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Old 12-08-2012, 05:26 PM   #1
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110216...medium=twitter http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/Ne...257839007097BC Leaked U.S. embassy wires bring U.S. Accusations that Hizbullah increased funds and maintained connections among Chile's little group of Islamic fundamentalists. An unclassified embassy cable dated February 27, 2006, and launched Tuesday by WikiLeaks, said a fundamentalist presence" was focused in the northern town of Iquique, and to a smaller degree in Santiago. "These fundamentalists who are known to be connected with Hizbullah are growing their presence and action in Chile," the cable said, introducing the intelligence in it was inadequate to evaluate their true motives. "There is considerable data that suggests that substantial economic fund-raising for Hizbullah is happening in northern Chile within the Muslim community," it said. However, the wire continued to express that number hostile action have been discovered coming from both the Islamic Center in Santiago, or from a Sunni mosque. "The Hizbullah organizations in the upper section of Chile are thought to be economic cells," it said. Periodically, there also provide been unsubstantiated stories of programs for a terrorist attack in the area, "but nothing definite," the cable said. The cable, which took the shape of a survey on the security setting in Chile, offered number details of the supposed Hizbullah financing. In another cable dated August 10, 2005, U.S. ambassador Craig Kelly declared the fundamentalists located in Iquique were recognized to have contacts with Islamic businesses in the alleged Tri-Border Section of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. He said intelligence data indicated they support accumulate funds for Islamic charities and perhaps other groups, based on the wire, that was made public by the Center for Information.( AFP ) and Journalistic Investigation
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