for the F.A.R.C. rebels in southeastern Colombia that they enjoyed during the late 1990's (and I believe up until like 2000 or 2002) was actually funded and built by Iranian intelligence. Furthermore they believed there was ongoing military cooperation going on in the ceasefire zone between the F.A.R.C., E.P.L.N. & E.L.N. & the I.R.A. & Islamic terrorists from organizations that I do not specifically remember from the article. I do remember that the implication was that Iran was facilitating the operation. This ceasefire zone was a terrorist haven until it was taken back by anti-terrorist Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's current hardline President & ally of the Bush Administration. I should try and dig up that old article because it has new importance in the post 911 world. I just remembered it in the last couple minutes. This article somehow reminded me of that article. But I can guarantee you there are Wahhabis & Muslim fundamentalists & even Al-Qaida in Latin America!

Posted by Kentucky Beef 2004-08-25 10:33:00 AM|| 2004-08-25 10:33:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if you can get an Ortega Burger in Nicaragua these days?...

Posted by mojo 2004-08-25 1:28:16 PM|| 2004-08-25 1:28:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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