Sunday, January 25, 2015

Argentina's 1994 Bombing Conspiracy

A prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing(85 killed) of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina was found dead in his apartment last week. Alberto Nisman(the prosecutor) accused the country's president, foreign minister and other officials of covering up Iran's involvement in the attack. Nisman was invited to bring his evidence to Congress on Monday, but was found dead inside his apartment the day before with a gunshot wound to his head.  At first, some thought it was a suicide, but now many Argentinians believe he was murdered. Nisman's report was received by a court less than 2 days after his body was found. The report made its case with tapped telephone conversations between representatives of Argentina and Iran and concludes that Argentina stopped pursuing the named Iranian suspects in the bombing in exchange for a trade deal. Intercepted phone calls between representatives of both countries show there was a conspiracy to create a new hypothesis for the bombing and change the direction of the investigation based on fake evidence to remove the heat from the Iranians. The investigation is continuing and some Argentinean have even started protesting.  
Carlitos Rangel
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/22/americas/argentina-prosecutor-alberto-nisman-death/index.html

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