Iran Moves to South America

Experts say Iran’s global terror network is growing
Friends and relatives of the victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing gather on the 12th anniversary / AP

Two separate reports released by the Argentine prosecutor in the 1994 AMIA bombing case and the U.S. State Department this week are the latest indication that Iran’s global terror network is on the rise, experts say.

State Changes Tune

Now ‘skeptical’ about Iran-Argentina ‘truth commission’
1994 Argentina Bombing / AP

The State Department said Tuesday it was “skeptical” that a newly formed Iranian-Argentine investigative commission would lead to a just resolution of the 1994 AMIA bombing, an apparent shift from the department’s more optimistic comments Monday.

Iran Can’t Handle the Truth

Argentina and Iran form ‘Truth Commission’ to examine 1994 bombing
Cristina Kirchner / AP

Argentina and Iran have formed an extrajudicial “Truth Commission” to probe the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which Iran and its client terror group Hezbollah have long been suspected of orchestrating.

Down in a Hole

Embattled Argentine president poses in Viet Cong tunnels used to kill Americans
President Kirchner / presidencia.gov.ar

Embattled Argentine President Cristina Kirchner cheerfully mugged for photos in the Cu Chi tunnels used by the Viet Cong to ambush United States troops during the Vietnam War and likened Ho Chi Minh to George Washington during a visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Sunday.