No jihadists in Brazil, says government...except when there is

There are followers of the "religion of the perpetually insulted" in virtually every country on the planet, the fact that Brazil thinks they are unique is really nothing more than denial. 

Khaled Hussein Ali, who resides in Sao Paulo, supposedly working for al-Qaida is NOT a terrorist.  Remember that the next time Brazil makes a statement that there is no terrorism in Brazil.  Especially important to remember is that the upcoming 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games are to be held in Brazil, and if there is no terrorism then we should see jihad-free games.  It would be impossible for Ali to be in Brazil alone, just there for the waters.

 

 

From AP/Yahoo September 3 by Juliana Barbassa

 

Brazil denies terrorists operate within borders

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Khaled Hussein Ali lives in Sao Paulo and allegedly works for al-Qaida. But this does not mean he is a terrorist.
 
In fact, no one in Brazil is considered a terrorist.
 
Even as the world has cracked down hard on terror, some countries have refrained from adopting anti-terror laws. Their stance has racked up consternation at a time when terrorism is a global concern, especially with Brazil now set to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
 
"Officially, Brazil does not have terrorism inside its borders," wrote Lisa Kubiske, then the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Brasilia, in an August 2009 cable released by WikiLeaks. "In reality, several Islamic groups with known or suspected ties to extremist organizations have branches in Brazil and are suspected of carrying out financing activities."
 
Several countries in Latin America resist anti-terror laws because they still hold fresh memories of state dictatorships that killed or spirited away thousands of political opponents in the 1970s and 80s
 
"These are places that had civil wars ... where the country ripped itself to pieces trying to fight terrorist organizations," said Princeton law professor Kim Lane Scheppele, who studies the global war on terror. "Once they got out of it and managed to put in place a democratic system, they said 'never again.'"
 
Countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina only recently adopted weakened versions of anti-terror laws focused on money laundering, to avoid being blacklisted by the world's financial system. Just one suspect in Argentina has been prosecuted under these laws to date.
 
In Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff was herself arrested and tortured for her militancy against the military dictatorship from 1964 and 1985; former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was arrested by the same regime, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the president before him, was exiled for his activism.
 
The lack of political will to go hard on terrorism is frustrating to American officials, as is suggested in cables released by WikiLeaks. For example, Brazil does not consider Hezbollah, Hamas or the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia as terrorist organizations.
 
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