On May 27, Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) Paraguay condemned an agreement approved by the Paraguayan Congress which will allow US troops into the country for an 18-month training and advisory mission from June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006. The agreement grants full immunity from prosecution to all US personnel involved in the mission. Congress approved the agreement--apparently at the end of last year--with no debate and behind closed doors, and the public was largely unaware of it, according to SERPAJ Paraguay. "No one knows the extent of these accords and the dangers of a US strategy to violate them," the group warned.

SERPAJ also noted that the type of instruction that US troops will provide to the Paraguayan military is unclear, "which is very dangerous to us, especially taking into account that it was US soldiers who taught torture and other forms of human rights violations in courses at the School of the Americas under the National Security Doctrine." US soldiers are already a common sight in the Chaco region of Paraguay, reports Stella Calloni, a correspondent for the Mexican daily La Jornada. (La Jornada, May 31; TerritorioDigital.com, June 1)

damn, theyre too close now, im locking my door

What do you think we're going to do? Put you in a naked pyramid with other men and smear menstral blood on you?

ISLAMIC TERRORISTS TARGET SOUTHERN CONE?
South Americ's "tri-border region," where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet, has again become a point of concern for hemispheric intelligence agencies. A Nov. 8 CNN report cited unnamed "intelligence sources" that several top terrorist operatives recently met in the area to plan attacks against US and Israeli targets in the Western Hemisphere. Sources said the meetings, which took place in and around Ciudad del Este, were attended by representatives of Hezbollah and groups sympathetic to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

Two weeks earlier, Argentina's security agencies issued a strong terrorist warning. "We had intelligence that pointed to increased terrorist activity," said Miguel Toma, chief of the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE). "It is not unrealistic that there could be some action to prevent or to react to an attack on Iraq. So we need to react because of the global conflict."

Other unnamed "intelligence sources in the Middle East" told CNN of a new terrorist network coordinated by a man named Imad Mugniyeh. The sources say Mugniyeh-- working from his bases in Iran and Lebanon--directs a South American network ready to hit US and Israeli targets if the US attacks Iraq. Mugniyeh is reportedly implicated in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut, and the 1992 car bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. Argentine authorities have reportedly connected Mugniyeh to Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Egypt's Gamaa al-Islamiya--all on the US State Department list of terrorist organizations. "Argentine intelligence documents obtained by CNN last year" purportedly detail links between those groups and mosques and businesses in the tri-border area.

The region, known for its thriving black markets, came under an anti-terrorism dragnet following 9-11, with Paraguayan police raiding several businesses and rounding up 20 suspects--14 of whom were later released. Argentine officials point to such evidence found in the region as thousands of US dollars bearing stamps from Lebanese currency exchange banks, tens of thousands of counterfeit dollars, and receipts from wire transfers between the tri-border area and the Middle East. Argentine counter-terrorist officers claim that since 9-11 many terrorist operatives have dispersed east to the Brazilian rainforest and to the free trade zone of Iquique in Chile's northern desert. Police in Iquique recently seized 48 fake Pakistani passports, which they believe were destined for use by terrorists. (CNN, Nov.

I dont see any problem with this. is very commun that 2 armies go make a dual training

geez.. this is really bad news..
why dont they stay at their country instead of invading every single country they want?