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AMIA Attack in Buenos Aires 20 years later

Monday July 21, 2014

The AMIA attack was a bombing on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Buenos Aires on July the 18th 1994 that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured. The bombing is known as the deadliest in Argentinean history.

The case has been characterized by incompetence and accusations of cover-ups. In 2005, two Argentinean prosecutors officially accused the Iranian government of directing the attack and the Hezbollah of carrying it out.

Now exactly 20 years later, Thomas Saieg, the vice president of the AMIA, requires the government a new trial (more…)