[Mr. Mojo]

"The fastest-growing religion in Latin America today is Islam," Hill told The Miami Herald for its Sunday editions. "We think that there are between 3 and 6 million people of Middle Eastern descent in Latin America. There are radical Islamic groups associated with that population that are using it to create lots of money for their organisations."

The cancer has spread to all corners of the globe.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

The "Tres Fronteras" region where Brazil, Paraguy and Argentina come together is crawling Moslems, mostly Lebanese. The Moslems run small shops in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. I didn't see any in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. Most of the organized crime in this area focuses on smuggling, mostly electronics and cigarettes, which rumor has it the Lebanese gangs have a large piece of.

There are three or four large mosques in Foz do Iguazu Brazil. I didn't scout around enough in Ciudad del Este (which is one of the world's really bad places) enough to see anything other than Lebanese street vendors, over aged hookers and the Policia National - blond guys in coal shovel helmets carying old Mauser KARs. The whole place has kind of a scarey time warped feeling to it.

Brazilian and fundamentalist Islamic cultures are not a natural fit. A Brazilian cab driver told me a local joke a few years ago -- "Temos dos problemas en o sul do Brasil, Mosques y Mosqitos." Translation -- We have two problems in Southern Brazil, Moslems and Mosqitos. Look for trouble in this area some time in the future.