president, Abdala Bucaram. Political analyst Peter Hakim said Washington could easily interpret support for Middle East groups resisting occupation as "symbolic" support for terrorism. "To wade into an issue that everyone realizes is tremendously sensitive for the US just seems like a mistake," said Hakim, of the InterAmerican Dialogue think tank. One area of South America on Washington's terrorism radar is a border region between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil where the Arab community is accused of sending funds to what the U.S. call as Lebanese terrorists. --SP 2355 Local Time 2055 GMT