In Buenos Aires today, @StateDept's @SecPompeo spoke about the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in #Argentina. @USEmbArgentina 1/pic.twitter.com/MN8hUuVF6L
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None of the suspects in the bombing, carried out by #Iran-backed Hezbollah, have been prosecuted, despite decades of appeals from #Argentina for international help, @LATAMProg's @benjamingedan and @FDD's @TobyDersh wrote in @thehill. https://thehill.com/opinion/international/452469-its-time-to-hold-iran-accountable-for-terrorism-in-argentina … 2/
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In fact, the bombing suspects have traveled freely to at least 20 countries since the 1994 massacre, which killed 85 and injured 300. 3/pic.twitter.com/ZAiKiwCvvW
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In a Senate resolution, U.S. lawmakers highlight the international community's failure to enforce the
@INTERPOL_HQ Red Notices and Argentine arrest warrants against the AMIA bombers. https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/AMIA%20res.pdf … 4/pic.twitter.com/LHqP4NSEXs
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Meanwhile,
@USTreasury stepped up the pressure today, sanctioning AMIA bombing suspect Salman Raouf Salman, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm737 …, whom the White House said "coordinated" the "deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history." https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-25th-anniversary-argentine-israelite-mutual-association-amia-bombing/ … 5/Show this thread -
To incentivize Salman's capture,
@StateDept today offered a $7 million reward for information leading to his arrest. https://www.state.gov/reward-offer-for-information-on-hizballah-key-leader-salman-raouf-salman/ … 6/Show this thread -
Want to learn more about the 1994 AMIA bombing and its implications for today's counterterrorism challanges? Watch the Webcast of our recent high-level seminar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMPT4Sd9T80&feature=youtu.be …
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