Argentina Jewish leader says Iran probe "will allow a third attack"
The president of the AMIA Buenos Aires Jewish center said
the truth commission agreed to by Argentina and Iran "will allow a third
bombing in Argentina."
“This pact is viewed by some people as a step forward.
This may be a step to the precipice," Guillermo Borger said. "It will
allow a very unfortunate third attack.”
The confrontation between Borger and Argentinian
President Cristina Fernandez came to a head on Saturday as Fernandez took to
the national television airwaves and Twitter to defend the deal.
“I read with concern the statements made by Guillermo
Borger, president of AMIA, on deal with Iran. What do you know to make a
statement so terrible?" Fernandez questioned on Twitter. "If there
was an attack planned related the
agreement with Iran, who is the mastermind and the material author?"
Argentina's Senate will be the first legislative chamber
to discuss the memorandum of understanding signed Jan. 27 with Iran on the 1994
AMIA bombing, which killed 85 and wounded hundreds. Fernandez has summoned the
Argentinian Congress to a special session Feb. 28 on the pact, which would
create a truth commission allowing judges to question Iran's suspects in
Tehran.
Borger is strongly rejecting the agreement, relating it
with new dangers to Argentina, after expressing satisfaction with the pact
following a meeting with Foreign Minister Hector Timerman at the AMIA building
on Jan. 29. Other Jewish leaders and victims' families also were in the meeting
with Timerman.
When the announcement of the memorandum was made, Borger
said he was opposed because “we don’t trust Iran.”
Israel and the United States have objected to meetings
between Argentina and Iran, and the bilateral agreement.
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