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| | americas.org - Border Probed for Terrorists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The large and influential Palestinian and Lebanese immigrant communities in the adjoining cities of Chuy, near the coast in the Uruguayan province of Rocha, and Chuí, in Brazils Rio Grande do Sul state, are reportedly under investigation for alleged links to terrorism. |
 | | Uruguays Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry have dismissed the allegations of terrorist activity in Chuy, and the U.S. embassys business attaché in Montevideo, Marianne Myles, has asked her government to remove Uruguay from a list of 35 countries said to be harboring terrorists, the U.S. Embassy press office reported on September 26. |
 | | In Chuí, on the Brazilian side of the border, police say they are investigating the activities of Chuí mayor Muhammad Kassem Jomaa, who has admitted visiting Mokhles in jail; however, Brazilian authorities seem more concerned with charges that he is a Lebanese citizen and therefore not eligible to hold the post of mayor in Brazil. |
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