"You Are Either With Us, Or With The Terrorists"

Banding together to undercut the international influence of the United States, South American and Arab leaders yesterday opened their first summit on political and economic cooperation.

With 9,000 soldiers posted in the Brazilian capital and helicopters flying overhead, 15 heads of state and top officials from 34 South American, Middle Eastern and North African nations converged for the first Summit of South American-Arab Countries.

"We are facing a historic opportunity to build the foundation for a bridge of solid cooperation between South America and the Arab world," Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said.

Posted by Eddie Tews at May 12, 2005 09:29 AM