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<p>Is Argentina becoming a "national sanctuary for foreign terrorists?" That's the question posed on the Argentine Web site Ambitoweb.com this week. As suggested by the provocative commentary, it's a possibility that alarms more than a few Argentines these days. It is also a question worth the attention of U.S. policy makers. More and more, Argentina is looking like the pre-9/11 Saudi Arabia of South America. While official engagements between the U.S. and Argentina are cordial, what is being cultivated on the Southern Cone home turf hardly qualifies Argentina as an ally in the war on terror. Having been served the fruits of Saudi double talk four years ago, the U.S. would be well advised to be twice shy. The concern raised on Ambitoweb.com came on the heels of a decision by an Argentine judge to reject Chile's request to extradite Sergio Galvarino Apablaza.....</p>