The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (Newspaper La Nación (Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)
Politico: How Trump Is Going After Hezbollah in America’s Backyard
The pro-Iranian militant group is up to no good in Latin America—and U.S. officials are pushing back.
The Trump administration is pushing back aggressively against what the intelligence community often refers to as the “Iran Threat Network” or ITN, and as part of that campaign it is especially keen to focus on the activities of Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian Lebanese militia, in Latin America. Now, new revelations about a Hezbollah cold case from 1994 underscore the importance of rolling back the group’s footprint in the region.
On July 19, 1994, the day after Hezbollah operatives blew up the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the group sent a suicide bomber to take down a flight on Alas Chiricanas Airlines, a Panamanian commuter airliner carrying mostly Jewish passengers, including several Americans. The case languished for years, but the FBI appears to have recently collected new information which, together with evidence gleaned from other current investigations, is likely to serve as the basis for a variety of actions aimed at Hezbollah, the lynchpin of the ITN and Iran’s most powerful proxy group.
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WNU Editor: Talk about timing. The bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 is already bringing back the spotlight on the actions of then President Cristina Fernandez during this time .... Former Argentine President Fernandez Has Been Charged With Treason. Judge Orders Arrest (December 7, 2017).
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