In landmark ruling, Argentine court says Iran and Hezbollah were responsible for 1994 Jewish center bombing
Controversy over the bombing, and who is culpable for it, has roiled Argentina’s politics and legal system for decades
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Fast Forward Prosecutor Who Alleged Jewish Center Bombing Cover-Up Was Murdered, Police Say
Two years ago, Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was set to testify before Congress that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had been covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. But before he could testify, Nisman was found dead in his bathroom with a gunshot to the head….
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Fast Forward Argentina Prosecutor Investigating Bombing Of Jewish Center Was Murdered: Report
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A team of forensic analysts has reportedly determined that Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman was murdered and did not commit suicide. Alberto Nisman was an Argentine-Jewish prosecutor who was found dead from a gunshot wound in his apartment in January 2015, on the morning before he was supposed to present a report…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu, In Argentina, Lauds Effort To Solve 1994 Jewish Center Bombing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit by an Israeli PM to praise Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s effort to solve the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center that killed 85 people. Argentine courts have blamed the attack on Iran. But no one has…
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Breaking News Argentine Judge Requests Arrest Of Key Iranian Adviser In 1994 Jewish Center Bombing
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine federal judge investigating the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing has requested that Singapore and Malaysia arrest a high-level Iranian adviser to the country’s supreme leader in connection with the attack. Alí Akbar Velayati, who was Iran’s foreign minister at the time of the terrorist attack and has been implicated…
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Breaking News Argentine Ex-Foreign Minister Says Iran Responsible for AMIA Bombings
Former Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that Iran was responsible for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires while he was negotiating with Tehran. The admission was captured on secretly-recorded telephone conversations which were released on Friday by the Argentinean radio station Mitre. In the leaked recordings of conversations with…
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Breaking News Iran Bankrolled 2007 Campaign of Argentina President: Report
Iran financed the 2007 campaign of Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner, in exchange for impunity for Iranians in the AMIA bombing, a magazine is reporting. The Brazilian magazine Veja on Saturday reported that the deal, brokered by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, also provided the Iranians with nuclear know-how. “I need you to broker with Argentina for aid…
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Opinion With All Due Respect, Can’t My Critics Read?
Those who follow me online have observed that I don’t usually respond to my critics. I confess: I have a little fan club that hangs out in the Comments section and on my Facebook page, cursing my ancestry and generally whooping it up, and they seem to be having so much fun that I hate…
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