Iran blamed for Argentina bomb

[pinkeye]

this won't come as a surprise to many:

Iran blamed for Argentina bomb
A former Iranian secret service agent has accused Iran of planning a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish cultural centre in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
"Witness C" told a Buenos Aires court via video-link from Germany that Iran attacked the centre thinking it was a base for the Israeli secret service.

More than 80 people died and 200 people were injured in the attack.

Iran has denied any involvement in the blast and says the case against it is politically motivated.

Diplomatic row

The car-bomb blast at the seven-story AMIA Jewish community centre on 18 July 1994 was Argentina's worst ever terror attack.

The evidence being given by Witness C is part of the trial of 20 Argentineans accused of involvement in the bombing.

Earlier this year, Argentine Judge Juan Jose Galeano also issued warrants for the arrest of 12 Iranians in relation to the attack.

These included Iran's ambassador to Argentina at the time of the bombing, Hadi Soleimanpour, whose arrest in the UK sparked a major diplomatic row between Iran and Argentina and between Iran and the UK.

Mr Soleimanpour is currently on bail pending the outcome of the case.

Many in Argentina's 300,000-strong Jewish community believe the bombing was planned by some of Iran's most senior officials, aided by senior Argentines.

A 1992 bomb attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires also left 29 people dead, but remains unsolved.


Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/3245641.stm

Published: 2003/11/06 00:22:49 GMT

[usa320]

Whoops, i was cleaning the Trident missile submarine when one just accidently launched off.

:lol:

[Longbranch]

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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7891/lavon_hirst.html
The Lavon Affair
In July 1954 Egypt was plagued by a series of bomb outrages directed mainly against American and British property in Cairo and Alexandria. It was generally assumed that they were the work of the Moslem Brothers, then the most dangerous challenge to the still uncertain authority of Colonel (later President) Nasser and his two-year-old revolution. It therefore came as a shock to world, and particularly Jewish opinion, when on 5 October the Egyptian Minister of the Interior, Zakaria Muhieddin, announced the break-up of a thirteen-man Israeli sabotage network.

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http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/91348.php
U.S.S. Liberty
"I am outraged at the efforts of the apologists for Israel in this country to claim that this attack was a case of 'mistaken identity.' … I know from personal conversations I had with Admiral Kidd that President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered him to conclude that the attack was a case of 'mistaken identity' despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary."

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/18/224826.shtml
9/11 Spy Network
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the FBI has stumbled on the largest espionage ring ever discovered inside the United States. The U.S. Justice Department is now holding nearly 100 Israeli citizens with direct ties to foreign military, criminal and intelligence services.

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=75266∓contrassID=2
5 Israelis detained for `puzzling behavior' after WTC tragedy
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http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/01/12/Mexico2.html
Oct. 2001 Bomb Attempt in San Lázaro
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